Uckfield

Worth seeing in and around Uckfield

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
   The Old Parish Church of St Margaret, Buxted Park

   The Church of St Margaret the Queen is a grade I listed building in Buxted Park, East Sussex, England. It is dedicated to Saint Margaret of Scotland, an 11th-century Scottish queen.

   2.2 km · church in Buxted Park, East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   St John the Evangelist Church, Heron's Ghyll

   St John's Church or St John the Evangelist Church is a Roman Catholic Parish Church in the Heron's Ghyll settlement of Buxted, East Sussex, England. It was built from 1896 to 1897 and designed by Frederick Walters.

   6 km · church building in Buxted, Wealden, East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Horsted Place

   Horsted Place is a Tudor Revival country house, now a hotel, in Little Horsted, East Sussex, England. The current building dates to 1850, when it was built by Samuel Daukes/George Myers for Francis Barchard, a successful merchant from London, though an earlier house evidently existed as it was documented as being owned by the Law family in 1816.

   2.6 km · country house hotel in Little Horsted, Wealden, East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   The Baptist Church

   Uckfield Baptist Church is a Baptist congregation based in the town of Uckfield in East Sussex, England. Although services now take place in a school, the cause—founded in 1785 by seceders from the nearby Five Ash Down Independent Chapel—had its own chapel from 1789 until 2005, when the building closed and was sold for residential conversion.

   800 m · protestant church building in Uckfield, Wealden, East Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Five Ash Down Independent Chapel

   Five Ash Down Independent Chapel is an independent Evangelical church in the Reformed tradition in the hamlet of Five Ash Down, East Sussex, England. Founded in 1773 in the house of a local man, Thomas Dicker Sr.

   2.7 km · church in East Sussex , United Kingdom · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Copping Hall

   Copping Hall is a Grade II* listed house in Uckfield, East Sussex, England. It is located at 46 Church Lane, Uckfield, East Sussex TN22 1BT. Built in the eighteenth century, it is two-storey high and contains an attic, three windows and two dormers as well as grey headers with red brick dressings and quoins.

   500 m · house in Uckfield, Wealden, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Buxted Park

   Buxted Park is an 84.7 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, located near the village of Buxted, East Sussex, England. The main house is just over 0.5 km northeast of the town of Uckfield.

   3.9 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in East Sussex, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Lavender Line

   The Lavender Line is a heritage railway based at Isfield Station, near Uckfield in East Sussex, England.

   4.6 km · heritage railway in East Sussex, England · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Hempstead Meadow

   Hempstead Meadow is a 1.6-hectare Local Nature Reserve in Uckfield in East Sussex. It is owned and managed by Uckfield Town Council.

   100 m · park · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Rock Wood

    Rock Wood is a 10.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Uckfield in East Sussex. This ancient wood has several different types of broadleaved woodland, a stream which cuts through a steep sided valley and a small waterfall.

    3.9 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in East Sussex · 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.

What Wikivoyage says to see

The town has little to distract for more than a morning. Bridge Cottage is worth a look, but other than that the town is fairly bland. It is cloaked by housing developments, of which more seem to be inevitable. However the surrounding villages of Blackboys, Framfield, and Ashdown Forest are popular with walkers. Parking is free throughout the town.

1. 01
   Bridge Cottage

   It is used for educational trips and as an events venue.

From Wikivoyage: Uckfield, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

It’s quite difficult to dress a fairly unexciting town as something that it isn’t. Lewes is probably a better attraction if you wish to visit this delightful area. You are probably better off having a look at the local area including Ashdown Forest or the Cuckoo Trail from Heathfield to Eastbourne. Still, the local area does contain some hidden gems.

1. 01
   Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum

   Harveys Lane, BN8 5AF (It is signposted off the A26 towards Lewes),.

2. 02
   The Lavender Line

   A 1-mile long preservation railway a short distance from Uckfield in Isfield.

3. 03
   Sheffield Park Gardens

   Sheffield Park, TN22 3QX, sheffieldpark@nationaltrust.org.uk.

4. 04
   Bluebell Railway

   Sheffield Park Station, TN22 3QL (literally across the road from Sheffield Park Gardens),.

5. 05
   Picture House

   It has three screens and is cheaper and less soul-destroying than the big multiplexes.

From Wikivoyage: Uckfield, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

The outlying villages generally have better food and more character than the town pubs.

1. 01
   The Station Inn

   43 High St, TN22 1AJ (opposite the train station),.

2. 02
   The Highlands Inn

   If ordering food, stick to the menu and don't go for the specials.

3. 03
   Maximum Diner

   The former owner Christopher Nye wrote a book on it.

4. 04
   The Picture House Restaurant

   Popular pizza restaurant that is now part of Picture House.

5. 05
   Pizza Express

   Italian restaurant specialising in pizzas, part of a popular Italian restaurant chain.

From Wikivoyage: Uckfield, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Uckfield

Airports

London Gatwick (LGW), 28 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 68 km · London Stansted (STN), 102 km

Stations

Buxted railway station, 3.1 km · Uckfield railway station, 300 m · Isfield railway station, 4.5 km

• London → Uckfield

  62 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · £6–9
  GuideToday
• London, Essex → Uckfield

  62 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · £6–9
  GuideToday
• Luton, Luton → Uckfield

  107 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · £14–18
  GuideToday
• From anywhere

  The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
  Plan a trip

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 Uckfield

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

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