Firle Place, Sussex Downs AONB

Name: Firle Place
Address: Sussex Downs AONB, United Kingdom

#9 among attractions in Sussex Downs AONB

Museum, Vernacular architecture, History museum, Georgian architecture

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Firle Place is a Manor house in Firle, Sussex, United Kingdom. The Gage family have owned the land at Firle since acquiring it from the Levett family in the 15th century. The manor house was first built in the late 15th century by Sir John Gage, who made Firle Place his principal home. He held many high offices, including Constable of the Tower and was an executor of Henry VIII's will. ()

Coordinates: 50°50'42"N, 0°5'29"E

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Firle Place – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Pells Pool, Drusillas Park, Monk's House, Glyndebourne.

4.2 miNW
Watersports, Swimming pool, Body of water
Pells Pool, Lewes
108 min walk • Pells Pool is a public outdoor swimming baths or lido in Lewes, East Sussex, England. The original structure was built in 1860 making it the oldest freshwater outdoor public swimming baths in the United Kingdom that is still operating.
3.5 miSE
Theme park, Amusement park, Park
Drusillas Park, Eastbourne
89 min walk • Drusillas Park is a small 10-acre zoo near to Alfriston, in East Sussex, UK. Its exhibits are targeted towards children between 2 and 10 years old. It attracts between 350,000 and 370,000 visitors per year and until December 2021 was home to the first Hello Kitty-themed attraction in Europe.
3.4 miW
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Monk's House, Sussex Downs AONB
86 min walk • Monk's House is a 16th-century weatherboarded cottage in the village of Rodmell, three miles south of Lewes, East Sussex, England.
2.6 miNW
Vernacular architecture, Theater, Concerts and shows
Glyndebourne, Sussex Downs AONB
67 min walk • Glyndebourne is an English country house, the site of an opera house that, since 1934, has been the venue for the annual Glyndebourne Festival Opera.
2.1 miNW
Forts and castles
Mount Caburn, Sussex Downs AONB
54 min walk • Mount Caburn is a 480-foot prominent landmark in East Sussex, England, about one mile east of Lewes overlooking the village of Glynde.
1.7 miNW
Museum, Vernacular architecture, History museum
Glynde Place, Sussex Downs AONB
45 min walk • Glynde Place is an Elizabethan Manor House at Glynde in East Sussex, England. Situated in the South Downs National Park, it is the family home of the Viscounts Hampden, whose forebears built the house in 1569. It is a Grade I listed building.
4.5 miS
Hiking, Hiking trail
Sussex Ouse Valley Way, Newhaven
115 min walk • The Sussex Ouse Valley Way is a 42–mile long-distance footpath which closely follows the route of the Sussex Ouse. It starts at the Ouse's source in Lower Beeding, West Sussex, when it's still a little stream.
1.5 miNW
Park
Southerham Farm, Ringmer
40 min walk • Southerham Farm is a 131-hectare nature reserve on the eastern outskirts of Lewes in East Sussex. It is managed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust. The thin and infertile soils on this chalk site result in a floristically very rich grassland.
3.7 miE
Park
Arlington Reservoir
96 min walk • Arlington Reservoir is a 100.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Hailsham in East Sussex. It is also a Local Nature Reserve and it is owned and managed by South East Water.
2.3 miW
Park
Lewes and Laughton Levels, Lewes
58 min walk • The Lewes and Laughton Levels are an area of low-lying land bordering the River Ouse near Lewes and the Glynde Reach near Laughton in East Sussex, England.
3.9 miNW
Nightlife
Harvey's Brewery, Lewes
99 min walk • Harvey's Brewery is a brewery in Lewes, East Sussex, England. Harvey's estate includes 45 tied houses, mostly in Sussex, and three in London: Royal Oak, Southwark, The Cat's Back, Wandsworth and The Phoenix, Stockwell.

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How to get to Firle Place by public transport?

The nearest stations to Firle Place:

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Glynde (35 min walk)