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English Wine Week
Events | Wine
Special events and more at Sussex vineyards.
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
Sussex Wildlife Trust’s nature reserve is a 465 hectares mosaic of coastal habitats – shingle, saltmarsh, saline lagoons, coastal grazing marsh, freshwater ditches and gravel pits, and reedbeds. It is home to 4,500 species of plants and animals of which more than 300 are nationally rare or endangered.
To watch and enjoy these wildlife experiences you can explore much of the site through a network of paths with five birdwatching hides accessible to most wheelchairs.
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Firle Beacon
Landscape
Firle Beacon, with fantastic views across the sea, sits high above the village of Firle in the South Downs National Park. The Beacon is home to a Neolithic tomb, and can be accessed using one of the many footpaths leading up from the village.
Stay at Tillingham
Overnight | Accommodation | Camping | B&B
Stay overnight in a converted hop barn B&B or luxury bell tent at this biodynamic vineyard & wine producer in the East Sussex countryside.
“Tillingham is starting to resemble what a farm once was”
Wine
Ben Walgate is at the vanguard of regenerative farming in Sussex. His dynamic vineyard and winery, Tillingham— in Peasmarsh near Rye— is the antidote to large-scale winemaking. We meet him at the farm on an autumn day to find out what brought him here—and where Tillingham is going.
The Sussex Modern guide to Arundel & Littlehampton
Overnight | Story
With one of the most distinctive skylines in Sussex, picturesque Arundel rises from the landscape like something out of a storybook. But far from a relic of another time, these days this vibrant market town is weaving its own tale, moving to the beat of a new wave of makers, artists and independent businesses
On The Edge, Facing South
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.
The Sussex Modern guide to Eastbourne
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.
Long Man of Wilmington
Landscape
Britain’s tallest chalk hill figure. There is no firm evidence about who he is, or why he is there. The figure is cut into the steep slopes of Windover Hill, and is 235 feet high.
Radical Heartlands Roadtrip
Turner Prize 2023
Discover the artistic and independent spirit of Sussex on a journey through its most radical landscapes and ideas.
