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Our exciting new museum is open on platform 2 and is well worth a visit. Explore the treasures and read all about our railway from its beginnings in 1882 through to the Bluebell Railway of the present day.The highlight of any visit to the Bluebell is a viewing…

Michelham Priory is a rare fortified monastery, moated and a gate tower added in the late 13th century, probably in anticipation of a French attack. Boasting England's longest medieval water‐filled moat, Michelham Priory's Island of History reflects its nearly 800 year existence. The house dates back to…

Perhaps the most successful British make in the history of motor sport was the Bentley. W. O. Bentley, who had raced foreign made cars before the First World War, designed a light sporting car for road use based on the racing cars of several years earlier. The first…

The interior of this beautiful 17th‐century house, Rudyard Kipling's home from 1902 to 1936, reflects the author's strong associations with the East. There are many oriental rugs and artefacts, and most of the rooms including his book‐lined study are much as Kipling left them. The delightful…

Home of the Gage family for over 500 years, Firle Place has a Tudor core. Treasures to be tound at Firle Place include many European and English Old Master paintings, English French furniture and other notable examples from Sevres and English porcelain factories.The house and surrounding…

Glynde Place is a magnificent Elizabethan manor house looking out from its position high on the rolling Sussex Downs over the weald. It was built in 1569 from flint and Normandy stone which was brought across the English Channel in barges. Glynde Place has been lived in…