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Drusillas Park is a small ten acre (4 ha) zoo with an adventure playground. Its exhibits are targeted towards children between 2 and 10 years old. The zoo is home to both wild and domestic animals, including ringtailed lemurs, meerkats, penguins and endangered species such as red pandas.

There are many handson activities, an adventure play area separated for different age groups and an indoor ...

Cuckmere Valley is a haven for wildlife that thrive in habitats based on a chalk bedrock, including some nationally rare species such as the Chalkhill Blue butterfly.

In 1836 a white horse was cut into the chalk on the steep scarp and it remains a popular attraction.

From the beach at Cuckmere Haven you can view the Seven Sisters stretching away into the distance. A more elevated view of ...

Opened in 1993, Sovereign Harbour is a development of the beachland formerly known as The Crumbles, the marina now consists of four separate harbours, a retail park and both permanent and holiday properties.

Overlooking one of the marinas are several restaurants and boutiques. Near the entrance to the harbour is a beach.

Always read and obey the safety signs and follow the beach safety ...

The Lavender Line is a heritage railway which runs for a two mile round trip between the villages of Isfield and Worth.

At Isfield is an original Victorian station and signal box. It is here that the headquarters of the Lavender line is based.

The Lavender Line is named after a local business man, A.E Lavender, who had his coal merchant office located by the cattle dock at Isfield ...

Seaford Head Local Nature Reserve, designated in 1969, now extends over 350 acres and includes several habitats.

Over 250 plant species and 220 bird species can be seen over the year. In particular you may want to look out for the silver-spotted skipper butterfly, rare insects such as the forester moth and potter flower bee and birds such as the skylark.

The nature reserve is managed by ...

Mayfield Village is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1087. The village name derives from both Maghefeld (a field where mayweed grows) and maid's field. The village sign depicts a maid.

Every September the village hosts its annual carnival. This is to commemorate the Protestants being condemned here on 23 September 1556, and being burnt at the stake in Lewes. The festival is part of the Sussex ...

Bateman's, a Jacobean Wealden sandstone mansion built in 1634, was the home of author Rudyard Kipling from 1902 until his death in 1936. The rooms in the house are kept as they were when Kipling and his wife Carrie and their children Josie, Elsie and John lived there.

Kipling's booklined study, contains his walnut refectory table by a window overlooking the front lawn. His pens paperweight and ...

The Ashdown Forest consists of 6500 acres of ancient forest and heathland occupying the highest sandy ridge-top of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Two thirds of the Ashdown Forest is heathland.

Part of the Ashdown Forest is the 100 acre wood made famous in the stories of Winnie-the-Pooh by A A Milne. The Pooh Sticks bridge is still there.

Eastbourne beaches are a mix of pebbles, shingle and in some places, when the tide goes out, sand. Stretching from west to east they are Holywell Retreat, Grand Parade, Marine Parade, Royal Parade, Redoubt and Harbour Reach.

Holywell Retreat

Holywell Retreat is the most westerly of the Eastbourne beaches. At the top it is pebbles and shingle but sand and numerous of rock pools ...

Alfriston Clergy House is a rare 14th-century Wealden hall house and was the first building to be acquired by the National Trust, in 1896 for a sum of £10. The house is thatched and timber-framed with views across the River Cuckmere.

The well-planted cottage garden, which was designed by Graham Stuart Thomas, features a magnificent Judas tree.

The National Trust for Places of Historic ...