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Stanmer

Stanmer is a village on the northern edge of the city of Brighton and Hove, in the ceremonial county of East Sussex, England.

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The place

Stanmer is a village on the northern edge of the city of Brighton and Hove, in the ceremonial county of East Sussex, England. It was formerly a civil parish until 1952 when it was split between Brighton and Falmer.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Stanmer

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.

  1. 01
    University of Sussex

    The University of Sussex is a public research university located in Falmer, East Sussex, England. It lies mostly within the city boundaries of Brighton and Hove.

    1.2 km · university in Brighton and Hove, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Brighton Community Stadium

    Falmer Stadium, currently known as the American Express Stadium for sponsorship reasons and more commonly referred to as the Amex, is a football stadium in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England. With a capacity of 32,500, it is the second-largest stadium in South East England, and the 30th-largest stadium in the United Kingdom.

    1.5 km · association football stadium in Brighton & Hove · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    University of Brighton

    The University of Brighton is a public university based in Brighton on the south coast of England. Its roots can be traced back to 1858 when the Brighton School of Art was opened in the Royal Pavilion.

    2.9 km · university in England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Ditchling Beacon

    Ditchling Beacon is the highest point in East Sussex, England, with an elevation of 248 m. It is south of Ditchling and to the north-east of Brighton.

    3.5 km · hill in East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Chattri

    The Chattri is a First World War memorial near Patcham on the south coast of England. It was unveiled in 1921 in memory of 74 Indian soldiers who died in military hospitals in Brighton, particularly the 53 Hindus and Sikhs who were cremated on the site.

    3.6 km · war memorial in Brighton and Hove, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    All Saints Church, Patcham

    All Saints Church is the Anglican parish church of Patcham, an ancient Sussex village which is now part of the English city of Brighton and Hove. A place of worship has existed on the hilltop site for about 1,000 years, but the present building has Norman internal features and a 13th-century exterior.

    3.4 km · church in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Varndean College

    Varndean College is a sixth form college in Brighton and Hove that serves the needs of sixth form students and adults.

    3.5 km · college in Brighton and Hove, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Stanmer House

    Stanmer House is a Grade I listed mansion set in Stanmer Park, close to the village of Stanmer and north-east of the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England. Constructed by the French architect Nicholas Dubois in 1722 in a Palladian style for the Pelham family, it incorporates the remains of an earlier house, and was again altered in 1860.

    100 m · Grade I listed English country house in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Stanmer Park

    Stanmer Park is a large public park within the Brighton and Hove city boundary. It is a Local Nature Reserve and English Heritage, under the National Heritage Act 1983, has registered the park on the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England at Grade II level.

    200 m · park northeast of Brighton and Hove, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Earthship Brighton

    Earthship Brighton is a self-sustainable building, completed in 2006 and owned by the non-profit Low Carbon Trust, situated in Stanmer Park, Brighton, England. The building is an example of passive solar earth-sheltered design and was constructed using waste car tyres and other recycled materials such as cans and bottles.

    700 m · sustainable building in Brighton, England · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Stanmer

Airports
London Gatwick (LGW), 32 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 71 km · London Luton (LTN), 113 km
Stations
Falmer railway station, 1.3 km · Moulsecoomb railway station, 2.8 km
  • London → Stanmer
    71 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · £8–11
  • Luton, Luton → Stanmer
    114 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · £14–19
  • London, Essex → Stanmer
    71 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · £8–11
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Stanmer

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 Stanmer. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextDieppe, France – by ferry from Newhaven Harbour, about east of Brighton.

From Wikivoyage: Brighton, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    87 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    321 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    438 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    621 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    657 km

If you know how people move in Stanmer – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

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