The back story
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Town guide
The gardens of the High Weald: the back story
Borde Hill, Nymans, Wakehurst and Sheffield Park: four of England’s great gardens within a few miles of Haywards Heath, and a steam railway between them.
Beyond Brighton · about 15 to 20 minutes north by train
Haywards Heath: Our Favourites
Haywards Heath, about 15 to 20 minutes north of Brighton by direct train: Borde Hill, Nymans, Wakehurst and Sheffield Park, the Bluebell Railway, the Ardingly antiques fair and The Talbot at Cuckfield.
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Pubs
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Village high street
The Talbot
A pub and restaurant on the High Street of Cuckfield, the village next to Haywards Heath.
High Street, Cuckfield RH17 5JXExplore View on map
What to see and do
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Steam through the Weald
Bluebell Railway
The heritage steam railway through the Sussex Weald from Sheffield Park to East Grinstead.
Parks and gardens
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Garden rooms and parkland
Borde Hill Garden
A country garden of “garden rooms” in Grade II* listed parkland, just outside Haywards Heath.
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National Trust
Nymans
A romantic garden around the ruins of a manor house, with views across the Weald.
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National Trust
Sheffield Park and Garden
The National Trust’s landscape garden of lakes and trees, famous for its autumn colour, beside the Bluebell Railway.
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Kew in the Weald
Wakehurst
Kew’s wild botanic garden in the Sussex Weald, home of the Millennium Seed Bank.
Shopping
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Several times a year
Ardingly Antiques Fair
A big two-day antiques and collectors’ fair at the Ardingly showground, held several times a year.
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