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Hawkhurst has many shops, including clothes, cards and gifts, a chemist, butchers and Waitrose and a Tesco. There is a charming boutique cinema and cafe, and several good pubs within walking distance. There’s so much to do locally - an annual music festival, bonfire society firework night and Christmas market. Pashley Manor with its famous tulip festival is a short drive, as is the famous house and gardens at Great Dexter. There are many National Trust properties within striking distance including Sissinghurst, Bodiam and Scotney Castles; Batsman’s (Rudyard Kipling’s house) and Smallhythe Place - the magnificent Leeds Castle ( not NT) is about half an hour away. Cranbrook is a 10 minute drive and is a delightful market village with pretty shops and cafes and a windmill in the heart of it. The Waterside Cafe overlooks fishing lakes and in Northiam you can hire kayaks etc for an outing on the river Rother Bedgebury Pinetum is a beautiful forest for walk and mountain biking and GoApe high wires through the trees. Water sports at Bewl Water or Rye Watersports. Horse riding in Hawkhurst or Hempsted Forest. For railway lovers there’s the steam railway in Tenterden and the Romney, Hythe and Dymchursh railway isn’t far. Tenterden, Hastings Old Town and Rye are delightful to visit and steeped in history. If it’s a beach outing you fancy, the stunning beaches at Camber with its sand dunes and the Galivant restaurant nearby. Winchelsea is all cobbles and Hastings is your traditional seaside town.

There are free car parks throughout Hawkhurst. Several buses to Hastings, Royal Tunbridge Wells and the charming market town of Tenterden. Staplehurst and Etchingham stations are a taxi ride away.