East Sussex is one of the United Kingdom’s most wooded counties with over seventeen percent of the county covered in woodland including Barnes Wood just outside of the small village of Staplecross. The woodland is open to the public and...

A short distance from the main road between Battle and London at Staplecross in East Sussex can be found a large area of natural ancient woodland called Footlands Woods. The area is managed by the Woodlands Trust and is open...

The modern church of St Mark's in the rural community of Staplecross in East Sussex is right at the heart of the village. The church and its hall provides ample space for a primary school and its playing field as...

The history of Staplecross Bowls Club in East Sussex has a very curious history involving a Scottish man on holiday from his home in Cumnock. The gentleman was on holiday in Sussex in 1909 and noticed that there was nowhere...

Staplecross and the neighbouring villages of Ewhurst Green and Cripps’ Corner in East Sussex are small communities that all suffered great loss of life during the First World War. Together the three villages paid for the erection of a war...

Battle Wine Estate in the East Sussex town was founded in 1983 with vines imported from Germany and has since then been honoured with many awards for the quality of their English white and red wines. The vineyard grows their...

This is without a doubt one of the most perfect examples of a late medieval castle anywhere in the south of England. Surrounded by a moat, visitors can be forgiven for thinking that they have taken a step back...

East Sussex has a long and proud history of producing many fine County and club cricketers and the town of Robertsbridge has produced a number of them over the years. The cricket club at Robertsbridge is located on the flat...

During the Victorian era the Kent and East Sussex Railway ran all the way to Robertsbridge, sadly today Northiam in Kent is its last stop, but this did not stop the establishment, in 1961, of the Rother Valley Railway Museum...

Saint Mary the Virgin Church in the East Sussex village of Salehurst doubles as the parish church of nearby Robertsbridge and is widely regarded as being the largest rural parish church in the county. Originally built in the 12th Century...

The East Sussex village of Sedlescombe regularly wins awards as indeed so too does Sedlescombe Cricket Club, which have been a fixture in the community for nearly one hundred years. The clubhouse and grounds are located at the lowest point...

Sedlescombe Organic Vineyard was first established in 1974 just outside the village in East Sussex. The owner was left ten acres of land in a will and he chose to grow organic food to follow a self sufficiency life style....

Visitors to Bodiam Castle in East Sussex often overlook the village’s other star attraction, St Giles Church. This pretty 14th Century church pretty set within a border of ancient native broad leaf trees and a wide graveyard. The church is...

St James’ the Great Church is to be found in the beautiful and rural village of Ewhurst Green not far from the better known Bodium. The foundations for this pretty parish church were laid in the 12th Century but only...

The United Reform Church in Robertsbridge is to be found on the small town’s quiet High Street and is the East Sussex towns’ only religious church. When it was built during the 18th Century the design of the church came...