Sissinghurst
Sissinghurst is a small village in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England.
Sissinghurst is a small village in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England. Originally called Milkhouse Street, Sissinghurst changed its name in the 1850s, possibly to avoid association with the smuggling and cockfighting activities of the Hawkhurst Gang. It is in the civil parish of Cranbrook and Sissinghurst.
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Worth seeing in and around Sissinghurst
5 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.
- 01Sissinghurst Castle Garden
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, at Sissinghurst in the Weald of Kent in England, was created by Vita Sackville-West, a poet and writer, and her husband Harold Nicolson, an author and diplomat. It is among the most famous gardens in England and is designated Grade I on Historic England's register of historic parks and gardens.
1.6 km · Grade I listed garden in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Cranbrook Strict Baptist Chapel
The Cranbrook Strict Baptist Chapel, is a Strict Baptist place of worship in the town of Cranbrook in the English county of Kent. The chapel was built in 1787.
2.2 km · church in Cranbrook & Sissinghurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of St Dunstan, Cranbrook
St Dunstan's Church, also known as the Cathedral of the Weald, in Cranbrook, Kent, England, dates to the late 13th century. It is now Grade I listed.
2.2 km · church in Cranbrook, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Crane Valley
Crane Valley is a 0.8-hectare Local Nature Reserve in Cranbrook in Kent. It is owned and managed by Tunbridge Wells Borough Council.
2.7 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Sissinghurst Park Wood
Sissinghurst Park Wood is a 31.1-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Sissinghurst Kent. This wood is mainly sweet chestnut coppice, and the importance of the site lies in the number of rare plants found in its rides.
1.6 km · biological site in Kent, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Sissinghurst
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 52 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 82 km · London Stansted (STN), 89 km
- London → Sissinghurst65 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · £8–10
- London, Essex → Sissinghurst65 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · £8–10
- Luton, Luton → Sissinghurst109 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · £14–18
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No local-transport research exists yet for Sissinghurst
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 Sissinghurst. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThey continue to Ashford, then either to Canterbury West, Minster and Ramsgate, or to Folkestone and Dover (for Channel ferries).
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