UK Attractions

Sissinghurst Castle Garden
Biddenden Road
Cranbrook
Kent
TN17 2AB
Map and Directions

01580 710700
Infoline: 01580 710701
Shop: 01580 710703

01580 710702

23 Mar-03 Nov Fri-Tues 11.00-18.30, Sat Sun & Bank Hols 10.00-18.30. Ticket Office and exhibition open Tue-Fri from 12.00. The Garden is least crowded in Apr, Sept and Oct. Immediate entry guaranteed after 16.00 Tue-Fri.

Tearoom/Cafe/Restaurant

Licensed For Alcohol

Parking On Site

Disabled Access

Credit Cards Accepted

Guide Dogs Allowed

Sissinghurst is a garden in the ruin of an Elizabethan house, set in the middle of its own woods, streams and farmland and with long views on all sides across the fields and meadows of the Kentish landscape. When Harold Nicolson, the writer and diplomat, and Vita Sackville-West, poet, novelist and gardener, first came here in 1930, Sissinghurst was dripping in its own inheritance; it had been a medieval manor house and was visited by Queen Elizabeth in the 16th century before falling into ruins and being mistreated for nearly 300 years.

Rail: Staplehurst (5 miles)