Telscombe

Worth seeing in and around Telscombe

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
   Monk's House

   Monk's House is a 17th-century weatherboarded cottage in the village of Rodmell, three miles south of Lewes, East Sussex, England. The writer Virginia Woolf and her husband, the political activist, journalist and editor Leonard Woolf, bought the house by auction at the White Hart Hotel, Lewes, on 1 July 1919 for 700 pounds, and received there many visitors connected to the Bloomsbury Group, including T. S. Eliot, E. M. Forster, Roger Fry and Lytton Strachey.

   4.4 km · historic house in Rodmell, East Sussex, now a National Trust property, was from 1919 until their deaths the home of Virginia and Leonard Woolf · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Newhaven Fort

   Newhaven Fort is a Palmerston fort built in the 19th century to defend the harbour at Newhaven, on the south coast of England. It was the largest defence work ever built in Sussex and is now open as a museum.

   5 km · Victorian fort in Newhaven, East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Ovingdean Rectory

   Ovingdean Rectory is a clergy house at Ovingdean, East Sussex, England. The building was built from 1804 to 1807, replacing an earlier rectory described as "a mean, thatched parsonage-house" in a letter to Sir William Burrell There are mathematical tiles on the southern and western exterior.

   4.9 km · clergy house in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Asham Quarry

   Asham Quarry is a 2.6-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Newhaven in East Sussex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site and in the Sussex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

   5.3 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   St Peter's Church, Rodmell

   St Peter's Church is the parish church of Rodmell, East Sussex, England, and dates from the 12th century. It is a Grade I listed building and is among the earliest surviving examples of Norman architecture in the country.

   4.4 km · Grade I listed church in Rodmell, East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Swanborough Manor

   Swanborough Manor is a listed English manor dating back to the 12th century in Iford, East Sussex.

   5.5 km · Grade I listed building in Iford, Lewes, East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   The Parish Church of St Nicholas

   The Church of St Nicholas is an Anglican church in the village of Iford, East Sussex, England. It is in the Diocese of Chichester, and in the United Benefice of Iford with Kingston, Rodmell and Southease.

   5.1 km · Grade I listed church in Iford, East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Castle Hill, Brighton

   Castle Hill is a 114.6-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the eastern outskirts of Brighton in East Sussex. It is a Special Area of Conservation and Nature Conservation Review site.

   5.7 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest near Brighton, East Sussex · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Saltdean Lido

   Saltdean Lido at Saltdean Park Road, Saltdean, in the city of Brighton and Hove, in the ceremonial county of East Sussex, England, is an Art Deco lido designed by architect R.W.H. Jones. Originally listed at Grade II by English Heritage for its architectural and historical importance, its status was upgraded further to "Grade II*" on 18 March 2011.

   2.3 km · historic site in Brighton and Hove, England · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Hillside

    Hillside is an 18th-century Grade II* listed building in Rottingdean, in the city of Brighton and Hove. The house contains a gazebo listed for its special architectural or historic interest, and also contains a Grade II listed barn.

    3.5 km · house in Rottingdean, East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Telscombe

Airports

London Gatwick (LGW), 40 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 81 km · London Stansted (STN), 122 km

Stations

Newhaven Town railway station, 4.7 km · Newhaven Harbour railway station, 4.8 km · Southease railway station, 4.2 km · Port of Newhaven, 4.8 km

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  79 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · £9–12
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  123 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · £15–20
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