Rossetti
Sussex, United Kingdom
Glottenham Castle
- Our low price promise from £109 €124 p/n
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Cabin
Sleeps 5
- One double, three singles
Suitable for children of all ages
Not suitable for pets
Overview
Rossetti is a quirky cabin that lives next door to de Glottyngham, tucked in woodland a 150 metre walk away from the central yurt, the compost loo and hot outdoor showers. It's clad in local larch and cedar shingles, there's parquet flooring, antique rugs, a woodburner to keep things cosy and a tree winding it's way up through the centre of the cabin! Rossetti sleeps up to five in an antique double bed with hand-embroidered quilts, a day bed, a single bed and a trundle single that slides out from underneath.
History’s all around you at Glottenham: the Romans made charcoal here, medieval Glottenham Castle slumbers under the mound, and Christina Rossetti enthused over “the greenness and flowers to refresh our London eyes, and a small population of beasts and birds around us” when she stayed.
There are also plenty of seasonal activities on offer including; woodland skills and bushcraft, herbal medicine and wild foraging. History buffs will be perfectly content just exploring the site – most of it lies within the archaeological area surrounding the castle, and the medieval boundary ditches and banks are still in evidence. Emma & Rob’s family have guided Glottenham from traditional hop production to the Higher Level Stewardship farm it is today, where wetland and woodland are prime habitats for wildlife, alongside organic livestock and many other small projects.
Read more
Essentials
The important stuff
- Check in: 4 pm
- Check out: 10 am
- No contact self check in
- Please bring wellies or other outdoorsy shoes and torches
- This is a working farm with livestock, dogs etc around
- Initial supply of firewood and kindling provided, extra can be purchased from the honesty shop
- Mobile signal dependent on the provider
Sleeping arrangements
- One double, three singles
Extra space available
Space for 1 baby no charge. No equipment available
Kids & Pets
Children are very welcome at Glottenham. We’re sorry, due to livestock/other dogs this place isn’t suitable for pets.
Cooking
- BBQ/firepit and Pizza oven - tools provided
- Two-hob gas stove
- Icey-tek cool box with ice gel packs
- Water carrier
- Camping washing up stand and kettle to boil hot water - drying up and dish cloths provided in linen bag and cleaning products provided
- All cooking and eating equipment provided
Washing
- Private toilet (30 metres from the cabin) and sink with fresh drinking water - guests must only use their dedicated facilities throughout their stay
- Two outdoor showers with Ecotemp boiler - hot, but open to the sky! They are just up the hill (about 50 metres) and shared with other spaces
- Bathroom toiletries provided
Heating, lighting & bedding
- Towels, duvets, bed linen and pillows provided (will be in a linen bag, another linen bag will be provided for used towels)
- Wood-burner
- Outdoor firepit
- Battery and outdoor lanterns
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Getting there
Glottenham Farm, Bishops Lane, Robertsbridge, Sussex, TN32 5EB
Parking/Reception area: ///castle.cherubs.seasonal
By train
The nearest station is Robertsbridge, approx. 1.2 miles away which is a half an hour walk
Local taxis can be arranged from the station and Emma will provide contact numbers on request. It is recommended to book in advance.
By car
NB: Sat nav will take you to the lane, but it gets complicated after that!
From London
Take the A21 from M25, heading south to Hastings. At HURST GREEN carry on through the village and down the hill. Cross the roundabout (don’t turn into Robertsbridge village) and continue approx 1 mile up the hill. Take first turning on right, signposted to Robertsbridge, then first left into Heathfield Gardens.
Follow the road through the houses and, before you go under the railway bridge, there is a lane to the left, signposted to Glottenham Nursing Home (we may well have a Glottenham Farm sign soon!) Carry on up the farm lane for a mile, and go up the hill at the end.
You will pass an oast house on your left, and the road splits into 3. Take the right hand fork and continue straight up and past the large farm barn. Continue along the farm track and parking/reception will be marked after approx 500 yards.
Once you have checked in you can park nearer to your space if you don't mind taking your car along the farm track.

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Food & Drink
At Glottenham
Hampers (breakfast, BBQ or Pizza) and farm-produced meat (lamb or beef) can be arranged on request, as well as local sausages, bacon, game, chicken, eggs if the chickens have been laying, veg from the garden, home made cakes, bread, deli items, milk, etc can all be arranged. Cider made in the local village, and wine from nearby organic vineyards. Please speak to the owners directly about local producer availability.
All firewood/gas is included, and locally produced charcoal (made by friends in the village) can be purchased.
