Ardingly

Worth seeing in and around Ardingly

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Wakehurst

   Kew Wakehurst, previously known as Wakehurst and Wakehurst Place, is a house and botanic gardens in West Sussex, England, owned by the National Trust but used and managed by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It is near Ardingly, West Sussex in the High Weald, and comprises a late 16th-century mansion, a mainly 20th-century garden and, in a modern building, Kew's Millennium Seed Bank.

   2.3 km · house and botanic gardens in Ardingly, West Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Bluebell Railway

   The Bluebell Railway is an 11-mile standard-gauge heritage railway spanning the border of East Sussex and West Sussex, England. Running between Sheffield Park and East Grinstead, the line is notable as the world's first preserved standard gauge, steam-operated passenger railway to launch a regular public timetable service.

   2.8 km · heritage railway in East Sussex, England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Ardingly Reservoir

   Ardingly Reservoir is west of Ardingly in West Sussex. The southern end is a 74.5-hectare Local Nature Reserve owned and managed by South East Water.

   1.7 km · lake in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Borde Hill Garden

   Borde Hill Garden is a garden located 1.5 miles north of Haywards Heath, West Sussex in southern England. It is set in over 200 acres of garden, park and woodlands which has views across the Sussex High Weald.

   3.8 km · botanical garden in England · Wikipedia
5. 05
   St Margaret's Church, West Hoathly

   St Margaret's Church is an Anglican church in the village of West Hoathly in Mid Sussex, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. By the late 11th century, a simple single-room stone building existed on the high, open ridge upon which the village developed.

   3.5 km · church in Mid Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   All Saints Church

   All Saints Church, Lindfield is a Grade II* listed Church of England church in Lindfield, West Sussex, England, built in the Middle Ages in the Early English style. The church is built of Sussex and Ardingly sandstone and dates mainly from the early 14th century.

   3.5 km · church in Lindfield, West Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   St Giles' Church, Horsted Keynes

   St Giles' Church is an Anglican church in the village of Horsted Keynes in Mid Sussex, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. Serving an extensive rural parish in the Sussex Weald, it stands at the north end of its village on the site of an ancient pagan place of worship.

   3.6 km · church in Mid Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Balcombe Place

   Balcombe Place is a Grade II* listed building, built in 1856 in Balcombe, West Sussex, England, with a south view across the Ouse Valley. It now forms part of The Balcombe Estate.

   2.4 km · country house in Balcombe, Mid Sussex, West Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   St Peter's Church, Ardingly

   St Peter's Church is the Church of England parish church of the parish of Ardingly in Mid Sussex, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. The present building dates from the 14th century and was restored during the Victorian era, but Christian worship on the site has a much longer history.

   900 m · church in Mid Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Priest House

    The Priest House is a Grade II* listed, 15th-century timber-framed hall house in the centre of West Hoathly, in West Sussex, England. It is close to The Cat Inn and St Margaret's Church.

    3.4 km · historical house and museum in Sussex, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia

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Getting to Ardingly

Airports

London Gatwick (LGW), 13 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 54 km · London Luton (LTN), 94 km

Stations

Ardingly railway station, 1.9 km · Horsted Keynes railway station, 2.3 km

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  51 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · £5–7
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  95 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · £12–16
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  51 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · £5–7
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