Selmeston
Selmeston is a village and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England.
Selmeston is a village and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England. It is located eight miles (13 km) east of Lewes, to the north of the A27 road between there and Polegate.
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Worth seeing in and around Selmeston
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.
- 01Charleston Farmhouse
Charleston, in East Sussex, is a property associated with the Bloomsbury group, that is open to the public. It was the country home of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant and is an example of their decorative style within a domestic context, representing the fruition of more than sixty years of artistic creativity.
1.7 km · historic house museum · Wikipedia - 02Firle Beacon
Firle Beacon is a hill in the South Downs of southern England. It is 217 metres high and is a Marilyn.
2.4 km · hill in East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of St. Andrew, Alfriston
St Andrew's Church is the parish church of Alfriston, East Sussex, England. This Grade I listed building was built in the 1370s and is also known as the 'Cathedral of the Downs'.
3.9 km · church in Alfriston, East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Alfriston Clergy House
Alfriston Clergy House in Alfriston, Polegate, East Sussex, England, was the first built property to be acquired by the National Trust. It was purchased in 1896 for £10.
4 km · historic house in East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Milton Gate Marsh
Milton Gate Marsh is a 17.7-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Eastbourne in East Sussex. This site consists of two areas of alluvial wetland in the valleys of the River Cuckmere and one of its tributaries.
3 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Firle Escarpment
Firle Escarpment is a 302.1-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Seaford in East Sussex. This is a long stretch of chalk grassland on north facing slopes of the South Downs.
2.3 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Firle Place
Firle Place is a manor house in Firle, East Sussex, United Kingdom. The Gage family have owned the land at Firle since acquiring it from the Levett family in the 15th century.
3.4 km · Grade I listed country house in Firle, East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08The Parish Church of St Peter, Firle
St Peter's Church, Firle is a Grade I listed Church of England parish church in Firle, East Sussex, England, dedicated to Peter the Apostle. It stands adjacent to Firle Place, seat of the Gage family since the 15th century, who have long patronised the church.
3.7 km · Grade I listed church in Firle, East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Alfriston Market Cross
Alfriston Market Cross is the only remaining market cross in Sussex, other than the elaborate market cross in Chichester. It is formed of a stone base and shaft on a brick plinth; the cross itself is missing, but the shaft is topped with a ‘cornice-like’ stone.
3.7 km · market cross in Alfriston, East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Drusillas Zoo Park
Drusillas Zoo Park is a small 10 acres zoo near to Alfriston, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom. It attracts between 350,000 and 370,000 visitors per year and until December 2021, was home to the first Hello Kitty-themed attraction in Europe.
2.4 km · zoo in East Sussex, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Selmeston
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 41 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 82 km · London Stansted (STN), 116 km
- Stations
- Berwick (Sussex) railway station, 1.8 km
- London → Selmeston76 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · £9–12
- London, Essex → Selmeston76 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · £9–12
- Luton, Luton → Selmeston121 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · £16–21
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Selmeston
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 Selmeston. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIf you are in Europe, you can take a ferry from Dieppe to Newhaven.
- Get inIf you are catching a ferry, you may wish to park your car in the town.
- Get aroundBoth of these places are within walking distance from the station and ferry port.
- Go nextCatch a ferry to Dieppe, see the Get in section.
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- Alfristonvillage and civil parish in the Sussex district of Wealden, England3.6 km
- Firlevillage in East Sussex, England3.9 km
- Arlingtonvillage and civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England3.5 km
- Alcistonvillage and civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England1.1 km
- Berwickvillage and civil parish in East Sussex, England, UK1.3 km
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