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2milesHastings Museum of Local History
Old Town Hall, High Street, Hastings, TN343EW
The Old Town Hall Museum is arranged as a walk back in time through the history of Hastings Old Town. The Old Town Hall Museum provides an introduction to the history of the Old Town of Hastings, and covers all the key moments in the Old Town's history including the clearances of the 1930s, the town as a Napoleonic garrison, the notorious fraudster Titus Oates, the role of the Cinque Ports as well as the fires, floods and raids of the Middle Ages.
4.1miles1066 Battle of Hastings Abbey
Battle, Hastings, East Sussex, TN330AD
There's one date in English history that everyone knows 1066, the year the invading Normans defeated the Anglo-Saxons at the Battle of Hastings. Visit Battle and explore the historic battlefield and the ruins of the abbey that William the Conqueror later built to atone for the bloodshed of the Norman Conquest.
4.4milesBattle Museum of Local History
The Almonry, High Street, Battle, TN330EA
The main exhibition item in the Battle Museum is the only remaining battleaxe head from the Battle of Hastings, and also a reproduction of The Bayeux Tapestry. Originally identified by the London Museum as a woodman's axe of the pattern in use from the second half of the 9th until the first half of the 13th century.
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9.2milesBodiam Castle
Bodiam, East Sussex, TN325UA
One of the most famous and evocative castles in Britain, Bodiam was built in 1385, as both a defence and a comfortable home. The exterior is virtually complete and the ramparts rise dramatically above the moat.
9.2milesThe Observatory Science Centre
Herstmonceux, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN271RN
The Observatory Science Centre opened in April 1995, the domes and buildings and telescopes are being renovated and the Centre is a major venue for exhibitions, lectures and educational programmes. Research and training facilities are being developed in conjunction with local universities, colleges and technology-based businesses.
9.8milesRye Castle Museum
3 East Street, Rye, East Sussex, TN317JY
Rye Castle Museum is the local history museum for Rye. It displays objects from Rye's long history and also introduces you to Rye's illustrious past.
9.9milesPevensey Castle
Off the A259, Pevensey, East Sussex, BN245LE
Discover the history of the Norman Pevensey Castle where William the Conqueror landed in 1066 and established his stronghold, who was granted Pevensey Castle shortly after the Norman Conquest. After his victory at Hastings, he gave the castle to his brother Robert, Count of Mortain.
12.1milesEastbourne Miniature Steam Railway
Lottbridge Drove, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN236NS
Eastbourne Miniature Steam Railway - Amusement Park in Eastbourne, East Sussex. Contact venue on telephone number 01323520229 for opening times, entrance costs, and attractions/rides available at this park.
13.1milesCM Booth Collection of Historic Vehicles
Falstaff Antiques, 63 High Street, Rochester, TN174LP
Lovers of classic cars should visit the CM Booth Collection of Historic Vehicles at Rolvenden. Tucked away behind Falstaff Antiques you will discover a unique collection of Morgan three wheelers dating from 1913 1935 and a host of other automobilia.
13.4milesSmallhythe Place
, Smallhythe, TN307NG
The half-timbered house, built in the early 16th century when Smallhythe was a thriving shipbuilding yard, was the home of the Victorian actress Ellen Terry from 1899 to 1928 and contains her fascinating theatre collection. The cottage grounds include her rose garden, orchard, nuttery, a wonderful display of wild flowers and the Barn Theatre, which holds exhibitions and regular performances of plays, music and talks.
13.6milesHow We Lived Then
20 Cornfield Terrace, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN214NS
See well over 100,000 exhibits collected by Jan and Graham Upton during the past 40 years. Four floors of authentic shops, room-settings and with various displays covering 100 years of shopping and social history from 1850 to 1950.
13.8milesWish Tower Puppet Museum
Martello Tower 73, King Edward Parade, Eastbourne, BN214BU
A unique display of puppets from around the world, from Asian shadow puppets to over 300 years of Punch and Judy, to television puppets of today..
16.1milesBiddenden Vineyards and Cider Works
Little Whatmans, Gribble Bridge Lane, Biddenden, TN278DF
Biddenden Vineyard is Kent's oldest Commercial Vineyard, having been established in 1969. Ten varieties of grapes produce White, Red, Rose and Quality Sparkling Wine.
16.5milesSissinghurst Castle Garden
1m East of Sissinghurst, TN172AB
One of the world's most celebrated gardens, the creation of Vita Sackville-West and her husband Sir Harold NicolsonDeveloped around the surviving parts of an Elizabethan mansion with a central red-brick prospect tower, a series of small enclosed compartments, intimate in scale and romantic in atmosphere and including the renowned White Garden, provide outstanding design and colour through the season. The study, where Vita worked, and library are also open to visitors.
16.6milesScotney Castle Garden
, Lamberhurst, TN38JN
Designed in the Picturesque style around the ruins of a 14th-century moated castle, the garden has spectacular displays of rhododendrons, azaleas and kalmia in May and June, wisteria and roses rambling over the ruins in summer, and trees and ferns providing rich colour in autumn. There are fine walks through the estate with its parkland, woodland, hop farm, and wonderful vistas and viewpoints.
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Finchcocks Living Museum of Music
Prince Arthur Road, Gillingham, TN171HH
The Georgian manor of Finchcocks houses the magnificent Richard Burnett collection of historical keyboard instruments..
17.2milesRSPB Dungeness Nature Reserve
RSPB Dungeness Nature Reserve, Lydd, TN299PN
Situated on a unique shingle bank protruding into the English Channel, Dungeness has one of south-east England's most important colonies of sea-birds. The RSPB manages the pits and pools for the large numbers of wildfowl including Bewick's swans, gadwalls and smews, that are present in the winter.
17.4milesBayham Abbey
off B2169, Lamberhurst, TN38DE
The ruins of a house of 'white' canons, first founded in C.1208, are now set in an 18th-century landscape.
17.7milesAlfriston Clergy House
The Tye, Alfriston, East Sussex, BN265TL
Step back into the Middle Ages with a visit to this 14th Century thatched Wealden Hall House.Trace the history of this magnificent building - the first to be acquired by the National Trust in 1896 - and discover why the chalk floor is soaked in sour milk! Explore the colourful cottage garden, and savour the idyllic setting beside Alfriston's famous parish church, with stunning views across the meandering River Cuckmere.
17.8milesSouth of England Rare Breeds Centre
Highlands Farm, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN263RJ
Located deep in the heart of the glorious Kent country side the Centre is an unbeatable family day out. With lots of new attractions have opened for Easter 2004' plus all the old favourites, no other attraction offers so much to see and do for all ages and interests.
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