Pubs & restaurants
Within walkable distance
Award winning Judges Bakery tea rooms newly opened in the village
Eggs To Apples Farm Shop is on your way to the site where you can pop in and grab any essentials
Nearby and well worth a visit
The town of Battle has Simply Italian, coffee shops, takeaways, pubs and cafes. Further afield, there are many fine restaurants and fish straight from the boats down in Hastings old town or Rye.
Read more
Activities
At Glottenham
There’s no shortage of things to do on the estate, from simply perusing the 160 acres of the farm, peeping between the trees on the 20 acres of woodland, seeking out the wetland or watching the woodland bees wobble drunkenly from spot to spot in the wildflower meadow. Contrast your immersion into nature with a trip back to civilisation, and enjoy a glass of wine at the Kino cinema nearby, and if a glass is too small, maybe a visit to one of the many vineyards in the locale. There’s almost too much to mention, and certainly too much to do in one trip – so we’ll see you next year too.
Massage therapist on hand who can be booked with the host.
Places to visit
The local medieval village of Robertsbridge
Batemans, home of Rudyard Kipling
Historic town of Battle, site of Battle of Hastings, Battle Abbey
Hastings Old Town lots of independent shops, bars and restaurants
Local award-winning vineyards
Outdoors & Active
Footpaths running through the farm link walks in farm and woodland, from Robertsbridge to Mountfield, and up to Darwel resevoir.
Bewl Water and watersports
Bedgebury Pinetum and Bedgebury Forest, with Go Ape! Tarzan swings and zip wires and cycling
Horseriding at Beauport Park
Lots and lots of National Trust woodland
Festivals & events

Look out for the annual Jack-in-the-Green in Hastings on the first weekend in May - a weekend of welcoming the summer, with folk music, dancing and of course the pagan symbol of Jack-in-the-Green himself touring the town.
Hastings Pirate Day in July is great fun and hugely popular - head down with your best eyepatch and cutlass! Not sure? Check out last year's festival here.
Click here for details of other local festivals throughout the year.
There are plenty of events listed here too: "Tweed and Tea" cycle rides, shrimping on the coast, and live music and theatre...
Courses & classes
By arrangement, Emma and /or Rob can fix you up with the following seasonal courses (please contact in advance to find out what's available during your stay):
Woodland craft / survival skills.
Herbal medicine walks and talks
Wild foraging and cooking
Seasonal cooking
Massage and other therapies
Painting/art courses
Read more
Meet your hosts
About Glottenham
Glottenham is set in the High Weald area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is a mixed farm, with around 20 acres of woodland, plus arable and grazing for sheep.
The farm lies on a hill between two valleys, with streams on each side. The local ironwork research group has identified the site of an ancient bloomery site in Glottenham stream, probably dating from Roman times, and the woodland was probably planted by the Romans as it is predominantly hornbeam, which makes the best charcoal for this purpose. It is a very historical landscape, with ancient sunken roads dating from pre-medieval times, and archaeological finds from prehistory. At the highest point is the site of Glottenham Castle, a scheduled monument. The medieval castle itself was removed in the 16th century, but most of the camps lie within the archaeological area surrounding the castle, where the medieval boundary ditches and banks are still in evidence, as well as platforms which were again used for charcoal making or ironworking. Rob and Emma created a wetland area below the glampings site, restoring another ancient feature of the farm – huge dams border the upper wetland field, which date back at least 600 years, and created lakes for game and fish for previous occupants.
By the 19th century Glottenham was famous for its hop growing, and at this time it was owned by the family of Barbara Leigh Smith Boudichon, a leading light in the women’s rights movement, artist and educationalist and cousin of Florence Nightingale. This bohemian family had connections with the pre-raphaelies, and Christina Rossetti stayed at Glottenham and wrote poetically of her stay, “the greenness and flowers to refresh our London eyes, and a small population of beasts and birds around us.”
Initially the farm continued the tradition of growing hops, and even used the oast house for drying. Sadly the demise of the hop industry left Glottenham, like many other farms, in decline, and this coincided with the retirement of Robert’s parents. Emma and Rob were offered the chance to take over the management, and after thinking about which direction to take, felt that they wanted to become involved in the HLS scheme, and to run educational courses and forest school. They obviously love the farm and appreciate its environment, and feel that it would be a great place for people to be able to get away from the bustle and stresses of everyday life.
The farm is an established environmental landscape, developed from many years in Countryside Stewardships From early autumn through to late spring, an educational access program which offers free outdoor learning to local groups and schools, as well as several different Care Farming projects, which offer therapeutic farming and countryside opportunities for vulnerable children and adults. There's a large family veg plot, and (remove) a pheasant shoot is run during the winter (so you may meet the young ones) with all pheasant going to local restaurants or being sold privately. The gamekeeper also supplies other game, such as duck and venison.
