How to find us

Great Dixter House and Gardens is located in Northiam, approximately half a mile off of the A28, which runs through the village. Follow the brown tourist signs. Google Map.

The front meadow at Great Dixter, shown at sunset

Travelling to Great Dixter

By train: the nearest train stations to Northiam with connecting buses are Rye and Hastings. Train timetable information is available from National Rail Enquiries: www.nationalrail.co.uk tel. 08457 48 49 50.

By bus: buses run directly to Northiam (Monday to Saturday) from Rye, Hastings and Tenterden. There is an extremely limited bus service on Sundays. Bus timetable information is available from Traveline: www.traveline.info
tel. 0871 200 22 33.

By car: Satellite Navigation users please enter our post code: TN31 6PH or refer to the Google Map. The car parks at Great Dixter are free to visitors. No over night parking. For advance information on roadworks which might affect your visit please check here https://www.eastsussexhighways.com/roadworks.

Click to view a list of local accommodation and taxi companies.

Address:

Great Dixter
Northiam
Rye
East Sussex
TN31 6PH

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The garden, house and education programme cost the Trust over £1 million a year to run. Around £700,000 of this comes from visitor, nursery and event income but the remaining £300,000 has to be found from donations as the Trust receives no regular public subsidy.
Tutors

Our course tutors are a mixture of experienced staff and people who have had a strong connection with Dixter over the years.
Health and safety
Joint itinerary bookings

Joint Itinerary information

The Nursery Traineeship

Applications for the nursery traineeship are open. The chosen trainee will spend 16 months in the nursery at Great Dixter learning from the team of experienced and knowledgeable staff who work there. Click here for more information and to apply!
Buy Tickets Online

Great Dixter Gardens is now open for exercise for local people. Please click here to book a ticket. Friends and Annual ticket holders do not need to book. From the 12th April 2021 travel outside your local area is permissible. The house itself will be closed until 17th May 2021.
Opening times

The Garden at Great Dixter is now open to visitors. Friends and Annual Ticket holders do not need to book but we ask that other visitors book in advance. We are closed on Mondays except on Bank Holidays. Gardens open 11am to 5pm. The house will remain closed until the 17th May 2021.
Tickets

Details about tickets
Visitor information

Information for visitors on visiting the house, garden and nursery at Great Dixter
The Nursery

The Nursery was started by Christopher Lloyd in 1954, specialising in plants he deemed garden-worthy. We remain a small, personal and professional nursery. We are open to customers every day from 1st April from 9-5pm and Monday to Saturday lunchtime until the end of March, 9am-12:30, 1:30-4:30pm.
Become a Friend

Support the work of Great Dixter by becoming a Friend.
How to find us

Details of how to travel to Great Dixter
Layered planting through the seasons

In 2020 in response to the Coronavirus pandemic Great Dixter launched a series of online lectures on Zoom. These are now all available to watch online on demand on Vimeo. Fergus uses current examples from the garden to look at how layered planting at Great Dixter extends the season.
Nursery

The Nursery was started by Christopher Lloyd in 1954, specialising in plants he deemed garden-worthy. We remain a small, personal and professional nursery.

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