Haywards Heath to Lewes
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Start: Haywards Heath (or Newhaven)
Finish: Haywards Heath (or Newhaven)
With your Discovery ticket, you’re free to explore everything the South Downs National Park area and beyond has to offer by bus.
Hop on the bus back to Lewes and visit Lewes Castle the 1,000 year old Norman Castle, where you can climb to the top and discover stunning views of Lewes, the Downs and the river Ouse.
Cool down at Pells Pool, the oldest fresh water public swimming pool in the country. Relax in the tree-lined green lawn whilst the children splash in the paddling pool.
Before heading home, the adjoining Barbican House Museum is home to the Museum of Sussex Archaeology and a mini-cinema which tells the story of Lewes from prehistoric to medieval times.
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Route
Outward journey
Haywards Heath to Lewes or Newhaven to Lewes
Route 166
Compass Travel
Monday to Friday 6 times daily
Saturdays 3 times daily
Sundays no service
Lewes to Spring Barn Farm (request stop)
Route 123
Compass Travel
Monday to Friday 10 times daily
Saturdays 5 times daily
Sundays 4 times daily
(until 7 September 2014)
Return journey
Spring Barn Farm to Lewes
Route 123
Compass Travel
Monday to Friday 10 times daily
Saturdays 5 times daily
Sundays 4 times daily
(until 7 September 2014)
Lewes to Haywards Heath or Lewes to Newhaven
Route 166
Compass Travel
Monday to Friday 6 times daily
Saturdays 3 times daily
Sundays no service
Along the Way
Attractions
Spring Barn Farm
Kingston Road, Lewes
BN7 3ND
01273 488450
Lewes Castle
High Street, Lewes
01273 486290
Pells Pool
Brook Street, Lewes, BN7 2BA
01273 472334
Barbican House Museum
169, High Street, Lewes, BN7 1YE
01273 486290