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Escape to Sussex: 7 boutique getaways near London
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As well as extraordinary art, wines and scenery, Sussex is blessed with a stellar choice of places to stay – all within easy reach of London.
Brighton Festival
The arts lead the way in Sussex’s city of culture
No two Brighton Festivals are ever the same. Yes, all the usual suspects are here – music, theatre, art, dance, film, literature – but it’s the capacity to surprise that marks Brighton’s festival out from the rest. Waves of culture flow across the city in May as each year a different director puts their own unique twist on an event that unfailingly seems to manage to find a way to make the cultural world sit up and take notice.
Each May // various venues
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Pevensey Bay
Landscape
Pevensey Bay is an old fishing village founded in the 1600s and is famously known as William of Normandy’s landing place in 1066. It is now a popular seaside destination. Pevensey village dates back to the 13th century and the nearby Pevensey Levels are a natural haven for wild birds, flowers and animals.
Goodwood Art Foundation
Art
Goodwood Art Foundation is a bold new destination for contemporary art in the UK, bringing internationally renowned artists into dialogue with the natural beauty of the South Downs.
Oxney Organic Estate
Wine
The largest single estate organic vineyard in the UK, producing award-winning still and sparkling wines.
Amberley Wild Brooks Nature Reserve
Landscape
This downland nature reserve sits on the fringes of the county town of Lewes. The Iron Age hill fort of Mount Caburn can be accessed from here and is a 15-minute walk up from Glynde village. It has beautiful views out to the sea.
Depot
Art
Lewes Depot is an award-winning independent 3-screen cinema and stylish café-restaurant with gardens and terrace.
High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Landscape
A medieval landscape of wooded, rolling hills studded with sandstone outcrops at the heart of South East England.
Battle Festival of Arts and Music
Events | Art
The Sussex festival with its roots firmly in the community.
Bluebell Vineyard Estates
Wine
Home to the award-winning range of Hindleap sparkling wines and Ashdown still wines.
