Heathfield Park SSSI, Heathfield
#3 among attractions in Heathfield
Facts and practical information
Heathfield Park SSSI is a 41-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Heathfield in East Sussex. It is part of Heathfield Park, a Grade II* listed building and park. ()
Heathfield United Kingdom
Heathfield Park SSSI – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Bateman's, Cuckoo Trail, New Mill, Church of St Dunstan.
- 5.1 miEHistorical place, History museum, Museum
Bateman's, Burwash
129 min walk • Nestled in the heart of the East Sussex countryside, Bateman's is a charming 17th-century house that once served as the home of the famous writer Rudyard Kipling. Located in the quaint village of Burwash, the Jacobean building is constructed from the local sandstone...
- 5 miSHiking, Hiking trail
Cuckoo Trail
128 min walk • The Cuckoo Trail is a 14-mile footpath and cycleway which runs from Hampden Park to Heathfield in East Sussex. It passes through the towns of Polegate and Hailsham, as well as the villages of Hellingly and Horam.
- 2.3 miWWindmill
New Mill, Cross-in-Hand
60 min walk • New Mill is a Grade II* listed post mill at Cross in Hand near Heathfield, East Sussex, England. It was the last windmill working commercially by wind in Sussex, ceasing work by wind in 1969 when a stock broke.
- 3.9 miNChurch, Gothic architecture
Church of St Dunstan
99 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.
- 4.4 miNWChurch
Five Ash Down Independent Chapel, High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
111 min walk • Five Ash Down Independent Chapel is an independent Evangelical church in the Reformed tradition in the hamlet of Five Ash Down, East Sussex, England.
- 4.9 miNWindmill
Argos Hill Mill, Mayfield
125 min walk • Argos Hill Mill is a grade II* listed post mill at Argos Hill, Mayfield, East Sussex, England As of 2017 it is in the process of restoration by the Argos Hill Windmill Trust.
- 5.5 miSWMuseum, History museum, Art gallery
Farleys House
141 min walk • Farleys House near Chiddingly, East Sussex, has been converted into a museum and archive featuring the lives and work of its former residents, the photographer Lee Miller and the Surrealist artist Roland Penrose. It also houses a collection of contemporary art by their friends Pablo Picasso, Man Ray, Max Ernst and Joan Miró.
- 5.5 miNEPark
Wadhurst Park, High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
140 min walk • Wadhurst Park is a landed estate located in Wadhurst, East Sussex. It is owned by the Rausing family. The estate is 796 hectares and includes a deer park of 141 hectares.
- 2 miEWindmill
Blackdown Mill, Heathfield
53 min walk • Blackdown Mill or Cherry Clack Mill is a grade II listed smock mill at Punnetts Town, East Sussex, England, which has been restored.
- 2.2 miWPark
Selwyns Wood, High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
55 min walk • Selwyns Wood is a 11-hectare nature reserve west of Heathfield in Sussex. It is managed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust. This reserve has woodland with extensive sweet chestnut, a stream in a narrow valley and an area of heather.
- 3.9 miNWRock
Southern Sandstone, High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
99 min walk • Southern Sandstone is a local name for the Ardingly Sandstone of southeast England, a soft sandstone of Cretaceous age separating the Tunbridge Wells Sands from the overlying Grinstead Clay. The outcrops in the Weald of Kent are the rock climbing crags closest to London and are probably the most heavily climbed in the UK.