Groombridge

Worth seeing in and around Groombridge

6 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
   Buckhurst Park

   Buckhurst Park is an English country house and landscaped park in Withyham, East Sussex TN7 4BL. It is the seat of William Sackville, 11th Earl De La Warr. The house is a Grade II listed building, and is open to the public.

   3.6 km · country house in Withyham, East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Groombridge Place

   Groombridge Place is a moated manor house in the village of Groombridge near Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. It has become a tourist attraction, noted for its formal gardens and vineyards.

   700 m · manor house in Speldhurst, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Penn's Rocks

   Penn's Rocks is a 10.2-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Crowborough in East Sussex. This site is a steep sided valley on sandstone with many mosses and liverworts, which is a nationally rare habitat.

   2.4 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Eridge Green

   Eridge Green is a 8.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Crowborough in East Sussex. It is part of the 44 hectares Eridge Rocks nature reserve, which is managed by Sussex Wildlife Trust.

   2.7 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   High Rocks

   High Rocks is a 3.2-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Tunbridge Wells in East Sussex and Kent. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

   3.3 km · geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in England · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Spa Valley Railway

   The Spa Valley Railway is a standard gauge heritage railway in the United Kingdom that runs from Tunbridge Wells West railway station in Royal Tunbridge Wells to High Rocks, Groombridge, and Eridge, where it links with the Oxted Line. It crosses the Kent and East Sussex border, covering a distance of 5 miles, along the former Wealden Line between Tunbridge Wells Central and Lewes.

   3.9 km · heritage railway in southeast England · Wikipedia

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Getting to Groombridge

Airports

London Gatwick (LGW), 26 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 60 km · London Stansted (STN), 86 km

Stations

Ashurst railway station, 2.9 km · Eridge railway station, 2.8 km · Withyham railway station, 3.2 km · High Rocks railway station, 3.1 km · Groombridge railway station, 200 m

• London → Groombridge

  49 km · quickest by road, 1h 57m · £6–9
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• London, Essex → Groombridge

  49 km · quickest by road, 1h 57m · £6–9
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• Luton, Luton → Groombridge

  95 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · £12–16
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