Sissinghurst and Bodiam: A White Garden and a Moated Castle
South East, England
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Sissinghurst and Bodiam: A White Garden and a Moated Castle
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Vita Sackville-West bought Sissinghurst in 1930 and with Harold Nicolson turned a farmstead of 'squalor and slovenly disorder' into a series of garden rooms, of which the White Garden has been particularly influential; after her death in 1962 her son Nigel Nicolson passed it to the National Trust in 1967. Twelve miles south, Bodiam was built in 1385 by Sir Edward Dalyngrigge with Richard II's licence, a quadrangular castle with no keep, sitting square in its moat.
Required Activities
1
of 4
Walk the White Garden and climb Sissinghurst's tower to Vita's writing room
2
of 4
Walk the moat path round Bodiam Castle
3
of 4
Climb Bodiam's spiral stairs to the battlements
4
of 4
Walk the orchard and the moat at Sissinghurst
Walk the White Garden and climb Sissinghurst's tower to Vita's writing room
Walk the moat path round Bodiam Castle
Climb Bodiam's spiral stairs to the battlements
Walk the orchard and the moat at Sissinghurst
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