Thatch & TrailSussex vineyard guide

Sussex wine trail

The Rother Triangle

The cluster around Rye and Robertsbridge in the far east of the county — organic estates, farm-to-glass cooking and some of the best places to stay of any Sussex wine region.

  • 7 vineyards
  • 2 serve food
  • 6 with rooms
  • 3 stations
Rother Triangle
Oxney Organic Estate
Beckley / Rye
VerifiedStay
↦ Rye (book a taxi ahead)

Estate-verified: wine flights Tue–Sun May–Oct, Saturday tours through summer, sleeps 28 across shepherd’s huts and barns. No self-guided walking.

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Tillingham Estate
Peasmarsh / Rye
LunchStayWeddings
↦ Rye (taxi)

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

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Oastbrook Estate
Robertsbridge
StayDogs
↦ Robertsbridge (15 min)

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

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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.

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Sedlescombe Organic
Sedlescombe / Robertsbridge
VerifiedLunchStay
↦ Battle (estate’s recommendation)

Estate-verified: UK’s oldest organic vineyard (1979). £25 guided tours, drop-in flights from £15, free vineyard and woodland walks, open Wed–Sun and right through the winter.

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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 …

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Carr Taylor Vineyard
Westfield / Hastings
↦ Hastings

One of England's oldest family vineyards (est. 1971) near Hastings. Shop, self-guided & guided tours. (Verify de…

Getting to the Rother Triangle

The vineyards here are reached from Hastings, Robertsbridge and Rye. None of them are walkable from the platform bar one — budget for a taxi at each end, or a driver who's prepared to spit.

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