Old maps show the historical boundaries of the farm have remained the same to the present day, meaning it retains an unusual, unspoilt natural beauty.
Your hosts
Robert previously ran the hop production at the farm, but retrained in IT as a temporary measure when that industry collapsed. He is particularly interested in increasing the wildlife biodiversity on the farm, and manages the woodland side of the stewardship schemes as well as producing all firewood for the site. In addition he has been training in many bushcraft and woodland skills to enable him to pass these on during our educational visits.
Emma is a qualified medical herbalist, and forest school leader and also designs and manufactures children’s clothes, cloth nappies and hand dyed yarns. She is responsible for running the educational access, Forest school, the care farming and the campsite, as well as farm administration. She has undertaken farm and care leader qualifications, and is working towards achieving forest school and outdoor education leader certification too.(remove) The farm supports ongoing food and activity programmes
They have two older children who can often be found helping out, especially in the summer. Watching how they can kept themselves happy for hours in the woods as young children was one of the driving forces behind their decision to give more children the freedom to roam, discover, and learn within the countryside.
Wildlife & the environment
The farm is within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and has been in Defra Higher Stewardship schemes for many years. The wetland area is home to at risk species of wading birds, such as snipe and lapwing, and will hopefully soon be attracting grey partridge and tree sparrows. There are also turtle doves and woodland bees. The woods are ancient, semi-natural woodland, mainly hornbeam, as well as newer plantation woods of mixed deciduous species. All the woodland is under a forestry commission woodland management plan. The High Weald Woodland archaeology unit has identified many interesting features within the landscape, and a British Museum archaeologist worked with Glottenham both last year and this to discover more about its heritage, to uncover many finds, and to help create some educational tools and facilities.
Read more
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Overview
Rossetti is a quirky cabin that lives next door to de Glottyngham, tucked in woodland a 150 metre walk away from the central yurt, the compost loo and hot outdoor showers. It's clad in local larch and cedar shingles, there's parquet flooring, antique rugs, a woodburner to keep things cosy and a tree winding it's way up through the centre of the cabin! Rossetti sleeps up to five in an antique double bed with hand-embroidered quilts, a day bed, a single bed and a trundle single that slides out from underneath.
History’s all around you at Glottenham: the Romans made charcoal here, medieval Glottenham Castle slumbers under the mound, and Christina Rossetti enthused over “the greenness and flowers to refresh our London eyes, and a small population of beasts and birds around us” when she stayed.
There are also plenty of seasonal activities on offer including; woodland skills and bushcraft, herbal medicine and wild foraging. History buffs will be perfectly content just exploring the site – most of it lies within the archaeological area surrounding the castle, and the medieval boundary ditches and banks are still in evidence. Emma & Rob’s family have guided Glottenham from traditional hop production to the Higher Level Stewardship farm it is today, where wetland and woodland are prime habitats for wildlife, alongside organic livestock and many other small projects.
Read more
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Essentials
The important stuff
- Check in: 4 pm
- Check out: 10 am
- No contact self check in
- Please bring wellies or other outdoorsy shoes and torches
- This is a working farm with livestock, dogs etc around
- Initial supply of firewood and kindling provided, extra can be purchased from the honesty shop
- Mobile signal dependent on the provider
Sleeping arrangements
- One double, three singles
Extra space available
Space for 1 baby no charge. No equipment available
Kids & Pets
Children are very welcome at Glottenham. We’re sorry, due to livestock/other dogs this place isn’t suitable for pets.
Cooking
- BBQ/firepit and Pizza oven - tools provided
- Two-hob gas stove
- Icey-tek cool box with ice gel packs
- Water carrier
- Camping washing up stand and kettle to boil hot water - drying up and dish cloths provided in linen bag and cleaning products provided
- All cooking and eating equipment provided
Washing
- Private toilet (30 metres from the cabin) and sink with fresh drinking water - guests must only use their dedicated facilities throughout their stay
- Two outdoor showers with Ecotemp boiler - hot, but open to the sky! They are just up the hill (about 50 metres) and shared with other spaces
- Bathroom toiletries provided
Heating, lighting & bedding
- Towels, duvets, bed linen and pillows provided (will be in a linen bag, another linen bag will be provided for used towels)
- Wood-burner
- Outdoor firepit
- Battery and outdoor lanterns
-
Location
Getting there
Glottenham Farm, Bishops Lane, Robertsbridge, Sussex, TN32 5EB
Parking/Reception area: ///castle.cherubs.seasonal
By train
The nearest station is Robertsbridge, approx. 1.2 miles away which is a half an hour walk
Local taxis can be arranged from the station and Emma will provide contact numbers on request. It is recommended to book in advance.
