カックフィールド周辺のアトラクション＆必見スポット - トップ20

Ditchling Museum of Art & Craft has an excellent cafe serving delicious cakes

The perimeter path around the reservoir is very muddy in places currently due to the amount of rain. Welly boots needed in some places.

The Sussex Ouse Valley Way is a 42-mile (68 km) long-distance footpath that basically follows the course of the River Ouse from its source to the sea. It starts from Lower Beeding near Horsham to the coast at Seaford. It is generally regarded as an easy footpath, as most of the route is flat riverside walking. It is a very scenic journey as it goes through beautiful quintessential English countryside for most of its journey. Here by Upper-Ryelands Bridge on Border Hill Lane, you come across the fantastic structure of the Ouse Valley Viaduct that stretches out across you in all its magnificent structural glory, simply a stunning view.

Longer if you are travelling from the north towards Ardingly but gradual enough to get into a decent rhythm apart from the traffic at peak times.

The tranquil Ardingly reservoir can be found 3 miles north of Haywards Heath. It is home to a number of bird species which can be identified with panels situated within bird hides around the reservoir. Walk the Kingfisher Nature Trail around the eastern shores and for the more adventurous, the Ardingly Activity Centre provides sailing, canoeing and windsurfing opportunities. Unfortunately most if not all access to the waterside is restricted to anglers.

A cute village full of character, history and cafes. It makes a good pitstop. Notable is 'Wings Place', once called Ditchling Garden Manor, which was given to Anne of Cleves by King Henry VIII when they divorced in 1541. The village was also home to Dame Vera Lynn from the 1940s until she died in 2020.

Also a Local Nature Reserve, Ardingly Reservoir was built in the 1970s. It is a wildlife haven with Ospreys even seen here. There are two bird hides on this eastern shore while the south eastern end is a hive of watersports activity.

I took advantage of this pretty village to have my lunch break and go buy some odds and ends to buy at the local supermarket at the top of the main coast.