MuseumsHailsham

The main exhibition item in the Battle Museum is the only remaining battleaxe head from the Battle of Hastings, and also a reproduction of The Bayeux Tapestry. Originally identified by the London Museum as a woodman's axe of the pattern in use from the second half of…
Distance: 10.6 miles away

Perhaps the most successful British make in the history of motor sport was the Bentley. W. O. Bentley, who had raced foreign made cars before the First World War, designed a light sporting car for road use based on the racing cars of several years earlier. The first…
Distance: 7.8 miles away

See well over 100,000 exhibits collected by Jan and Graham Upton during the past 40 years. Four floors of authentic shops, room‐settings and with various displays covering 100 years of shopping and social history from 1850 to 1950.We have a well‐stocked Gift Shop offering a selection of…
Distance: 6.5 miles away

See our fascinating collection of over 1000 swans, geese and ducks from all over the world. A new trail with interactive boards makes learning about wildlife and woodland management fun Plus with a childrens' adventure playground, gift shop, and cafe, with tempting home‐made fayre, Bentley is a…
Distance: 7.8 miles away

The Observatory Science Centre opened in April 1995, the domes and buildings and telescopes are being renovated and the Centre is a major venue for exhibitions, lectures and educational programmes. Research and training facilities are being developed in conjunction with local universities, colleges and technology‐based businesses. The renovated…
Distance: 3.6 miles away

Trug making is a traditional craft which has been established in Sussex for at least 200 years, and is an Anglo Saxon word for wooden vessel or boat‐shaped object. 'The Truggery' at Coopers Croft, Herstmonceux is a cottage on the outskirts of the village built in the…
Distance: 2.8 miles away

A unique display of puppets from around the world, from Asian shadow puppets to over 300 years of Punch and Judy, to television puppets of today.…
Distance: 6.8 miles away