By car
NB: Sat nav will take you to the lane, but it gets complicated after that!
From London
Take the A21 from M25, heading south to Hastings. At HURST GREEN carry on through the village and down the hill. Cross the roundabout (don’t turn into Robertsbridge village) and continue approx 1 mile up the hill. Take first turning on right, signposted to Robertsbridge, then first left into Heathfield Gardens.
Follow the road through the houses and, before you go under the railway bridge, there is a lane to the left, signposted to Glottenham Nursing Home (we may well have a Glottenham Farm sign soon!) Carry on up the farm lane for a mile, and go up the hill at the end.
You will pass an oast house on your left, and the road splits into 3. Take the right hand fork and continue straight up and past the large farm barn. Continue along the farm track and parking/reception will be marked after approx 500 yards.
Once you have checked in you can park nearer to your space if you don't mind taking your car along the farm track.
-
Food & Drink
At Glottenham
Hampers (breakfast, BBQ or Pizza) and farm-produced meat (lamb or beef) can be arranged on request, as well as local sausages, bacon, game, chicken, eggs if the chickens have been laying, veg from the garden, home made cakes, bread, deli items, milk, etc can all be arranged. Cider made in the local village, and wine from nearby organic vineyards. Please speak to the owners directly about local producer availability.
All firewood/gas is included, and locally produced charcoal (made by friends in the village) can be purchased.
Pubs & restaurants
Within walkable distance
Award winning Judges Bakery tea rooms newly opened in the village
Eggs To Apples Farm Shop is on your way to the site where you can pop in and grab any essentials
Nearby and well worth a visit
The town of Battle has Simply Italian, coffee shops, takeaways, pubs and cafes. Further afield, there are many fine restaurants and fish straight from the boats down in Hastings old town or Rye.
-
Experiences
At Glottenham
There’s no shortage of things to do on the estate, from simply perusing the 160 acres of the farm, peeping between the trees on the 20 acres of woodland, seeking out the wetland or watching the woodland bees wobble drunkenly from spot to spot in the wildflower meadow. Contrast your immersion into nature with a trip back to civilisation, and enjoy a glass of wine at the Kino cinema nearby, and if a glass is too small, maybe a visit to one of the many vineyards in the locale. There’s almost too much to mention, and certainly too much to do in one trip – so we’ll see you next year too.
Massage therapist on hand who can be booked with the host.
Places to visit
The local medieval village of Robertsbridge
Batemans, home of Rudyard Kipling
Historic town of Battle, site of Battle of Hastings, Battle Abbey
Hastings Old Town lots of independent shops, bars and restaurants
Local award-winning vineyards
Outdoors & Active
Footpaths running through the farm link walks in farm and woodland, from Robertsbridge to Mountfield, and up to Darwel resevoir.
Bewl Water and watersports
Bedgebury Pinetum and Bedgebury Forest, with Go Ape! Tarzan swings and zip wires and cycling
Horseriding at Beauport Park
Lots and lots of National Trust woodland
Festivals & events
Look out for the annual Jack-in-the-Green in Hastings on the first weekend in May - a weekend of welcoming the summer, with folk music, dancing and of course the pagan symbol of Jack-in-the-Green himself touring the town.
Hastings Pirate Day in July is great fun and hugely popular - head down with your best eyepatch and cutlass! Not sure? Check out last year's festival here.
Click here for details of other local festivals throughout the year.
There are plenty of events listed here too: "Tweed and Tea" cycle rides, shrimping on the coast, and live music and theatre...
Courses & classes
By arrangement, Emma and /or Rob can fix you up with the following seasonal courses (please contact in advance to find out what's available during your stay):
Woodland craft / survival skills.
Herbal medicine walks and talks
Wild foraging and cooking
Seasonal cooking
Massage and other therapies
Painting/art courses
-
Your Hosts
About Glottenham
Glottenham is set in the High Weald area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is a mixed farm, with around 20 acres of woodland, plus arable and grazing for sheep.
The farm lies on a hill between two valleys, with streams on each side. The local ironwork research group has identified the site of an ancient bloomery site in Glottenham stream, probably dating from Roman times, and the woodland was probably planted by the Romans as it is predominantly hornbeam, which makes the best charcoal for this purpose. It is a very historical landscape, with ancient sunken roads dating from pre-medieval times, and archaeological finds from prehistory. At the highest point is the site of Glottenham Castle, a scheduled monument. The medieval castle itself was removed in the 16th century, but most of the camps lie within the archaeological area surrounding the castle, where the medieval boundary ditches and banks are still in evidence, as well as platforms which were again used for charcoal making or ironworking. Rob and Emma created a wetland area below the glampings site, restoring another ancient feature of the farm – huge dams border the upper wetland field, which date back at least 600 years, and created lakes for game and fish for previous occupants.
