Historic house · near Cowden · Kent

Hammerwood Park

Hammerwood Park is a country house near East Grinstead, Sussex. It is 2.3 km southwest of Cowden. The register lists it as a Grade I listed building.

Photo: Hammerwood Park, Zadradr (Uploads) (CC BY 3.0)

Where

2.3 km

southwest of Cowden

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–22°C

In brief

Historic house near Cowden

Just outside Cowden

Hammerwood Park is 2.3 km southwest of Cowden. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Cowden has 23 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

How the seasons run

Afternoons in Cowden peak at 17–22°C, May to September.

Jan8° / 2°88 mm

Feb8° / 1°72 mm

Mar11° / 3°55 mm

Apr14° / 4°55 mm

May17° / 7°58 mm

Jun20° / 10°53 mm

Jul22° / 12°55 mm

Aug22° / 12°65 mm

Sep19° / 10°63 mm

Oct15° / 8°98 mm

Nov11° / 4°107 mm

Dec8° / 2°108 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Cowden, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Cowden. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Cowden’s full climate →

About

Hammerwood Park

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 3 languages. Nearby, Hever Castle (7.3 km) heads a list of 32 within 15 km.

Cowden’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: 2.3 km southwest of Cowden
Official site: hammerwood.mistral.co.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Finding Hammerwood Park

Orange shows Hammerwood Park; numbers mark the places near it.

Towns near it

Which towns are near Hammerwood Park

The biggest base of the 8 is East Grinstead (26,350 people). Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.

1 · 2.3 km northeast of it

Cowden

222 people · 7 places to visit

2 · 2.3 km southwest of it

Ashurst Wood

1,508 people · 6 places to visit

3 · 2.4 km west of it

East Grinstead

26,350 people · 10 places to visit

4 · 3.7 km southwest of it

Forest Row

3,881 people · 8 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Hammerwood Park is	People	Places to visit
Cowden	2.3 km northeast of it	222	7
Ashurst Wood	2.3 km southwest of it	1,508	6
East Grinstead	2.4 km west of it	26,350	10
Forest Row	3.7 km southwest of it	3,881	8
Dormansland	4.1 km northwest of it	2,300	7
Dormans Park	4.4 km northwest of it	330	9
Upper Hartfield	4.4 km southeast of it	349	4
Hartfield	4.5 km southeast of it	697	4

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Hammerwood Park

Within 15 km are 32 places, among them 4 historic houses, 2 castles and a garden.

Historic houseHever Castle7.3 km away 2

Historic house · National TrustChartwell13 km away 3Historic houseHistoric housePenshurst Place9.9 km away 4

Garden · National TrustWakehurst13 km away 5

CastleStarborough Castle5.5 km away 6

Historic houseSaint Hill Manor6.7 km away 7

Museum · National TrustStanden6.2 km away 8

CastleChiddingstone Castle8.4 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Questions people have about Hammerwood Park

Where is Hammerwood Park?

Hammerwood Park is 2.3 km southwest of Cowden, Kent.

What is Hammerwood Park?

Country house near East Grinstead, Sussex, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Hammerwood Park?

May to September are the warmest months in Cowden, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Hammerwood Park a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Hammerwood Park?

Within 15 km: Hever Castle (7.3 km), Chartwell (13 km), Penshurst Place (9.9 km) and Wakehurst (13 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Hammerwood Park: Zadradr (Uploads), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hever Castle: Nigel Lamb, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Chartwell: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wakehurst: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Starborough Castle: Wenceslas Hollar, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Saint Hill Manor: Martyn Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Standen: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Chiddingstone Castle: Hjamesberglen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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