The Observatory Science Centre

The Royal Greenwich Observatory RGO was founded at Greenwich in London in 1675 by King Charles II but was moved just after the second world war in order to escape the lights and pollution of the city. The site at Herstmonceux was chosen as the most suitable in…
Distance: 6.8 miles away

Battle Museum

The main exhibition item in the Battle Museum is the only remaining battleaxe head from the Battle of Hastings, and also a reproduction of The Bayeux Tapestry. Originally identified by the London Museum as a woodman's axe of the pattern in use from the second half of…
Distance: 0.4 miles away

Finchcocks Musical Museum

The Georgian manor of Finchcocks houses the magnificent Richard Burnett collection of historical keyboard instruments.…
Distance: 13 miles away

How We Lived Then

See well over 100,000 exhibits collected by Jan and Graham Upton during the past 40 years. Four floors of authentic shops, room‐settings and with various displays covering 100 years of shopping and social history from 1850 to 1950.We have a well‐stocked Gift Shop offering a selection of…
Distance: 13.3 miles away

Biddenden Vineyards and Cider

Biddenden Vineyard is Kent's oldest Commercial Vineyard, having been established in 1969. Ten varieties of grapes produce White, Red, Rose and Quality Sparkling Wine. Traditional Kentish Ciders have also been made here for over 20 years together with farm pressed apple juices. Visitors are welcome throughout the year.The…
Distance: 14.3 miles away

Falstaff Antiques

Lovers of classic cars should visit the CM Booth Collection of Historic Vehicles at Rolvenden. Tucked away behind Falstaff Antiques you will discover a unique collection of Morgan three wheelers dating from 1913 1935 and a host of other automobilia.…
Distance: 11.6 miles away

Hastings Museum

The Old Town Hall Museum is arranged as a walk back in time through the history of Hastings Old Town. The Old Town Hall Museum provides an introduction to the history of the Old Town of Hastings, and covers all the key moments in the Old Town's history…
Distance: 6.6 miles away

The Truggery

Trug making is a traditional craft which has been established in Sussex for at least 200 years, and is an Anglo Saxon word for wooden vessel or boat‐shaped object. 'The Truggery' at Coopers Croft, Herstmonceux is a cottage on the outskirts of the village built in the…
Distance: 7.6 miles away

Wish Tower Puppet Museum

A unique display of puppets from around the world, from Asian shadow puppets to over 300 years of Punch and Judy, to television puppets of today.…
Distance: 13.5 miles away

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