By the 19th century Glottenham was famous for its hop growing, and at this time it was owned by the family of Barbara Leigh Smith Boudichon, a leading light in the women’s rights movement, artist and educationalist and cousin of Florence Nightingale. This bohemian family had connections with the pre-raphaelies, and Christina Rossetti stayed at Glottenham and wrote poetically of her stay, “the greenness and flowers to refresh our London eyes, and a small population of beasts and birds around us.”
Initially the farm continued the tradition of growing hops, and even used the oast house for drying. Sadly the demise of the hop industry left Glottenham, like many other farms, in decline, and this coincided with the retirement of Robert’s parents. Emma and Rob were offered the chance to take over the management, and after thinking about which direction to take, felt that they wanted to become involved in the HLS scheme, and to run educational courses and forest school. They obviously love the farm and appreciate its environment, and feel that it would be a great place for people to be able to get away from the bustle and stresses of everyday life.
The farm is an established environmental landscape, developed from many years in Countryside Stewardships From early autumn through to late spring, an educational access program which offers free outdoor learning to local groups and schools, as well as several different Care Farming projects, which offer therapeutic farming and countryside opportunities for vulnerable children and adults. There's a large family veg plot, and (remove) a pheasant shoot is run during the winter (so you may meet the young ones) with all pheasant going to local restaurants or being sold privately. The gamekeeper also supplies other game, such as duck and venison.
Old maps show the historical boundaries of the farm have remained the same to the present day, meaning it retains an unusual, unspoilt natural beauty.
Your hosts
Robert previously ran the hop production at the farm, but retrained in IT as a temporary measure when that industry collapsed. He is particularly interested in increasing the wildlife biodiversity on the farm, and manages the woodland side of the stewardship schemes as well as producing all firewood for the site. In addition he has been training in many bushcraft and woodland skills to enable him to pass these on during our educational visits.
Emma is a qualified medical herbalist, and forest school leader and also designs and manufactures children’s clothes, cloth nappies and hand dyed yarns. She is responsible for running the educational access, Forest school, the care farming and the campsite, as well as farm administration. She has undertaken farm and care leader qualifications, and is working towards achieving forest school and outdoor education leader certification too.(remove) The farm supports ongoing food and activity programmes
They have two older children who can often be found helping out, especially in the summer. Watching how they can kept themselves happy for hours in the woods as young children was one of the driving forces behind their decision to give more children the freedom to roam, discover, and learn within the countryside.
Wildlife & the environment
The farm is within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and has been in Defra Higher Stewardship schemes for many years. The wetland area is home to at risk species of wading birds, such as snipe and lapwing, and will hopefully soon be attracting grey partridge and tree sparrows. There are also turtle doves and woodland bees. The woods are ancient, semi-natural woodland, mainly hornbeam, as well as newer plantation woods of mixed deciduous species. All the woodland is under a forestry commission woodland management plan. The High Weald Woodland archaeology unit has identified many interesting features within the landscape, and a British Museum archaeologist worked with Glottenham both last year and this to discover more about its heritage, to uncover many finds, and to help create some educational tools and facilities.
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Reviews
Our guests say...
Ryoichi
The perfect weekend away to finish off the summer holidays.
01/09/2023Hazel
We had a really great time in the peace and quiet.
14/07/2023William
We had a fun few days in the woods, exploring the grounds and visiting local places. We enjoyed outdoor cooking and showers and s’mores by the fire .
20/08/2021Jemma
We stayed for 4 nights and had a fabulous time. Loved being in the woods, the cabin was excellent and we made use of the wood burner.
02/08/2021Melissa
Wonderful off grid family weekend away. Comfortable beds and the most beautiful setting in the middle of the forest. Hot showers with a forest canopy were a welcome surprise!
09/07/2021Isabel
We had a wonderful stay in the Rossetti cabin in the forest.
31/05/2021Josh
It was amazing. We love the place, the surrounding woods, the nature around it in general.
30/04/2021Jancy
We had wonderful time in the seclusion of the woods, it was a lovely place to wind down and connect with each other in nature which is what we were looking for in a weekend away, we loved cooking on the fire each night, and the cool box with ice packs was both thoughtful & useful, the tiny pizza oven was also amazing!
