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

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Ditchling is a village of Tudor and Georgian houses at the foot of Ditchling Beacon, the highest point in East Sussex at 248m. The letter-cutter and sculptor Eric Gill moved here in 1907, and the artists’ Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic followed a few years later; the story is told at the village’s Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft. Hassocks station is about 2km to the west.

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

South Downs

You’re inside itNational Park near Fittleworth

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

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

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.

0.2 km NW

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

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.

2.9 km SW

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

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

3 km N

Photo of One Garden Brighton, a garden near Stanmer Park in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.

One Garden Brighton

Garden near Stanmer Park

A restored walled garden in Stanmer Park, run as a horticultural training ground with ornamental borders, glasshouses and a kitchen plot. Free entry.

5.8 km S

Photo of Devil's Dyke and Saddlescombe, a country estate near Poynings in the South Downs, West Sussex, south east England.

Devil's Dyke and Saddlescombe

Country estate near Poynings

Dramatic dry valley on the Downs escarpment.

7.4 km SW