Charleston + Woolf’s House! 🎨📚
📍 Location: Lewes, East Sussex (1hr from London) 🚆 Transport: London Victoria → Lewes (Direct trains) Why Join? • Walk in Woolf’s footsteps – See where A Room of One’s Own was written • Secret artist havens – Charleston’s hand-painted walls & scandalous Bloomsbury gossip 😏 • Instagrammable Lewes – Cobbled streets, vintage shops & arty cafés 📅 Itinerary (27 July 2025): 10:00-12:30 🖌️ Charleston Farmhouse 🎨 Vanessa Bell’s living canvas – Every wall is a masterpiece 🍵 Garden tea break – Spot Duncan Grant’s nude frescoes 13:00-14:30 ✍️ Monk’s House 📖 Woolf’s writing hut – To the Lighthouse was born here 🌹 Wild garden – Her ashes are scattered under the elm 15:00-17:00 🛍️ Lewes Wander • 15th-century bookshops • Vintage clothing dens • Neon-lit record stores 💰 What’s Included: ✔️ Driver-guide – Knows all the Bloomsbury tea ☕ ✔️ Photography – Moody writerly portraits 📸 🎟️ Tickets Needed: • Charleston £18 • Monk’s House £12 (Book yourself or we can help!) 📸 Instagram Spots: • Woolf’s blue door – #WriterVibes • Charleston’s floral ceilings – #ArtHouseGoals ⏳ Pro Tips: ✔️ Read Orlando beforehand – Vibes will hit harder ✔️ Pack a Woolf quote book – For garden reading ✔️ Try the lemon drizzle cake – At Lewes’ oldest café #BloomsburySet #VirginiaWoolf #CharlestonFarmhouse #LiteraryPilgrimage #LondonDayTrip #ArtRetreat #SlowTravel #ExploreSussex #BookLovers #HistoricHomes #CultureFix #WeekendWellSpent #BritishHeritage #CreativeEscape