06/09/2019Becky
Rossetti has been updated from a geodome to a cabin! The owner, Emma, has lovingly crafted the cabin by hand and the tree as the centre piece to the cabin is beautiful. Glottenham is a fascinating historical site with so much land to explore. The cabin as a great outdoor kitchen for al fresco dining but the site is also really close to historic towns and villages (Robertsbridge, Battle and Hastings) if you want to go out exploring.
03/06/2019Jennie, Canopy & Stars
This space has recently been upgraded to a cabin, so please note the feedback below relates to the previous yurt. Whilst the structure has changed, the location on site and the experience remain the same.
01/06/2019Canopy and Stars
We had a wonderful week at Rosetti! The yurt was excellently equipped with everything we could need, and Emma and Suzie were very helpful. The setting was so peaceful, and it was a perfect opportunity to reconnect with nature. The yurt is beautifully decorated and very cosy in the evenings when the woodburner keeps the place nice and warm.
18/06/2018Eve
Rossetti was a fantastic location, with great amenities and a truly relaxing experience. Emma (and everyone else) was helpful and made us feel very welcome. The hampers and fire lighting service on arrival are worth getting (although I imagine the fire is slightly less necessary in summer...) and being able to roast marshmallows over the fire at night and wake up to birds singing in the morning makes you wish you could do it every weekend. I will be definitely going back again.
30/03/2018Natasha
We booked the Rossetti yurt for 4 nights for our honeymoon break, along with our almost-2-year-old daughter. Suzie greeted us upon arrival and straight away we felt at ease and full of anticipation and excitement at the days ahead! We loved the inclusive wheelbarrow for ease of carting luggage from vehicle to yurt... excellent idea. The setting is completely idyllic, very peaceful and secluded. We completely loved being able to walk around the grounds without strict rules and restricted areas, it really made us feel at home and living wild and free. Inside our yurt was decorated thoughtfully and felt homely and rustic all at the same time. There was a yellow weather warning for 70+km/ph winds on one night, the yurt felt safe and wasn't affected at all by the storm. I loved cooking breakfast outside every morning using the gas hob, sitting at the fantastic table and bench to eat, and my husband loved making a fire on the fire pit and cooking us steaks and other delicious meals out in the wilderness. The outside showers are envigorating & the toilets were far more pleasant than you'd imagine! We are booking again for next year, just deciding which yurt!
11/09/2017Michaela
We were a group of 7 for a hen do and we had the BEST time. The yurts are very comfortable and we had everything we needed; fire wood, kitchen equipment, spare blankets... Emma gave loads of info in advance so we were able to just turn up and enjoy the incredible location and stunning views. Despite some changeable weather, we were very comfortable.
08/09/2017Cat
We had a great time. The yurt was lovely and the beds were really comfortable. It's a great base to explore the area. We found a couple of good pubs in the village.
14/08/2017Jenine
We had a fantastic trip to the yurt in the Sussex woods and all went smoothly. Good facilities for glamping and you have plenty of your own space.
04/08/2017Demelza
We had a brilliant stay! I've been looking forward to this trip since I booked back in Jan when I wanted to do something a little different and this location certainly didn't disappoint. The yurt was beautiful, well appointed and equipped in a lovely forested area. We were close to the compost loos and showers which was a blessing with a 7 year old who needed early morning loo runs. You are very much left alone which is another aspect I was looking forward to and with only 4 yurts spread out over the entire site you never felt overrun with people. A real break
07/07/2017Caroline
We had a really relaxing, comfortable stay in the quirky Rossetti yurt, which was incredibly cosy when the woodburner was going. The location, within the hornbeam woods, was perfect and with only one other yurt close by, it was very peaceful. Very well equipped, covered dining area was a delightful spot to soak up the peace and the birdsong.
03/07/2017TINA
Being the first glamping trip.surrounding was beautiful. Yurt gorgeous. Wildlife. Peace and quiet. Log fires. Eating alfresco. Lovely relaxed helpfull hosts. Perfect.
06/05/2016Lauren
It was an amazing adventure staying in this pre-raphaelite style Yurt in such an enchanting, peaceful forest. We were given all the facilities we needed and staff were very helpful. The Yurt was decorated so beautifully, with every aspect being considered to create an atmosphere of travelling back in time. The surrounding area had plenty to visit, we visited Battle, Bodiam Castle, Hastings, Rudyard Kipling's home and Anne Boleyn's home. The compost toilets were fine to use and it was a pleasant experience having an open roof shower with the sun pouring in. We already miss the yurt we stayed in and recommend to anyone who wants the full 1066 experience!
06/07/2015Emma
It was lovely, we enjoyed every aspect.
