Bignor Park is a privately owned historic estate set within parkland at the foot of the South Downs National Park in West Sussex. With a rich heritage, the estate has inspired artists and writers, including John Constable and the eighteenth-century Romantic poet Charlotte Smith.
Today, its eleven-acre gardens feature a collection of rare trees and planting, offering a beautiful and historic setting within the South Downs.
Bignor Park is a living and working estate in West Sussex, where historic surroundings are combined with modern stewardship. The gardens and stables are available for weddings and events, alongside occasional house and garden tours.
The estate also includes a collection of let cottages and converted barns, while its organic farming is conservation-led. Ongoing projects include wildflower meadow restoration, the protection of Sites of Special Scientific Interest, the preservation of a rare European field cricket population, and the creation of wetland habitats.
The gardens at Bignor Park were originally laid out in the early nineteenth century and have evolved over more than two hundred years into a rich and varied landscape. Today, they include formal box hedge gardens, herbaceous borders and a shrubbery featuring notable specimens such as cedars of Lebanon, a classical temple and the rare Lucombe Oak.
Set within the South Downs National Park in West Sussex, the gardens provide a beautiful and historic setting that reflects both the heritage and natural character of the estate.
Ned & Clare Mersey
