Wadhurst Castle, Wadhurst
#1 among attractions in Wadhurst
Facts and practical information
Wadhurst Castle is a 19th-century castellated mansion just to the west of the town of Wadhurst, East Sussex, England, in an elevated position overlooking the countryside to the south. It is a grade II listed building. ()
Wadhurst United Kingdom
Wadhurst Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Scotney Castle, Bedgebury National Pinetum, Dunorlan Park, Church of King Charles the Martyr.
- 3.9 miNEForts and castles, History museum, Museum
Scotney Castle, Tunbridge Wells
99 min walk • Nestled in the serene countryside of Tunbridge Wells, Scotney Castle presents a picturesque vision of England's storied past. This quintessential castle, surrounded by a moat and set within a beautifully landscaped estate, dates back to the 14th century.
- 5.3 miEPark
Bedgebury National Pinetum
135 min walk • Bedgebury National Pinetum at Bedgebury, Kent, in the United Kingdom, is a recreational and conservational arboretum managed by Forestry England that was established as the National Conifer Collection in 1925 and is now recognised as the most complete collection of conifers on one site anywhere in the world.
- 5.1 miNWPark
Dunorlan Park, Tunbridge Wells
130 min walk • Dunorlan Park is a park and grounds in Royal Tunbridge Wells, UK. Totalling approximately 78 acres and containing a 6-acre lake, the grounds were landscaped by Robert Marnock for Henry Reed, the merchant and philanthropist who owned the estate and the now-demolished house that once overlooked it.
- 5.4 miNWChurch
Church of King Charles the Martyr, Tunbridge Wells
137 min walk • The Church of King Charles the Martyr is a Church of England parish church in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. It is a Grade I listed building.
- 2.9 miNMonastery, Ruins
Bayham Old Abbey
75 min walk • Bayham Old Abbey is an English Heritage property, located near Lamberhurst, Kent, England. Founded c. 1207 through a combination of the failing Premonstratensian monasteries of Otham and Brockley, Bayham functioned as an abbey until its dissolution in the 16th century.
- 4.9 miNEMuseum
Finchcocks
126 min walk • Finchcocks is an early Georgian manor house in Goudhurst, Kent. For 45 years it housed a large, visitor-friendly museum of historical keyboard instruments, displaying a collection of harpsichords, clavichords, fortepianos, square pianos, organs and other musical instruments.
- 4.6 miEForest
Combwell Wood, High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
119 min walk • Combwell Wood is a 110.6-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Tunbridge Wells in Kent. The wood is part of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is divided into 36 sections owned by different people.
- 5.3 miSEForest
Weald, Burwash
136 min walk • The Weald is an area of South East England between the parallel chalk escarpments of the North and the South Downs. It crosses the counties of Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex and Kent.
- 2.7 miEPark
Bewl Water, Tunbridge Wells
69 min walk • Bewl Water is a reservoir in the valley of the River Bewl, straddling the boundary between Kent and East Sussex in England. It is about 2 miles south of Lamberhurst, Kent. The reservoir was part of a project to increase supplies of water in the area. It supplies Southern Water’s customers in the Medway towns, Thanet and Hastings.
- 4.3 miSWChurch, Gothic architecture
Church of St Dunstan
110 min walk • St Dunstan's, Mayfield in Mayfield, East Sussex was founded in 960 CE by St Dunstan, who was then Archbishop of Canterbury. It is reported as being originally a log church which lasted until it was replaced by a stone structure in the 12th century by the Normans.
- 4.2 miNW