26/06/2015Gareth
This place was absolutely perfect!! It was so peaceful in the forest with only nature to listen to...my idea of heaven! Rossetti had everything you needed, all cooking facilities were fantastic, the room was comfy and homely and loved showering under the trees! Would definitely recommend and will definitely be back!
12/06/2015daina
fantastic relaxing weekend away just the two of us no kids. We enjoyed the rural, forrest setting and we have never stayed in a yurt so appealed to our childhood sense of adventure
17/04/2015mark
"Thoroughly enjoyed our stay - would recommend."
08/09/2014Margaret
"It was peaceful and relaxing, and the perfect compromise between camping and staying in a hotel."
04/07/2014Eliza
"Very much. The setting was beautiful and wonderfully quiet. The yurt facilities were good and the yurt itself was charming and very clean."
22/07/2013Sarah
"Very magical and so different to anything that we where used to. Absolutely amazing, and would definitely do it again"
14/06/2013Francesca
"Very enjoyable and peaceful stay in the bluebell filled wood."
13/05/2013Nick
"We thoroughly enjoyed our stay. The yurt lived up to all of our expectations. The setting was extremely peaceful - exactly what we were after. The owners were very helpful and made sure that we had everything we needed to make our stay enjoyable."
14/09/2012Erica
"I had such a lovely 4 nights staying in Rossetti, the place was quiet however not too quiet so we were able to go to the friendly farm and charge our phones. We really enjoyed our stay overall, we couldn't have asked for better hosts who were keen to help and even lent us personal things to make our stay even better, it was clean and really well thought through. My favourite part of the stay was the location, which was lovely to walk around and not too far from Robertsbridge for a town."
20/08/2012Cara
Reviews
It was my second visit. Units are very cosy and well equipped. Easily heated up in the unit with the fire stove as well!
29/03/2024Ryoichi
The perfect weekend away to finish off the summer holidays.
01/09/2023Hazel
We had a really great time in the peace and quiet.
14/07/2023William
We had a fun few days in the woods, exploring the grounds and visiting local places. We enjoyed outdoor cooking and showers and s’mores by the fire .
20/08/2021Jemma
We stayed for 4 nights and had a fabulous time. Loved being in the woods, the cabin was excellent and we made use of the wood burner.
02/08/2021Melissa
Wonderful off grid family weekend away. Comfortable beds and the most beautiful setting in the middle of the forest. Hot showers with a forest canopy were a welcome surprise!
09/07/2021Isabel
We had a wonderful stay in the Rossetti cabin in the forest.
31/05/2021Josh
It was amazing. We love the place, the surrounding woods, the nature around it in general.
30/04/2021Jancy
We had wonderful time in the seclusion of the woods, it was a lovely place to wind down and connect with each other in nature which is what we were looking for in a weekend away, we loved cooking on the fire each night, and the cool box with ice packs was both thoughtful & useful, the tiny pizza oven was also amazing!
06/09/2019Becky
Rossetti has been updated from a geodome to a cabin! The owner, Emma, has lovingly crafted the cabin by hand and the tree as the centre piece to the cabin is beautiful. Glottenham is a fascinating historical site with so much land to explore. The cabin as a great outdoor kitchen for al fresco dining but the site is also really close to historic towns and villages (Robertsbridge, Battle and Hastings) if you want to go out exploring.
03/06/2019Jennie, Canopy & Stars
This space has recently been upgraded to a cabin, so please note the feedback below relates to the previous yurt. Whilst the structure has changed, the location on site and the experience remain the same.
01/06/2019Canopy and Stars
We had a wonderful week at Rosetti! The yurt was excellently equipped with everything we could need, and Emma and Suzie were very helpful. The setting was so peaceful, and it was a perfect opportunity to reconnect with nature. The yurt is beautifully decorated and very cosy in the evenings when the woodburner keeps the place nice and warm.
18/06/2018Eve
Rossetti was a fantastic location, with great amenities and a truly relaxing experience. Emma (and everyone else) was helpful and made us feel very welcome. The hampers and fire lighting service on arrival are worth getting (although I imagine the fire is slightly less necessary in summer...) and being able to roast marshmallows over the fire at night and wake up to birds singing in the morning makes you wish you could do it every weekend. I will be definitely going back again.
