HISTORIC TOWNS LEWES

Reasons to visit

For a historic town so comfortably embedded amid the natural splendour of the South Downs, it is little wonder that the delights of Lewes come with such seasonal variety. During spring, head to Southover Grange, a rustic Tudor manor in the heart of the town which has a modest yet well maintained public garden filled with box hedges, floral borders and crumbling archways.

Come the summer, the focus falls upon the Glyndebourne Festival Opera, an annual programme of musical performances held at the Glyndebourne country house. The festival began in 1934 and has now become part of the “season” of events attended by British high society. Indeed, the festival recommends “formal or vintage attire or the height of contemporary fashion” so it