The Cottage

The Cottage is the perfect base for enjoying the Ashdown Forest and you are only a 30 minute drive from the South Downs National Park, both popular with walkers and cyclists.

There are several golf courses nearby including Piltdown, Royal Ashdown in Forest Row and the East Sussex National at Little Horsted.

The nearest towns are Uckfield and Haywards Heath which both have a variety of shops and trains to London. There is a newly opened M&S food hall nearby where you can shop for your supper and prepare a meal in the well-equipped kitchen. The supermarket car park also has electric car charging facilities should you need them. A short drive will take you to the county town of Lewes, famous for its annual bonfire celebrations and working brewery and home to Lewes Castle and Anne of Cleves House Museum. Wander the medieval streets and visit the many book and antiques shops, galleries, boutiques and craft workshops.

Take in the Sussex countryside aboard the Bluebell Railway; a steam train which makes frequent journeys from Sheffield Park and Gardens and East Grinstead, stopping at Horsted Keynes and Kingscote.

Visit the spa town of Royal Tunbridge Wells or the coastal towns of Brighton and Eastbourne which have some great shops, bars, and restaurants.

Enjoy an opera at Glyndebourne and picnic in the beautiful grounds. Or visit one of the many attractions Sussex has to offer including Heaven Farm, Barcombe Mills, Wakehurst Place, which is Kew's wild botanic garden, Nymans, an extensive garden set around a romantic house and ruins, Michelham Priory, a Tudor house set on a picturesque moated island, the dazzling Royal Pavilion (Brighton), and Ashdown Forest Llama Park to name a few!