Handcross

Worth seeing in and around Handcross

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
   Brantridge Park

   Brantridge Park, Balcombe, West Sussex, England is a 19th-century country house, formerly one of the lesser royal residences. It is a Grade II listed building.

   2.5 km · country house in Balcombe, West Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Nymans

   Nymans is an English garden to the south of the village of Handcross, and in the civil parish of Slaugham in West Sussex, England. The garden was developed, starting in the late nineteenth century, by three generations of the Messel family, and was brought to renown by Leonard Messel.

   500 m · English garden to the south of the village of Handcross, and in the civil parish of Slaugham in West Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   St Mary's Church, Slaugham

   St Mary's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Slaugham in Mid Sussex, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. The 12th- and 13th-century church, restored in the Victorian era, serves a large rural area of the Sussex Weald, covering three villages as well as the ancient settlement of Slaugham.

   1.8 km · church in Mid Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Tyes Place

   Tyes Place is a listed historic manor house in Staplefield, West Sussex, England. It was once a farm, then in the first half of the 20th century it was owned by local benefactors Margaret and Stanley Powell, who in 1918 used the building as a rest house for clergy.

   2.9 km · manor house in Staplefield, West Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Wings Museum

   The Wings Museum is an aviation museum located in Sussex, United Kingdom. It is housed in a 12,000 square feet hangar-like former farm building in Brantridge Lane, between Handcross and Balcombe.

   2.4 km · aviation museum in Balcombe, West Sussex · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Cow Wood and Harry's Wood

   Cow Wood and Harry's Wood is a 75.5-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Handcross in West Sussex. it is in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

   800 m · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia

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Getting to Handcross

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London Gatwick (LGW), 11 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 50 km · London Luton (LTN), 92 km

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  51 km · quickest by road, 1h 47m · £5–7
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  93 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · £11–15
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  51 km · quickest by road, 1h 47m · £5–7
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