Places to see, things to do
Gardens & Houses
Step Cottage Barn is ideally suited to explore Ashdown Forest and The High Weald Area of Natural Outstanding Beauty. However with good rail and road links London, Brighton and Gatwick are easily reached, as is the historic county town of Lewes and it's castle.
Your hosts know the area well and can recommend visits to the following:
Sheffield Park
Wakehurst Place
Nymans Gardens
Borde Hill Gardens
Glynde Place
Firle Place
Penshurst Place
Hever Castle
Groombridge Place
Chartwell
Walking
Ashdown Forest
Southdowns Way
The Long man of Willmington
The Sussex Border Path
Cuckoo Trail
Sport
East Sussex National Golf Course
Piltdown Golf Course
Royal Ashdown Golf Course
Sailing & Windsurfing Weirwood Reservoir
Sailing & Windsurfing Ardingly Reservoir
Tanyard Fisheries
Porches Farm Riding Stables
General Interest
Bluebell Railway
Bentley Wildfowl & Motor Museum
Drusillas
Pooh Corner
Plumpton Racecourse
Lingfield Racecourse
Hickstead All England Showjumping
Lewes Castle
Brighton Pavillion
Wilderness Wood
Ardingly Showground
Glyndebourne