Whether you are visiting for the day or a short break, Hawkhurst and its surroundings have many attractions and places to visit to keep the visitor entertained. Listed below is a selection of the attractions within 10 miles of Hawkhurst, please click here for more attractions slightly further afield.

History and heritage

Yesterday’s World
Battle, East Sussex. An award winning 15th century Wealden hall-house and country garden with over 100,000 nostalgic artefacts on display, dating from the 1850s to 1950s
01424 775 378
http://www.yesterdaysworld.co.uk/

Tenterden & District Museum
Housed in a weatherboard building, showing local artefacts and history.
01580 764310
http://www.ukpages.net/kent/museum.htm

The Colonel Stephens Museum
Extraordinary collection of materials, vividly telling the story of Colonel Stephens and his exotic collection of bizarre railways
08706 006 074
http://www.hfstephens-museum.org.uk/

Battle Museum of Local History
01424 775955
http://www.battlemuseum.org.uk/

Castles, Houses and Gardens

Bodiam Castle
One of the most famous and evocative castles in Britain, Bodiam was built in 1385, as both a defence and a comfortable home
01580 830 436
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-bodiamcastle.htm

Sissinghurst Castle Garden
Vita Sackville West’s famous garden is now a National Trust property.
01580 710701
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-sissinghurstcastlegarden/

Battle Abbey
A magnificent Benedictine Abbey which commemorates one of the most famous events in English history, the Battle of Hastings.
01424 773792
http://www.castles-abbeys.co.uk/Battle-Abbey.html

Great Dixter
01797 252 878
http://www.greatdixter.co.uk/

Smallhythe Place
Ellen Terry's early 16th-century house and cottage gardens. A National Trust property, Smallhythe.
01580 762334
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-smallhytheplace/

Bedgebury Pinetum
the most complete collection of temperate conifers in the world.
01580 879842
http://www.bedgeburypinetum.org.uk/

Merriments Gardens
Hurst Green, Etchingham
A 4-acre garden featuring herbaceous borders, unusual plants, water gardens and new formal garden.
www.merriments.co.uk

Other attractions

The Kent and East Sussex Railway
The country's finest example of a rural light railway running from Tenterden to Bodiam Castle
01580 765155
http://www.kesr.org.uk/

Sandhurst Vineyards
Self-guided tours of the working farm with vineyards, a hop garden and orchards. Visitors can also experience the oast during the hop-picking season and see work in progress.
www.sandhurstvineyards.co.uk

Trout Fishing
Tenterden Trout Waters
01580 763 201
http://www.tenterden-trout-waters.co.uk/

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