East Grinstead

I found a great site all about Ashdown Forest…
Originally a deer hunting forest in Norman times, Ashdown Forest is now the largest free public access space in the South East. It is a great place for walking and enjoying spectacular views over the Sussex countryside and is known the world over as the ‘home’ of […]

The name Ashurst Wood (Aesehyrst Wilde) dates back to medieval times (1164) when it referred to an area of common or waste land at the top of Wall Hill. There was no village then.
The Manors of Shovelstrode to the north and Brambletye to the south are recorded in the Domesday Book (1086). They were linked […]

Standen was built in 1892-4 for a prosperous London solicitor, James Beale, and his large family. He chose Philip Webb as his architect, who was one of William Morris’ closest friends and colleagues. Standen takes its name from one of three farms which James Beale purchased in 1890 - Great Hollybush, Stone and Standen. Standen […]

The Bluebell Railway is a heritage line running for nine miles along the border between East Sussex and West Sussex, England. Steam trains are operated between Sheffield Park and Kingscote, with an intermediate station at Horsted Keynes.
The railway is managed and run largely by volunteers, and has the largest collection of steam locomotives after the […]

It is famous as the setting for the Winnie the Pooh stories written by A. A. Milne for his son Christopher Robin. Poohsticks Bridge, Galleon’s Lap, Roo’s Sandpit, the North Pole, the Hundred Acre Wood, Heffelump Trap and The Dark and Mysterious Forest can all be found on Ashdown Forest. Ashdown Forest was once a […]

Hammerwood is a small hamlet, four miles to the east of East Grinstead in Sussex, UK.
The name Hammerwood comes from the old Sussex iron industry and relates to the numerous hammer-ponds found in the area. Streams in the locality can still run red with the colour of iron in the water.
Aside from a number of […]

Saint Hill is a mansion near East Grinstead, Sussex, England and was for many years the head office of the Church of Scientology. It remains the head office for the church in the United Kingdom.
It is situated on 59 acres (239,000 m²) of landscaped gardens.
Saint Hill Manor was built by Gibbs Crawford in 1792. Other […]

Sackville College is a Jacobean almshouse in town of East Grinstead, England. It was founded in 1609 with money left by Robert Sackville, the Earl of Dorset. Throughout its history has provided sheltered accommodation for the elderly. The College is a run as a charity and operates under an Act of Parliament from 1624 and […]

The Queen Victoria Hospital has become world famous for its pioneering burns and plastic surgery. Most famously, it was where the Guinea Pig Club was formed in 1941 after Sir Archibald McIndoe joined the hospital in 1939 to set up a special unit for the treatment of soldiers from the second world war to treat […]