Uckfield is a market town with a long High Street up to the older part of the town around Church Street. Part of the River Uck's flood plain is Hempstead Meadows Nature Reserve where primroses and bluebells can be seen in spring. The railway line terminates at Uckfield but used to continue to Lewes and there is a campaign to re-open this useful link: www.wealdenline.org.uk. The Bus Station is less than ¼ mile from Uckfield Rail Station.
Buses to Lewes 29/29A/29B operate from near Rail Station (also Bus Station) to Lewes, operated by Brighton & Hove.
A 2 mile standard gauge preserved railway to Worth Halt with steam and heritage diesel trains.
Original Victorian station and signal box at Isfield. Museum coach, model railway, miniature railway and children's play area.
Buffet. Events programme.
Open please see website.
www.lavender-line.co.uk
Bus 29A from near Rail Station (also Bus Station) to opposite Isfield station,
10 minutes journey, Daily, hourly.
Operated by Brighton & Hove.
Buses also operate from Lewes.
The Priory dates from 1229 and after dissolution of the monasteries in Tudor times it was converted
into a country house. It is in a picturesque setting surrounded by the medieval moat. Features include the Prior's Room,
Victorian and Tudor kitchens, 14th-century gatehouse and a replica Bronze Age roundhouse. Gardens, watermill and forge.
Children's play area. Café.
Open Mar-Sep, Daily 1030-1700. Oct-Feb, see website.
www.sussexpast.co.uk
Bus 54 from near Rail Station (but NOT Bus Station) to Lower Dicker, shortly after Golden Cross.
22 minutes journey, M-S hourly. Operated by Stagecoach.
