Herstmonceux Village
Herstmonceux Village
The village of Herstmonceux nestles on the northern edge of the Pevensey Marshes, with the High Weald Natural Landscape to the north. It is in the Wealden District of East Sussex, close to the Charter market town of Hailsham and about 10 miles north of Eastbourne.
The village is most famous for its Royal Sussex Trugs, named so because the inventor of the Trug, and founder of our company, Thomas Smith, sold some personally to Queen Victoria at The Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, London, in 1851. Smith’s made the Royal Sussex Trug in the village from 1829 until 2003. (See History Section)
For a period of time Herstmonceux Castle housed the Royal Greenwich Observatory and the observatory buildings are still there, now housing a Science Centre, which is well worth a visit. The Castle itself is home to the International Business Study Centre of Queens University from Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Each year at the end of August there is a medieval fair held in the Castle grounds and people come from many miles around to see Knights jousting and the fun of the medieval fair. www.the-observatory.org & www.herstmonceux-castle.com There are lots of thing s going on in the village and details can be found on the village website https://herstmonceuxsussex.com/Herstmonceux_Village.html Temporarily the medieval festival is being held in Pippingford Park.https://www.englandsmedievalfestival.com/medieval/index.html
