[Sussex] Favourite National Trust sites? (Plus Free National Trust Pass in thread)

[Mustafa II]

Free pass for 2 adults in Autumn, see link below:

Free autumn National Trust passes

Escape into autumn with the National Trust. Find out how to claim a free, single-use visitor's pass.

www.nationaltrust.org.uk

What are the best National Trust sites to visit?

 

[Billy Seagull]

Free pass for 2 adults in Autumn, see link below:

Free autumn National Trust passes

Escape into autumn with the National Trust. Find out how to claim a free, single-use visitor's pass.

www.nationaltrust.org.uk

What are the best National Trust sites to visit?

Sheffield Park, Nymans, Standen, Scotney Castle, Sissinghurst, Chartwell, Batemans are all decent places for a wander round and all have coffee shops / restaurant.

 

[Norman Potting]

Bodiam Castle and you could leave your car in the lovely town of Tenterden and take a steam hauled train ride there and back.

 

[AmexRuislip]

For us we've visited a hell of a lot sites over the years throughout the UK.
Our favourite is Cliveden, which takes a lot to beat.
A close second would be Croome.
We've stayed in a lot of NT cottages etc..
Where we go for the obscure rather than the traditional choice.
The Potting shed at Glendurgan was great.

 

[Billy Seagull]

Yes, Clivedwn is great.
Wimpole Estate near Cambridge is also a good day out.
We use them as places to stop when driving to a holiday over here too. Membership is great value for money, especially if you are retired.

 

[Deportivo Seagull]

Another vote for Cliveden and also Stourhead.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Yes, Clivedwn is great.
Wimpole Estate near Cambridge is also a good day out.
We use them as places to stop when driving to a holiday over here too. Membership is great value for money, especially if you are retired.

Have you tried the new estate walk at Wimpole

 

[Stato]

Sheffield Park, Nymans, Standen, Scotney Castle, Sissinghurst, Chartwell, Batemans are all decent places for a wander round and all have coffee shops / restaurant.

Quite a few have secondhand bookshops too.

 

[Papak]

Knole (not Sussex) is my #1 by a significant margin.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Coleton Fishacre, on the Dart opposite Dartmouth. Just outstanding.

Also down that way, Cothele on the Tamar between Devon and Cornwall. A hidden beauty.

 

[Billy Seagull]

Have you tried the new estate walk at Wimpole

No, we were there ten days ago, it was 35 degrees !!

 

[vegster]

Virgina Woolfs old place near Rodmell is nice, lovely garden.

 

[Snowflake]

I vote Ightam mote, Standen and Scotney castle.

 

[Colonel Mustard]

Remember, it’s not just castles and stately homes (wonderful though many of these are). Probably my favourite NT visit was in Liverpool, to 'The Beatles' Childhood Homes.' You actually get to wander round inside the houses Lennon and McCartney grew up in, plus get taken to various Liverpool landmarks like Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields, etc. Unforgettable if you’re a Beatles fan. Probably if you’re not too.

 

[Bodian]

Around about 20% of the Lake District.

 

[SUIYHP]

Does Devil’s Dyke count?

Non sussex wise I’d recommend Penrhyn Castle in Bangor and Shugborough Estate in Staffordshire.