30/03/2018Natasha
We booked the Rossetti yurt for 4 nights for our honeymoon break, along with our almost-2-year-old daughter. Suzie greeted us upon arrival and straight away we felt at ease and full of anticipation and excitement at the days ahead! We loved the inclusive wheelbarrow for ease of carting luggage from vehicle to yurt... excellent idea. The setting is completely idyllic, very peaceful and secluded. We completely loved being able to walk around the grounds without strict rules and restricted areas, it really made us feel at home and living wild and free. Inside our yurt was decorated thoughtfully and felt homely and rustic all at the same time. There was a yellow weather warning for 70+km/ph winds on one night, the yurt felt safe and wasn't affected at all by the storm. I loved cooking breakfast outside every morning using the gas hob, sitting at the fantastic table and bench to eat, and my husband loved making a fire on the fire pit and cooking us steaks and other delicious meals out in the wilderness. The outside showers are envigorating & the toilets were far more pleasant than you'd imagine! We are booking again for next year, just deciding which yurt!
11/09/2017Michaela
We were a group of 7 for a hen do and we had the BEST time. The yurts are very comfortable and we had everything we needed; fire wood, kitchen equipment, spare blankets... Emma gave loads of info in advance so we were able to just turn up and enjoy the incredible location and stunning views. Despite some changeable weather, we were very comfortable.
08/09/2017Cat
We had a great time. The yurt was lovely and the beds were really comfortable. It's a great base to explore the area. We found a couple of good pubs in the village.
14/08/2017Jenine
We had a fantastic trip to the yurt in the Sussex woods and all went smoothly. Good facilities for glamping and you have plenty of your own space.
04/08/2017Demelza
We had a brilliant stay! I've been looking forward to this trip since I booked back in Jan when I wanted to do something a little different and this location certainly didn't disappoint. The yurt was beautiful, well appointed and equipped in a lovely forested area. We were close to the compost loos and showers which was a blessing with a 7 year old who needed early morning loo runs. You are very much left alone which is another aspect I was looking forward to and with only 4 yurts spread out over the entire site you never felt overrun with people. A real break
07/07/2017Caroline
We had a really relaxing, comfortable stay in the quirky Rossetti yurt, which was incredibly cosy when the woodburner was going. The location, within the hornbeam woods, was perfect and with only one other yurt close by, it was very peaceful. Very well equipped, covered dining area was a delightful spot to soak up the peace and the birdsong.
03/07/2017TINA
Being the first glamping trip.surrounding was beautiful. Yurt gorgeous. Wildlife. Peace and quiet. Log fires. Eating alfresco. Lovely relaxed helpfull hosts. Perfect.
06/05/2016Lauren
It was an amazing adventure staying in this pre-raphaelite style Yurt in such an enchanting, peaceful forest. We were given all the facilities we needed and staff were very helpful. The Yurt was decorated so beautifully, with every aspect being considered to create an atmosphere of travelling back in time. The surrounding area had plenty to visit, we visited Battle, Bodiam Castle, Hastings, Rudyard Kipling's home and Anne Boleyn's home. The compost toilets were fine to use and it was a pleasant experience having an open roof shower with the sun pouring in. We already miss the yurt we stayed in and recommend to anyone who wants the full 1066 experience!
06/07/2015Emma
It was lovely, we enjoyed every aspect.
26/06/2015Gareth
This place was absolutely perfect!! It was so peaceful in the forest with only nature to listen to...my idea of heaven! Rossetti had everything you needed, all cooking facilities were fantastic, the room was comfy and homely and loved showering under the trees! Would definitely recommend and will definitely be back!
12/06/2015daina
fantastic relaxing weekend away just the two of us no kids. We enjoyed the rural, forrest setting and we have never stayed in a yurt so appealed to our childhood sense of adventure
17/04/2015mark
"Thoroughly enjoyed our stay - would recommend."
08/09/2014Margaret
"It was peaceful and relaxing, and the perfect compromise between camping and staying in a hotel."
04/07/2014Eliza
"Very much. The setting was beautiful and wonderfully quiet. The yurt facilities were good and the yurt itself was charming and very clean."
22/07/2013Sarah
"Very magical and so different to anything that we where used to. Absolutely amazing, and would definitely do it again"
14/06/2013Francesca
"Very enjoyable and peaceful stay in the bluebell filled wood."
13/05/2013Nick
"We thoroughly enjoyed our stay. The yurt lived up to all of our expectations. The setting was extremely peaceful - exactly what we were after. The owners were very helpful and made sure that we had everything we needed to make our stay enjoyable."
14/09/2012Erica
"I had such a lovely 4 nights staying in Rossetti, the place was quiet however not too quiet so we were able to go to the friendly farm and charge our phones. We really enjoyed our stay overall, we couldn't have asked for better hosts who were keen to help and even lent us personal things to make our stay even better, it was clean and really well thought through. My favourite part of the stay was the location, which was lovely to walk around and not too far from Robertsbridge for a town."
20/08/2012Cara
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It was my second visit. Units are very cosy and well equipped. Easily heated up in the unit with the fire stove as well!
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