Brighton Permaculture Trust use a number of venues at Stanmer Park including Earthship Brighton, our orchards and plot at Stanmer Organics. All are difficult to find and council security gates en route may be locked so we meet people by Stanmer 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 mins walk from the station and bus stops on Lewes Road.
Please travel by public transport if you can.
Stanmer Park is located near Falmer, on the outskirts of Brighton, next to the University of Sussex.
The postcode is BN1 9PZ.
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: 4.5MB).
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.
By bus
Brighton and Hove bus number 25 runs very regularly between the centre of Brighton (Churchill Square and Old Steine) 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, 728 and 729 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 all the way to Stanmer Church, the first one arriving at 10.30 the last one leaving at 4.30 or 5.30. Click here for Brighton and Hove bus details.
By car
Please pay careful attention to these directions; it is easy to take a wrong turn!
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:
• Turn off the A27 Brighton bypass heading for the Lewes Road into Brighton
• Take the small turning into Stanmer Park immediately on the right at end of slip road
From the North and West (Please note that Stanmer Park cannot be accessed via the east bound exit from the A27 next to Stanmer Park):
• Follow the A27 Brighton bypass towards Lewes
• Take the first turn 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
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. 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.