Burghurst Lodge
Bed & Breakfast
Local attractions in and around the Mid-Sussex area
Each attraction's name links to its website.
Ardingly Showground – Home of the South of England show and many other events throughout the year
Ashdown Forest – 6000 acres of heathland and woods. Home to Winnie the Pooh
Bluebell Railway – A volunteer-run country line with steam trains
Goodwood Racecourse & Motorsport – International sporting venue: The Festival of Speed, Goodwood Revival, Glorious Goodwood
Glyndebourne – World famous
opera venue
High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty – A historic landscape area of rural Sussex
Plumpton Racecourse – Picturesque national hunt racecourse nestling at the foot of the south downs. Regular meetings from September to May
Lingfield Racecourse – All-weather racing
Hickstead Showjumping – International show jumping arena
South Downs National Park – England's newest National Park
Gardens & historic houses
Wakehurst Place – Kew gardens in the country, with 170 acres of attractive gardens, wetlands and woodlands. Home to the Millennium Seed Bank. Free entry to National Trust members
Borde Hill Gardens – 200 acres of parkland, with many rare trees and shrubs
Nymans Gardens – National Trust gardens, including woodland walks
Sheffield Park Garden – National Trust 120-acre garden and lakes
Standen House – Arts and crafts family home with William Morris interiors set in a beautiful hillside garden
Charleston Farmhouse – Home of the Bloomsbury group writers and artists
Monks House – Country home of Virginia Woolf
Hever Castle – Childhood home of
Anne Boleyn
Local towns
Lewes – Former principal town of Sussex, attractive high street and castle
Royal Tunbridge Wells – Historic spa town witb the elegant Pantiles shopping area
Brighton – Cosmopolitan vibrant city home to Brighton Pavillion, The Lanes. It has excellent shopping and entertainment and the famous Brighton pier
Activities
Cycling – Bring your own bike (secure indoor storage available) or hire moutain bikes and try the trails at Deers Leap Park
Golf – East Sussex National Golf Course, Lindfield Golf Club, Haywards Heath, Royal Ashdown Forest Golf Club and Piltdown Golf Club
Walking – Burghurst Lodge is on the Sussex Border Path, near to the South Downs Way and nearby Ashdown Forest offers unlimited walking opportunities
Where to eat
Restaurants we recommend
Jeremy's at Borde Hill Gardens, Haywards Heath
The Limes, Lindfield, Haywards Heath
There are numerous restaurants in both Haywards Heath and East Grinstead
Pubs we recommend
Crown Inn, Horsted Keynes
Green Man, Horsted Keynes
Cat Inn West Hoathly
Coach and Horses, Danehill
The Hatch, Coleman's Hatch,
Ashdown Forest
Griffin, Fletching