Nymans Garden
In Handcross, just a couple of miles south of Pease Pottage, Nymans Garden is one of the most attractive National Trust properties in Sussex.
Benefits for Local Residents
Free Admission
Residents of Slaugham parish, which includes Pease Pottage and Handcross, may obtain a card entitling them to free admission to Nymans Garden for 12 months.
Each card is issued to a group of up to 2 adults and 3 children. Proof of identity and local residence are required: 2 utility or council tax bills, and passport-sized photographs of the adults. Either turn up in person or send the documents, which will be returned, to the Property Office at the address at the bottom of this page.
Open Evening
Nymans Garden will be open exclusively to residents of the parishes of Slaugham and Ansty and Staplefield on the evening of Friday 20 August 2010, between 6pm and 9pm.
Attractions and Facilities
Nymans contains:
- a diverse and well-maintained garden
- extensive woodland
- a large mock-Tudor house, part of which is inhabited and part of which has been a picturesque ruin since a fire in 1947
Facilities
- a shop and garden centre
- a restaurant
- toilets
- car parking
- disabled access
- wheelchairs and a mobility buggy
Events
Events take place throughout the year, including:
- open-air theatre
- croquet
- children’s events
- photography workshops
- horticultural workshops
Opening Hours
Garden, Shop and Restaurant
- between 10am and 5pm (10am to 4pm between November and February)
- Wednesdays to Sundays all year round, apart from the period between Christmas and New Year, and a handful of other days in winter.
House
- between 11am and 4pm
- Wednesdays to Sundays between early March and the end of October.
Admission Prices
- National Trust members: free
- adults: £7.70
- children: £3.90
- families: £11.30 to £19
- local residents: free (see above)
Visitors may opt for Gift Aid Admission: the payment of an extra 10% of the admission fee which allows the National Trust to recover a tax subsidy on the whole amount paid.
Visitors arriving by public transport or bicycle may claim a free cup of tea or coffee in the restaurant.
Location, Directions and Parking
Nymans Garden in Handcross is easily accessible:
- By Car: Nymans is on the B2114, just south of Handcross High Street on the way to Staplefield, and contains a sizeable car park.
- By Bus: Metrobus services 271 and 273 and the Handcross Community Bus stop almost directly outside the entrance.
- By Bike: National Cycle Route 20 passes along the B2114 immediately outside Nymans.
Other Gardens near Pease Pottage
- Leonardslee in Lower Beeding
- High Beeches in Handcross
Contact Details
- website
- www.nationaltrust.org.uk/nymans
- nymans@nationaltrust.org.uk
- phone
- 01444 405250
- address
- Brighton Road, Handcross, Sussex, RH17 6EB