Vineyards near Brighton

1Everflyht

Ditchling, below Ditchling Beacon · about 6 miles away

Everflyht is a family-run vineyard right at the foot of Ditchling Beacon.

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2Breaky Bottom

Rodmell, near Lewes · about 6 miles away

Breaky Bottom is a tiny vineyard in a fold of the Downs, reached by a long farm track.

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3Court Garden

Ditchling · about 7 miles away

Sussex group tours stop at Court Garden, a family estate near Ditchling, more often than at most vineyards.

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4Albourne Estate

Albourne, north of Brighton · about 8 miles away

Seasonal note: Closed for the winter. The tasting room and shop open again at weekends from early May 2027.

Albourne’s vineyards sit at the foot of the South Downs, a short drive from Brighton.

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5Artelium Wine Estate

Streat, near Hassocks · about 8 miles away

Artelium has a vineyard and tasting room on the edge of the South Downs, with art installations among the vines.

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6Ridgeview

Ditchling Common · about 8 miles away

Seasonal note: Winter cellar tours and tastings run in November and December, going down into the original underground cellar.

Ridgeview is one of the pioneers of English sparkling wine, at the foot of the South Downs.

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7Sugrue South Downs

Wivelsfield Green, near Haywards Heath · about 10 miles away

Sugrue South Downs is a small producer of sparkling and still wines, made at its winery at Bee Tree Vineyard, and it runs tours for small groups.

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8Rathfinny Wine Estate

Alfriston · about 12 miles away

Seasonal note: The Hut, the outdoor wine bar, opens at weekends only until March 2027, and the vineyard trail closes during the October harvest. The cellar door and the winter tours carry on.

Rathfinny was founded in 2010 on a south-facing chalk slope in the South Downs National Park, three miles from the sea.

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9Bolney Wine Estate

Bolney, near Haywards Heath · about 12 miles away

Bolney is a long-established family estate in mid Sussex.

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10Wiston Estate

Washington, below Chanctonbury Ring · about 13 miles away

Seasonal note: Two for one on midweek winery tours this winter, on the Thursday morning and Friday tours.

An old family estate on the chalk of the South Downs, which makes its wine in its own winery.

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11Highweald Wine Estate

Ansty, near Haywards Heath · about 13 miles away

Seasonal note: On Saturdays until 19 December the garden bar also has beer on tap and coffee, 10am to 4pm.

Highweald is a 63-acre sparkling wine estate and winery at Ansty, with a cellar door shop and a garden bar, and guided tours.

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12Bluebell Vineyard Estates

Near Uckfield · about 14 miles away

Named after its bluebell woods, Bluebell was planted in 2005 on the edge of Ashdown Forest.

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13Abingworth Vineyard

Thakeham, near Pulborough · about 15 miles away

Abingworth has two vineyards at Champions Farm, and the family make mainly still wines from them, with one sparkling.

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14Kinsbrook Vineyard

Thakeham, near Pulborough · about 16 miles away

Kinsbrook is a family vineyard and farm in West Sussex.

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15Tickerage Vineyard and Winery

Blackboys, near Uckfield · about 16 miles away

A five-acre family vineyard planted in 2007, whose sparkling wine spends at least five years on the lees before release.

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16Smock Alley

Southlands Lane, West Chiltington, near Pulborough · about 16 miles away

Local volunteers tend Smock Alley, a 2-hectare community vineyard set up in 2000 and owned by the Lavery family since 2014.

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