A weekend in the South Downs with kids

Stay in Lewes. Day 1: Queen's Park and Brighton Museum & Art Gallery; day 2: Charleston House and Drusillas Park.

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Day 1 · the South Downs

Queen's Park 11 km from Lewes, just outside the park
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery Grade II* listed, 12 km from Lewes, just outside the park 1 km from the last stop

Lunch: Park Crescent Grade II* listed, 11 km from Lewes, just outside the park
If it rains: Newhaven Fort Scheduled monument, 11 km from Lewes, just outside the park
On the way: Church of St Bartholomew near Lewes Grade I listed, 12 km from Lewes, just outside the park

Open day 1 in Google Maps

Night 1 · Lewes

train station: Lewes Rail Station; 13 bus stops within 400 m

Day 2 · the South Downs

Charleston House Grade II* listed, 4.8 km from Alfriston
Drusillas Park 1.8 km from Alfriston 4 km from the last stop

Lunch: The Sussex Ox 1.6 km from Alfriston
If it rains: Saltdean Lido Grade II* listed, 8.9 km from Lewes, just outside the park

Open day 2 in Google Maps

How this plan is made

No one picks these by hand and no one pays to be in them. The planner's rules take the places and roads the South Downs's pages rank, for a family, any month: one town to stay in, and each day its best stop with the best ones close to it, two a day, with lunch nearby and an indoor stop if it rains. Distances are as the crow flies, so the road is longer. Check opening times on each place's page before you go. How the ranking works.

Questions

Where should I stay for a weekend with kids in the South Downs?

Lewes. It is the town with the best stops within 15 km for this trip, so you don't pack up every morning. Lewes: train station: Lewes Rail Station; 13 bus stops within 400 m.

What should I do first?

Day 1 is Queen's Park and Brighton Museum & Art Gallery: the best stop for this trip, then the best ones within 5 km of it.

Who picked these places?

Nobody. The same rules make every plan from the places and roads the site ranks with one open formula, and no place pays to be in a plan.

How it works, in full