Museums & Galleries · Brighton
Standen
📍 RH19 4NE
Photo: Diliff (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- Arts and Crafts house with Morris & Co interiors
- Hillside garden with award-winning plant collection
- Natural play area with willow maze and swing
- Footpaths lead to woodland and Ashdown Forest
- Second-hand bookshop and Morris & Co gift shop
Standen is an Arts and Crafts house and garden near East Grinstead, designed by Philip Webb for the Beale family and furnished with Morris & Co fabrics and wallpapers. You can wander the hillside garden with its award-winning plant collection, let children loose in the natural play area, or follow footpaths out into woodland and towards Ashdown Forest. There's a barn café, a shop stocked with Morris & Co inspired gifts, and a second-hand bookshop. It suits families, garden lovers and fans of Arts and Crafts design, with free parking close to the entrance and well-behaved dogs welcome in the garden. East Grinstead station is 1.6 miles away, and there are 21 bookable places to stay within 5 miles for anyone planning an overnight trip.
Practical details
- Open
- Open seven days a week, no booking needed
- Dogs
- Well-behaved dogs on leads welcome in the garden, not the house
- Accessibility
- Partly accessible grounds with slopes, steps and adapted toilets
- Parking
- Free parking, 200 yards from the house and shop
- Booking
- Free entry for National Trust members
From the attraction's own website on 16 Oct 2026 — check before you travel.
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🗓️ Make a break of it
Turn a visit to Standen into a proper getaway — ready-made plans, and the drive worked out with fuel, EV charging and the best stops.
🚆 Or come by train
- East Grinstead 1.6 miles
- Dormans 3.7 miles
- Lingfield 5.1 miles
Straight-line distances · live departures on each station page