Gravetye Manor

Gravetye Manor
Vowels Lane, West Hoathly, Sussex, RH19 4LJ
Telephone (01342) 810567 | Facsimile (01342) 810080
E-mail [email protected]
www.gravetyemanor.co.uk
Gravetye Manor is a small country house
hotel set in 1000 acres of wooded parklands
and gardens, famous for being created by
William Robinson, arguably one of England’s
greatest gardeners.
“...beauty was never lost sight of;
nothing was done without considering
its effect on the landscape from
every point of view...”
William Robinson on Gravetye - 1918
| OUR ROOMS |
All our rooms are individually
furnished, providing the highest
standards of comfort.
| DINING |
Our walled kitchen garden
provides our chef with fruit and
vegetables throughout the year.
Head Chef – George Blogg
| OUR GARDEN |
The gardens at Gravetye Manor
are a very special place and
can be considered amongst the
most influential in English
gardening history.
Head Gardener – Tom Coward
| HISTORY |
William Robinson
The Father of the English Flower Garden
Gravetye Manor can be considered one of the
most historically influential gardens in the
country, as it was once the home of writer and
gardener, William Robinson. In his numerous
books and publications he spelled out ground
breaking ideas, rejecting the rigidity and
formality of Victorian gardening and pioneering
the more sensitive and naturalistic style of wild
gardening and exuberant mixed borders.
| SPECIAL OCCASIONS |
In over five decades we have
established a renowned reputation
with our guests for being the venue
of choice for life’s celebrations and
important occasions.
| CORPORATE EVENTS |
Gravetye Manor is the ideal
setting for those important
meetings requiring discreet
yet luxurious surroundings.
| AROUND GRAVETYE |
Bluebell Railway - 2 miles (5 mins): Heritage steam
railway with a station on Gravetye’s doorstep
Wakehurst Place - 4.5 miles (10 mins):
Royal Botanical Kew’s estate in the country
Nymans Gardens- 14 miles (25 mins): Beautiful,
theatrical design and superlative plant collection
Hever Castle - 18 miles (30 mins): Childhood home
of Anne Boleyn, infamous wife of King Henry VIII
Chartwell - 24 miles (35 mins):
Family home of Sir Winston Churchill
Glyndebourne - 24 miles (45 mins):
World class opera in the Sussex countryside
Sissinghurst Castle Gardens - 32 miles (1h): The
creation of Vita Sackville-West and Sir Harold Nicholson
Great Dixter - 45 miles (1h 15 mins): Birthplace of
Christopher Lloyd, one of the finest Arts & Crafts gardens
| WHERE WE ARE |
Vowels Lane, West Hoathly, Sussex, RH19 4LJ
| 12 miles from Gatwick Airport
Telephone (01342) 810567
Facsimile (01342) 810080
E-mail [email protected]
www.gravetyemanor.co.uk
| 30 miles from Central London
| 5 miles from East Grinstead
(mainline train station)
M40
M11
M1
M25
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LONDON
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HEATHROW
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GATWICK
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SOUTHAMPTON
GLYNDEBOURNE
PORTSMOUTH
BRIGHTON
DOVER
“... In this, as in other matters pertaining to fitness & beauty, each
place is treated according to its own character. A garden should
grow out of its own site if we are to have the best of it. One should
think of the spot and what can best be done with it...”
William Robinson on Gravetye - 1918