Natural features

Sheffield Park and Garden

United Kingdom East Sussex Newick

Sheffield Park and Garden
Photo: Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A landscape garden with four lakes, laid out in the 18th century and planted with trees from around the world. It is at its most spectacular in autumn, when the maples, tupelos and swamp cypresses turn red and gold and reflect in the water.


The Bluebell Railway, a heritage steam line, stops at Sheffield Park station nearby.

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