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Photo of the South Downs, a National Park in south east England.

South DownsPhoto Andras Stefuca / Pexels

Places to explore near Wivelsfield StationBurgess Hill

37 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 1 is a national icon.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of Ditchling Common, a country park in East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Ditchling Common

Country park near Ditchling

A scrap of Wealden common that never got enclosed or built on, now a country park of heath, grass and ponds

1.3 km SE

Photo of the South Downs, a National Park in south east England.Iconic

South Downs

National Park near Fittleworth

A chalk ridge rolling from Winchester to the sea cliffs at Beachy Head.

2.2 km S

Photo of the High Weald, a National Landscape in south east England.Highlight

High Weald

National Landscape near Mayfield

Wooded ridges, sunken lanes and deep stream valleys across the old iron country of the south-east

4.5 km NW

Photo of Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft, a visitor attraction in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft

Attraction near Ditchling

Village museum tracing Eric Gill and the Guild of craftsmen, housed in a former school by the pond.

4.7 km S

Photo of Ditchling, a village in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Ditchling

Village

Arts-and-crafts village of Tudor houses under Ditchling Beacon, once home to Eric Gill and the Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic.

4.8 km S · East Sussex

Photo of Lindfield, a village in West Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Lindfield

Village

A long village street of timber-framed houses climbs from a pond to the church, often called the finest in Sussex.

6.1 km NE · West Sussex

Photo of Borde Hill, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Cuckfield in the High Weald, West Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Borde Hill

House & garden near Cuckfield

Thirteen garden rooms filled with plant-hunters' finds around an Elizabethan mansion.

6.7 km N

Photo of Chailey Heritage Windmill, a windmill near North Chailey, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Chailey Heritage Windmill

Windmill near North Chailey

White smock mill on Chailey Common, restored as a landmark and holding a small rural-life collection on summer days.

6.8 km E

Photo of Jack and Jill Windmills, a windmill near Clayton in the South Downs, West Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Jack and Jill Windmills

Windmill near Clayton

A pair of restored windmills on the Downs above Clayton; Jill, a white post mill, still grinds flour on open days.

6.8 km S

Photo of Ouse Valley Viaduct, a landmark near Balcombe in the High Weald, West Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Ouse Valley Viaduct

Landmark near Balcombe

Elegant 37-arch railway viaduct of 1841 striding across the Ouse valley near Balcombe, celebrated for the tunnel effect through its piers.

7.8 km N

Photo of Bluebell Railway, a visitor attraction near Fletching, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Bluebell Railway

Attraction near Fletching

Standard-gauge steam railway from Sheffield Park to East Grinstead, with a large collection of preserved locomotives.

9.1 km NE

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Court Garden Vineyard

Vineyard near Ditchling

Family vineyard and winery below the South Downs at Ditchling, with tours, tastings and a terrace.

3.5 km S

Photo along the High Weald Landscape Trail, a 90-mile long-distance path running from Horsham to Rye, south east England.

High Weald Landscape Trail

Long-distance path

Horsham to Rye through the High Weald's ridge villages and hammer ponds — iron country, worked for two thousand years.

4.8 km N · West Sussex, Kent & East Sussex

Chailey Common

SSSI near Fletching

A pocket of the same lowland heath as Ashdown Forest, small enough to walk in an afternoon

4.9 km E

Photo of Cuckfield, a village in West Sussex, south east England.

Cuckfield

Village

A hilltop Wealden town with an old high street of independent shops and coaching inns, bypassed by the railway and left quiet.

5.2 km N · West Sussex

Photo of St John the Baptist, Clayton, a church in the South Downs, West Sussex, south east England.

St John the Baptist, Clayton

Church near Clayton

Sweeping twelfth-century Lewes Group wall paintings, including a Last Judgement, spread across the nave above the chancel arch.

6.4 km S

Photo of Wolstonbury Hill, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Poynings in the South Downs, West Sussex, south east England.

Wolstonbury Hill

SSSI near Poynings

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in West Sussex.

6.6 km SW

Albourne Estate

Vineyard near Albourne

A thirty-acre vineyard estate near Albourne offering guided tours and tastings by arrangement.

6.7 km SW

Photo along the South Downs Way, a 100-mile National Trail running from Winchester to Eastbourne, south east England.

South Downs Way

National Trail

A hundred miles of chalk ridge from Winchester to the sea at Eastbourne, walkable in a week.

6.8 km S · West Sussex, East Sussex & Hampshire

Photo: Ditchling Beacon, a 248m hill in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.

Ditchling Beacon

Marilyn · County top near Ditchling

The highest point in East Sussex, a beacon hill on the South Downs Way with the county's best excuse for a big view

7 km S

Everything else within 10 km (17) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.