The area's woodland conceals over 30 small manor houses, castles and beautiful parks and gardens. Nine are managed by the National Trust and include its most visited property - Wakehurst, the country estate of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other highlights include Bewl Water - the largest area of inland water in the South East of England, Harrison's Rocks - a 1.5km sandstone climbing crag and Bedgebury Forest which has  22km of cycle tracks.

Open farms and woodlands provide a countryside experience; and a car-free view of the landscape can be enjoyed from one of the area's 3 steam railways.

Explore garden history The area, with it proliferation of notable gardens, provides a potted history of landscaping fashions.  Ashburnham Park, Sheffield Place, Battle Abbey and Brightling, all represent the "gardenless" fo... Read more	Great Gardens of Sussex Unless you've spent some time studying local guide books, you're unlike to realise that the gardens on the west of the High Weald are in many ways a family; developed in parallel, using species tra... Read more
NGS gardens at their peak Now is the time of year when gardens in the High Weald are hitting their summer peak and there is the opportunity to enjoy the splendours and sights of some truly fabulous gardens (and the historic ho... Read more