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Herstmonceux
Village and parish in East Sussex, England

Herstmonceux

Herstmonceux is a village and civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England, which includes Herstmonceux Castle.

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In 2011 the parish had a population of 2613.

Get in

Getting to Herstmonceux

The town is regularly served by buses from Eastbourne and the nearest railway station at Polegate.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Herstmonceux Castle

    Gardens & grounds: Mar & Oct 10AM–5PM; Apr–Sep 10AM-6PM (last admission one hour before closing).

  2. 02
    Windmill Hill Windmill

    The oldest post mill in Sussex, restored during the 1990s and 2000s from a ruin.

  3. 03
    Michelham Priory

    Michelham Priory, Upper Dicker, BN27 3QS,.

  4. 04
    Abbot's Wood

    Abbots Wood, Arlington, Polegate, BN26 6SL, non-geographic number)Country code missing.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Knockhatch Adventure Park
  2. 02
    Arlington Stadium
  3. 03
    Hailsham Town Football Club

    They play at the Beaconsfield, just off the Recreation Ground in Western Road.

  4. 04
    Cuckoo Trail

    An acclaimed route through the Wealden countryside.

  5. 05
    Hailsham Pavillion

    Independent arts space, with frequent regular films including major new releases, live music and theatre.

  6. 06
    England's Medieval Festival

    Herstmonceux Castle, Wartling Rd., BN27 1RN, tickets@mgel.com.

Eat

Where to eat

Hailsham offers plentiful options for eating, from sit-down to takeaway venues, whilst the town centre boasts several takeaways, coffee shops and bakeries.

  1. 01
    Diplocks Cafe

    It used to be a proper "greasy spoon" cafe loved by tradesmen, but it has expanded its hours with a focus on pizza, kebab and takeways.

  2. 02
    Eastern Promise

    Gardner Street, Herstmonceux, BN27 4LB,.

How locals move

Getting around Herstmonceux the local way

  • Get inAfter a checkered history ferries to Newhaven run to Dieppe (run by DFDS) throughout the year, taking 5 and 4 hours.
  • Get inAlternatively, tickets can be bought at the two ports, the ferry port in Newhaven is on the East Quay, while in Dieppe it is the east of the main harbour, both are well signposted The ferries to Dieppe are some of the newest sailing in the English Channel, and due to the former troubled history of the route (and massive subsidies) this can be cheaper than Dover to Calais, also the view from the ferries of the Seven Sisters and Cuckmere Haven is beautiful.
  • Go nextRunning from Eastbourne in the east all the way to Petersfield in the West, spanning three counties the South Downs Way is a popular walking path with numerous books and guides out there.

From Wikivoyage: East Sussex, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Michael Coppins (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.