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Sussex vineyards you can stay at

The simplest fix for the one real problem with a vineyard day out: you can't drive home. These 14 estates have rooms, huts, cottages or lodges on site.

Wealden Trail
Rathfinny Wine Estate
Alfriston / Seaford
LunchStayWeddings
↦ Seaford (10 min)

Flagship. B Corp, Michelin-rec Tasting Room Restaurant, Flint Barns B&B (10 rms). One of UK's closest vineyards …

Worthing
Wiston Estate
Washington / Pulborough
LunchStayWeddings
↦ Worthing/Horsham (20 min)

Flagship. Goring family 275 yrs, winemaker Dermot Sugrue. Chalk Restaurant, walking & cycling tours, Pump House …

Chichester
Tinwood Estate
Chichester
LunchStayWeddings
↦ Chichester (15 min)

Boutique sparkling specialist. Vineyard Kitchen (British tapas), 8 luxury lodges, Yoga in the Vines.

East Grinstead
Kingscote Estate
East Grinstead
LunchStayWeddings
↦ East Grinstead

150-acre estate, fishing lakes, 14th-c Tithe barn, self-guided trails, Coach House cottage. Wedding venue.

Chichester
Ashling Park Estate
Chichester
LunchStayWeddings
↦ Nutbourne (8 min)

'Has it all' — world-class dining, 5 luxury lodges (Amazing Spaces designer), 360° experience room, gin mastercl…

Horsham
Leonardslee Wine Estate
Lower Beeding / Horsham
LunchStayWeddings
↦ Horsham (15 min)

Set in Grade I listed gardens with sculptures + 2 golf courses. Restaurant Interlude (Michelin), Vineyard Hotel …

Rother Triangle
Oxney Organic Estate
Beckley / Rye
Stay
↦ Rye (15 min)

Largest single-estate organic wine producer in England. Stay in Jacobean house, shepherd's huts or The Oxney Bar…

Rother Triangle
Tillingham Estate
Peasmarsh / Rye
LunchStayWeddings
↦ Rye (20 min)

Trendy mixed farm-to-glass estate. Michelin Green Star restaurant, live music in Dutch barn, hop-barn stay (11 r…

Rother Triangle
Oastbrook Estate
Robertsbridge
StayDogs
↦ Robertsbridge (15 min)

Fun family focus — kids' tours, quirky stays (Vineyard Hollow, Avalon Lodge, bell tents), resident dog Lora.

Rother Triangle
Charles Palmer Vineyards
Winchelsea
Stay
↦ Rye (10 min)

Single estate on 120-acre Wickham Manor. Old cellars run beneath Winchelsea; 16th-c manor stay with sea views.

Rother Triangle
Sedlescombe Organic
Sedlescombe / Robertsbridge
LunchStay
↦ Robertsbridge

England's oldest organic wine estate (1979), 22 acres biodynamic. Charcuterie & cakes, The Nest 3-bed stay. Vega…

Rother Triangle
Mountfield Winery
Mountfield / Robertsbridge
Stay
↦ Robertsbridge (8 min)

Pretty 10-acre family estate. Winery in old dairy, timber-beamed tasting room in the stables; cabin stay sleeps …

Wealden Trail
Coes Farm
Rotherfield
Stay
↦ Uckfield (20 min)

500-yr-old organic farm, micro-winery, natural wines, formal gardens & lake. Cottage/huts/orangery stays with in…

Wealden Trail
Mousehall Distillery & Vineyard
Wadhurst / Crowborough
Stay
↦ Crowborough (20 min)

Winery + distillery (Tidebrook Wines, Mousehall gin & vodka) on 11th-c estate. Combined tour/tasting; Oast stay …

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