Finding us

Walking and cycling

A public footpath runs through the grounds.

Find Charleston on Ordnance Survey Landranger maps 198 and 199, and on Ordnance Survey Explorer maps 122 and 123. Click here for details on routes from nearby railway stations.

Follow in Virginia Woolf’s footsteps. She regularly walked and cycled to Charleston

By Bus

There are several rural bus services that can bring you to Charleston. Click here for details.

By Rail

Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant’s friends frequently used to travel down to visit them by train. Click here for details about rail services.

By road

Charleston is sign-posted off the A27 Brighton to Eastbourne road, 7 miles east of Lewes, between the villages of Firle and Selmeston. There is free parking at Charleston.

Post code: BN8 6LL.