Sissinghurst
Built-up area in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
| Coordinates: | 51.111, 0.555 |
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| OS grid ref: | TQ 78 37 |
| Population: | 1,068 |
| Dialling code: | 01580 (Cranbrook) |
Sissinghurst is a small village in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England, set in the rolling farmland and hedgerow landscape of the High Weald. It is best known for Sissinghurst Castle Garden, the celebrated twentieth‑century garden created by Vita Sackville‑West and Harold Nicolson around the ruins of an Elizabethan manor.
The garden, now cared for by the National Trust, is famous for its intimate "garden rooms" and the iconic White Garden and draws gardeners, literary pilgrims and day visitors from across the country; that visitor trade helps sustain local pubs, B&Bs and a lively volunteer community, giving the otherwise quiet village an outsized cultural and historic profile in Kent.
Postcode districts covering Sissinghurst
Most populated places nearby
- Hastings 16.3 miles26.2 km
- Maidstone 11.2 miles18 km
- Gillingham 18.1 miles29.2 km
- Chatham 17.3 miles27.9 km
- Royal Tunbridge Wells 12.5 miles20.2 km
- Ashford 14 miles22.6 km
- Gravesend 23.1 miles37.1 km
- Sittingbourne 18.4 miles29.7 km
- Bexhill-on-Sea 18.7 miles30 km
- Tonbridge 13.5 miles21.7 km
- Sevenoaks 19.6 miles31.6 km
- Rochester 19 miles30.6 km
Neighbouring places
- Cranbrook, Sissinghurst & Frittenden Ward 0.3 miles0.5 km
- Cranbrook Common Built-up area 0.6 miles1 km
- Cranbrook & Sissinghurst Parish 0.8 miles1.2 km
- Coursehorn Built-up area 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Cranbrook Built-up area 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Hartley Built-up area 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Frittenden Built-up area 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Benenden Built-up area 2.9 miles4.6 km
- East End Built-up area 3.1 miles5.1 km
- Biddenden Built-up area 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Curtisden Green Built-up area 3.8 miles6.1 km
- Staplehurst Built-up area 3.8 miles6.1 km
Example postcodes in Sissinghurst
TN17 2JP, TN17 2JT, TN17 2LH, TN17 2JN, TN17 2LA, TN17 2HS, TN17 2HW, TN17 2PR, TN17 2JD … See all
Transport links
- London Gatwick Airport 31.9 miles51.4 km
- London Southend Airport 32.4 miles52.1 km
- Staplehurst Railway Station 4.2 miles6.7 km
- Headcorn Railway Station 4.9 miles7.9 km
Hotels near Sissinghurst Ad
- The George Hotel & Brasserie, Cranbrook 3 1.3 miles2.1 km
- The Star and Eagle Hotel 4 4.1 miles6.6 km
- Little Silver Country Hotel 3 6 miles9.7 km
- The Print House Inn 4 6.3 miles10.1 km
- The Potting Shed Maidstone 8.7 miles14 km
- The Woolpack Hotel 4 6.5 miles10.4 km
- Weald of Kent 3 5.8 miles9.3 km
- White Lion Tenterden 6.4 miles10.4 km
- King Hotel Tenterden 5.5 miles8.8 km
- London Beach Country Hotel 3 6 miles9.6 km
Schools in Sissinghurst
- Sissinghurst Voluntary Aided C of E Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Bedgebury Walled Garden Gardens 5.2 miles8.4 km
- Bedgebury Park Woods Forest 5.5 miles8.8 km
- Minepit Wood Forest 6.5 miles10.5 km
- Pulans Wood Forest 6.6 miles10.6 km
- Hale Wood Forest 6.7 miles10.7 km
- Hayden Wood Forest 6.8 miles10.9 km
- Court Lodge Estate Estate 6.8 miles10.9 km
- Parsonage Wood Forest 7.2 miles11.6 km
- Boughton Place Estate 7.4 miles11.9 km
- Robertsbridge Abbey Historic site 8.9 miles14.3 km
- Bayham Abbey Estate 8.9 miles14.3 km
- Yalding Gardens Gardens 9 miles14.5 km