Nymans

Nymans Garden

Today we went to Nymans in West Sussex. This is an outstanding National Trust property which is well worth the effort to visit. There are lots of varied things to see including picturesque gardens, woodland, a Victorian mock-medieval manor, and of course the obligatory tea shop.It was a pleasantly warm day and the spring flowers were showing off their best colours along with some spectacular azaleas and rhododendrons. We had some lunch in the cafe, and also some tea and cake later on which is pretty much compulsory when having a day out somewhere like this.

We didn’t bother looking in the house, as the weather was so nice we just wandered around the gardens and woodlands, making use of benches whenever they presented themselves, and enjoying the sunshine.

Annoyingly I had forgotten my camera, so I had to resort to the camera on my phone which didn’t really do justice to the surroundings.

Practicalities: Nymans isn’t the easiest place to get to without a car. We got a train to Crawley, from where you can get buses to the property. However the buses are not very frequent so you can end up with a long wait. On the way there we didn’t want to waste any time so we got a taxi from Crawley which cost £10. On the way back we timed our departure to coincide with a bus back to Crawley which was a more reasonable £2.50 each. Although the bus is sporadic, it does seem to be reliable and runs to the published times. There’s a bus stop right outside the property.