Sissinghurst Castle Garden
Cranbrook, West Kent
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Sissinghurst is the celebrated garden created by writer Vita Sackville-West and her husband Harold Nicolson near Cranbrook. Explore its series of garden rooms, including the White Garden and Rose Garden, climb the 16th-century tower to Vita's writing room, then walk out across the 450-acre estate and farm. Garden lovers should allow at least half a day.
Highlights
- Garden rooms including the White Garden and Rose Garden
- Vita's writing room in the 16th-century tower
- No Dig vegetable garden
- 450-acre wider estate and working farm
- Granary Restaurant and Old Dairy coffee shop
Good to know
- Dogs on leads are welcome on the wider estate and the restaurant's outdoor seating, but not in the formal or vegetable gardens
- Pushchairs are not allowed in the main garden; baby carriers are welcome
Getting there
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Biddenden Road, near Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 2ABParking: £4.50, free for National Trust members.
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