“I couldn’t believe a place like this existed in England”: Ridgeview’s Mardi Roberts
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Mardi Roberts moved from Australia to Sussex in 2000 to join the team - and the family - at Ridgeview Estate. Read her story.
Every May Day weekend, the good folk of Hastings daub themselves with green paint, cover themselves in leaves and take to the streets to celebrate the coming of summer.
There are drummers everywhere, dancing giants, chimney sweeps (?) and processions, all culminating in the ritual killing of the Jack – the main guy in all of this – whose liberated soul releases the spirit of summer. It’s just a bonkers knees-up of course, and a very noisy one at that…
May Day weekend // Hastings
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Mardi Roberts moved from Australia to Sussex in 2000 to join the team - and the family - at Ridgeview Estate. Read her story.
Landscape  
The dramatic Seven Sisters Country Park, with its chalk sea cliffs, chalk grassland and the meandering Cuckmere estuary is set within the South Downs National Park, along the Sussex Heritage Coast.
Art  
Experience the extraordinary atmosphere of the Sussex home of these photographers whose guests included Picasso, Man Ray and Miró.
Story | Art | Landscape | Wine  
Where the Low Weald meets the sea you find a land of contrasts and contradictions – inspiring marshy levels, broad stretches of shingle and sandy beach, and favourite seaside playgrounds.
Overnight | Accommodation | B&B  
Wake up in the heart of an English Vineyard at Rathfinny Estate's award-winning B&B in East Sussex.
Turner Prize 2023 | Turner Prize 2023 | Art  
If you’re in Eastbourne to see the Turner Prize 2023 exhibition, here are just a few of the exciting wraparound events to get involved with.
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Established for more than half a century, Bolney is a true pioneer of English wine.
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A medieval landscape of wooded, rolling hills studded with sandstone outcrops at the heart of South East England.
Overnight | Art | Landscape | Wine  
Small enough to explore in a day, exciting enough to stay for a week, Eastbourne has got it going on. So if you do like to be beside the seaside, here are just some of the things to do, places to stay, eat and drink in Britain’s new cultural hotspot.