Forest Garden Shovelstrode

East Grinstead

📍 East Grinstead, RH19 3PH

🚆 Nearest station: · 2.1 mi

🔌 Nearest public charging: · 1.5 mi (Open Charge Map)

6-acre woodland retreat with handcrafted log cabins and yurts
Forest Garden inspired by permaculture and self-sufficiency
Wide range of woodland craft courses taught throughout the year
Site includes wildlife pond, vegetable garden and beehives
Ancient woodland with history dating to Medieval hunting park

Forest Garden Shovelstrode is a 6-acre woodland retreat near East Grinstead, East Sussex, offering handcrafted log cabins, traditional yurts and wild camping pitches set among regenerating ancient woodland. On site you'll find a living Forest Garden inspired by permaculture, a wildlife pond with jetty and rowing boat, a mature vegetable garden, greenhouses and beehives within a small apple orchard. The operator highlights traditional rural craft, woodland courses, and a landscape with a history stretching back to a Medieval hunting park. Nearby, Ashurst Wood and Forest Row offer village shops and pubs, while East Grinstead, around 2.5 miles away, has its museum, high street shops and access to the Bluebell Railway. Further afield you can reach Standen and Ashdown Forest for walking and wildlife.

How far to…

Station: 2.1 miles
East Grinstead: 2.5 miles
Ashurst Wood: 1 mile
Forest Row: 2 miles
Bluebell Railway: 2.5 miles

Accommodation on site

Yurts
Log Cabins
Wild camping pitches

Details taken from the operator's own website on 4 Oct 2026 — check current terms when you book.

Facilities

✓ Spa
✓ Toilets
✓ Gift Shop
✓ Picnic Area
✓ Parking

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East Grinstead 2.1 miles
Dormans 2.5 miles
Lingfield 3.7 miles

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