Hammerwood
Hammerwood is a hamlet in the civil parish of Forest Row in East Sussex, England.
Hammerwood is a hamlet in the civil parish of Forest Row in East Sussex, England. Its nearest town is East Grinstead, which lies approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west from the village. The village is situated on the High Weald, on the East Sussex-West Sussex-Kent-Surrey border.
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Worth seeing in and around Hammerwood
4 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.
- 01Bolebroke Castle
Bolebroke Castle is a 15th-century hunting lodge located north of the village of Hartfield, East Sussex, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.9 km · castle in Hartfield, East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Hammerwood Park
Hammerwood Park is a country house in Hammerwood, 2.9 miles east of East Grinstead and 8.8 miles west of Tunbridge Wells, in East Sussex, England. One of the first Greek Revival houses in England, it is a Grade I listed building.
500 m · country house near East Grinstead, Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of St Mary Magdalene
The Church of St Mary Magdalene is a parish church in the village of Cowden, in the district of Sevenoaks, Kent, England. It is part of the Church of England and falls within the Diocese of Chichester, the only parish church in Kent to do so.
3.1 km · church in Cowden, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Bassetts Manor
Bassetts Manor is a Grade II-listed building in Hartfield, East Sussex, England.
3.2 km · house in Hartfield, East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Hammerwood
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 17 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 52 km · London Stansted (STN), 84 km
- London → Hammerwood43 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · £4.5–6
- London, Essex → Hammerwood43 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · £4.5–6
- Luton, Luton → Hammerwood89 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · £11–15
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Hammerwood
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Hammerwood. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundScale 1:25,000 (4 cm:1 km, 2½ in:1 mi) would be fine, costing usually under £8.00 Cycling is very limited on Ashdown Forest land to the few public bridleways, although several groups are petitioning for more open access for off-road cycling however it is fully allowed on roads.
- Go nextEastbourne Petersfield South Downs Way, a popular walking path.
From Wikivoyage: Ashdown Forest, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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If you know how people move in Hammerwood – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Hammerwood
Hammerwood is 43 km from London, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Cowdenvillage and civil parish in Kent, United Kingdom3 km
- Ashurst Woodvillage in West Sussex, England, UK3.3 km