Flatropers Wood, High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
#6 among attractions in High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Facts and practical information
Flatropers Wood is a 38-hectare nature reserve in Rye in East Sussex. It is managed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust. ()
High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty United Kingdom
Flatropers Wood – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Great Dixter, Lamb House, Sussex Border Path, Smallhythe Place.
- 2.8 miNWMuseum, History museum, Garden
Great Dixter, Rye
72 min walk • Great Dixter is a house in Northiam, East Sussex, England. It was built in 1910–12 by architect Edwin Lutyens, who combined an existing mid-15th century house on the site with a similar structure brought from Benenden, Kent, together with his own additions.
- 4.1 miSEMuseum, History museum, Historical place
Lamb House, Rye
105 min walk • Lamb House is a Grade II* listed 18th-century house situated in Rye, East Sussex, England, and in the ownership of the National Trust. The house is run as a writer's house museum. It has been the home of many writers, including Henry James from 1897 to 1914, and later E.F. Benson.
- 4 miSEHiking, Hiking trail
Sussex Border Path, Rye
103 min walk • The Sussex Border Path is a long-distance footpath around the borders of Sussex, a historic county and former medieval kingdom in southern England.
- 4.5 miNEHistorical place, Museum, History museum
Smallhythe Place, Tenterden
116 min walk • Smallhythe Place in Small Hythe, near Tenterden in Kent, is a half-timbered house built in the late 15th or early 16th century and since 1947 cared for by the National Trust.
- 4.1 miSEMuseum, History museum, Forts and castles
Rye Castle Museum, Rye
106 min walk • Rye Castle, also known as Ypres Tower, was built in the 13th or 14th centuries, and is situated in Rye, East Sussex, England. It is a Grade I listed building and has been scheduled as an ancient monument.
- 4.5 miSWLake
Powdermill Reservoir, High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
116 min walk • Powdermill Reservoir lies to the east of Sedlescombe, East Sussex, England. The reservoir provides water for Southern Water customers.
- 4 miSENightlife
The Olde Bell, Rye
104 min walk • The Olde Bell inn, also known as Ye Olde Bell, is a Grade II listed historical inn in Rye, East Sussex. It was built in 1390. It has a turbulent history and was once used for smuggling, connected by a secret tunnel with the nearby Mermaid Inn to the south.
- 4.2 miSEChurch, Romanesque architecture
St Anthony of Padua, Rye
106 min walk • St Anthony of Padua Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Rye, East Sussex, England. It was constructed from 1927 to 1929 and replaced a church built in 1900. It is situated on Watchbell Street to the south of Lamb House. It is served by the Conventual Franciscans and is a Grade II listed building.
- 4 miSEMuseum, Art gallery
Rye Pottery, Rye
103 min walk • The Rye Pottery is a pottery in Rye, East Sussex, England, known as the Cadborough Pottery or "Rye Pottery" from its beginnings in c. 1834 to 1876, and Belle Vue Pottery from 1869 until it closed in 1939. It was revived as the "Rye pottery" in 1947 by the brothers Walter and John Cole, who became known for their tinglazed wares.
- 4.1 miSENightlife
The Mermaid Inn, Rye
105 min walk • The Mermaid Inn is a Grade II* listed historical inn located on Mermaid Street in the ancient town of Rye, East Sussex, southeastern England. One of the best-known inns in southeast England, it was established in the 12th century and has a long, turbulent history.
- 4.3 miSEBridge
Monk Bretton Bridge, Rye
109 min walk • The Monk Bretton Bridge is a road bridge over the River Rother in Rye, East Sussex. It carries the A259 road, a major road between Folkestone and Hastings, and is the most downstream crossing of the river. The area around the river beyond this resembles saltmarsh compared to that further upstream.