Sussex · 37 vineyards · updated July 2026
Thirty-seven vineyards. One Saturday.
Every vineyard in Sussex you can actually visit — whether there's lunch, whether you can stay, and which station to get off at. Filter it down to the day you want.
Flagship. B Corp, Michelin-rec Tasting Room Restaurant, Flint Barns B&B (10 rms). One of UK's closest vineyards …
Flagship. Goring family 275 yrs, winemaker Dermot Sugrue. Chalk Restaurant, walking & cycling tours, Pump House …
World-famous English sparkling. Exclusive/limited visitor access; 1086 prestige dining experience.
Major sparkling producer. The Rows & Vine roof-terrace restaurant, free self-guided audio tour & woodland walk.
One of England's first vineyards (1972). The Eighteen Acre café & shop, seasonal feasts, family trails, gin & ve…
Boutique sparkling specialist. Vineyard Kitchen (British tapas), 8 luxury lodges, Yoga in the Vines.
150-acre estate, fishing lakes, 14th-c Tithe barn, self-guided trails, Coach House cottage. Wedding venue.
'Has it all' — world-class dining, 5 luxury lodges (Amazing Spaces designer), 360° experience room, gin mastercl…
Est. 1980, winemaker Owen Elias 30 yrs. 'Pop up in the vines' dining, self-guided trail, 19th-c windmill viewpoi…
Set in Grade I listed gardens with sculptures + 2 golf courses. Restaurant Interlude (Michelin), Vineyard Hotel …
100,000+ vines on edge of Ashdown Forest. Three woodland/vineyard trails, famous for spring bluebells. Tours fro…
Largest single-estate organic wine producer in England. Stay in Jacobean house, shepherd's huts or The Oxney Bar…
Trendy mixed farm-to-glass estate. Michelin Green Star restaurant, live music in Dutch barn, hop-barn stay (11 r…
Some of UK's youngest vineyard owners. Barn with farm shop, café & restaurant, sustainability ethos, dogs & fami…
21,000 vines, Grade II listed barn winery. Tours with winemakers Simon/Tom + optional riverside pub lunch (The W…
Family-owned boutique, edge of South Downs. Full tour + tutored tasting; Cannonball e-bike wine tours visit at w…
Wine + contemporary art. Sculpture garden, cultural events, outdoor summer feasting. Boutique South Downs settin…
Vintage sparkling specialist (est. 2013). 'The View' hilltop tasting area, Sunset Sipping evenings.
Family-run with panoramic South Downs views. Terrace Bar Fri/Sat, vineyard shop.
Fun family focus — kids' tours, quirky stays (Vineyard Hollow, Avalon Lodge, bell tents), resident dog Lora.
Single estate on 120-acre Wickham Manor. Old cellars run beneath Winchelsea; 16th-c manor stay with sea views.
England's oldest organic wine estate (1979), 22 acres biodynamic. Charcuterie & cakes, The Nest 3-bed stay. Vega…
Pretty 10-acre family estate. Winery in old dairy, timber-beamed tasting room in the stables; cabin stay sleeps …
Doubles as an event/wedding venue between Littlehampton & Worthing. Group tastings + cream teas/canapés/lunch.
Cellar door with estate-exclusive wines, garden bar (inside & out) for private celebrations, free secure parking…
Highest point of the Sussex Weald, Champagne-like soils. First vines 2010; award-winning still & sparkling, big …
Family-run sparkling producer with cellar-door tastings in the heart of Ditchling. (Verify current visitor offer…
One of England's oldest family vineyards (est. 1971) near Hastings. Shop, self-guided & guided tours. (Verify de…
'Ebulliently English' award-winning sparkling, grape-to-glass control. Tastings by appointment only.
Family single-estate in the High Weald; strong design & environmental ethos. Open days plus appointment tastings…
Down-to-earth family vineyard in the High Weald overlooking Eastbourne & the Downs. Tours + optional picnic.
500-yr-old organic farm, micro-winery, natural wines, formal gardens & lake. Cottage/huts/orangery stays with in…
Winery + distillery (Tidebrook Wines, Mousehall gin & vodka) on 11th-c estate. Combined tour/tasting; Oast stay …
Small friendly woodland vineyard reachable by Spa Valley heritage steam train. Bring a picnic; children's nature…
Small family organic vineyard in Ashdown Forest with a strong community & sustainability ethos. Tastings by appt…
Boutique estate running small-group workshops + guided tours with tasting flights. (Verify current offer.)
Established sparkling producer near Herstmonceux. Confirm current visitor/tasting offer before listing.
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Sussex grows more wine than anywhere else in Britain, and the vineyards are not evenly spread. They cluster — around the Arun valley at Pulborough, along the Rother in the far east, beneath the Downs at Ditchling. Those clusters are the useful unit: they're what makes two vineyards, a pub and a walk into one Saturday rather than three separate drives.
Days that actually work
The useful question isn't which vineyard is best — it's which two or three make a day without a car and a designated driver. These are the routes the data supports, each built around a single station.
What to know before you go
Of the 37 vineyards here, 32 run regular public tours and tastings. The rest open by appointment or on scheduled open days only, which is worth knowing before you drive to one on spec. 14 serve food on site and 14 have somewhere to stay — a distinction that matters more than it sounds, because the one real flaw in a vineyard day out is that somebody has to drive home.
Almost every estate here sits within a short taxi or drive of a station. Seven of them are reachable from Pulborough alone, which makes it the most useful platform in English wine.