Our Grounds

Students at Ardingly are lucky to go to school on a campus of 240 acres of glorious Sussex countryside, yet which is located just under an hour from central London, 15 minutes from Gatwick Airport and 20 minutes from Brighton.

We also have access to the Ardingly reservoir on our doorstep, which enables our students to participate in a range of watersports.

“If you like your schools good-looking, then this is the one for you. Designed by renowned gothic revivalist Richard Herbert Carpenter in the mid-19th century, its smart, ecclesiastical-style red brick buildings are spread across a showstopping country campus.”

Tatler Schools Guide Review, 2023

“Here, manicured green lawns embrace a reservoir that is the focal point for such starter-integration events as treasure hunts, building rafts and chucking each other into the water!”

Tatler Schools Guide Review, 2023

Our grounds include:

a 25-metre swimming pool
a large indoor sports hall accommodating cricket nets, badminton, and fencing
a small multi-purpose sports hall
two astro turfs; one for hockey and a second, floodlit multi-purpose astro turf for hockey, tennis, and winter football
6 hard standing netball/tennis courts
2 cricket pitches with outdoor cricket nets
a first team football pitch, plus over 12 additional grass sports pitches
a 400m grass athletics track, and field event facilities
a squash court