Directions to our meeting point at Stanmer Park
Brighton Permaculture Trust uses a number of venues at Stanmer Park, including Earthship Brighton, our orchards and our plot at Stanmer Organics. All are difficult to find, and council security gates en route may be locked, so we meet people on the grassy area on the other side of the road at the tower end of the church. If you are meeting here for a course/event, please make every effort to be on time, as we will be unable to wait for you. NB it is nearly 30 minutes walk from the station and bus stops on Lewes Road.
Please travel by public transport if you can.
Directions to Stanmer Park
Stanmer Park is located near Falmer, on the outskirts of Brighton, next to the University of Sussex. The postcode is BN1 9PZ.
Maps
Click here for location map
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Journey planning
Click here for Brighton & Hove City Council’s journey planner – contains information on walking, cycling, public transport, taxis and driving
By bike
A cycle path runs between Brighton and Lewes along the A27 past the entrance to Stanmer Park. Click here for a PDF cycling map of Brighton and Hove (large file: 1.16MB).
From Brighton Station, one possible route involves going down Trafalgar Street and then turning left onto Lewes Road and following it all the way up to Stanmer Park. This route will take approximately 30 minutes from the station.
Cycles can be hired from Brighton Station. For more information, click here.
From Falmer, the trip is shorter, only about 10 minutes.
By train
Falmer Station is a pleasant 30-minute walk from where we meet people at Stanmer church. Trains from Brighton and Lewes run about every half hour, but it is advisable to check that weekend services are not affected by engineering works – on such occasions, replacement bus services can take considerably longer. From the station walk through the underpass under the main road, then turn immediately left and continue alongside the main road for about 400 metres until you reach the park entrance (there are two small lodges either side of the entrance). Directions continue below. Click here for train journey planner. Cycles can be hired from Brighton Station - see above.
By bus
Brighton and Hove bus number 25 runs very regularly between the centre of Brighton (Churchill Square and Old Steine, a few minute from Pool Valley coach station) and the University, stopping near the entrance to Stanmer Park (there are two small lodges either side of the entrance). In addition, bus services 28, 29, 29A and 29B operate between Brighton (Old Steine) and destinations east of Falmer and stop at the entrance to Stanmer Park. On Sundays throughout the year and Saturdays in summer, bus 78 goes from central Brighton via Brighton Station all the way to Stanmer Church, the first one arriving at 10.30 and the last one leaving at 5.30, or 4.30 from first weekend in October until mid April during the winter timetable.There is also the number 23 bus which provides a direct service to the Park entrance from the Marina and Kemp Town/Hanover/Queen’s Park areas – but on Mondays to Saturdays only. Click here for Brighton and Hove bus details.
The Big Lemon buses 42 and 43 also stop at the park entrance. Click here for details.
By car
Please pay careful attention to these directions; it is easy to take a wrong turn!
Click here for map showing approach roads
From the Lewes Road out of Brighton:
• Just before you reach the A27 Brighton bypass take the small turning into Stanmer Park
From the Lewes direction and the East:
• On the A27 Brighton bypass take the turn for the A270 Lewes Road into Brighton
• Immediately get in the middle lane signposted to Stanmer Park
• Turn right into Stanmer Park at the traffic lights immediately at end of slip road
From the North and West (Please note that Stanmer Park cannot be accessed from tha A27 east bound via the junction next to Stanmer Park):
• From the A23 turn East on the A27 towards Lewes OR from the West continue past the A23 turnoff into Brighton towards Lewes
• Take the first exit after the A23, signposted to Hollingbury
• Go straight across the roundabout at the top of the slip road
• Follow this road for about a mile and at the end of this road turn left at the traffic lights onto the Lewes Road out of Brighton
• Take the first left, a small turning into Stanmer Park
When you get to Stanmer Park
It is just under a mile form the entrance of the park to the church. Cycle/walk/drive up the main road through the middle of the park. Take the left-hand fork where the road splits (a one-way system). You will see Stanmer Church in front of you. If travelling by car continue around the church to the car park behind it. If we have arranged to meet you, please meet us on the grassy area on the other side of the road at the tower end of the church. Please do not be late.
