Heavy Horses at the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum
Vineyard View
is a great base for visiting the many attractions in the area:
• Goodwood House with its Egyptian dining room, state apartments, tearooms and art collection, and The Revival.
• Goodwood Motor Circuit and The Festival of Speed.
• Glorious Goodwood Race Course with race meetings throughout the year.
• Goodwood Airfield where you can take a scenic flight for an aerial view of the area.
• The Weald and Downland Open Air Museum with historic houses and agricultural buildings from the 13th-century.
• The Weald and Downland Open Air Museum’s special events like the Heavy Horse and Working Animals Show.
• The Military Aviation Museum at Tangmere with historic aircraft, personal effects and artifacts from WWII.
• West Dean College and Gardens with its special events and Food Festivals.
• The city of Chichester - see more about Chi below.
• Chichester Festival Theatre and Minerva Theatre.
• Pallant House the home of Modern Art in the South.
• Chichester Cathedral, Café and Bishop’s Palace Gardens.
• Sailing from Chichester Harbour.
• Several pay and play golf courses: Goodwood, Hunston.
The sands at West Wittering
• Pagham Nature Reserve for bird watching.
• Fontwell Park Race Course, meetings throughout the year.
• Fishbourne Roman Palace, one of the largest in Britain.
• Bignor Roman Palace, a Roman farmstead.
• Chichester Watersports Centre at Westhampnett - Windsurfing/ Waterskiing.
• Chichester Harbour Water Tours - a leisurely way to view the wildlife and shoreline.
• The beautiful sandy beaches and sand dunes of West Wittering (Windsurfing, kitesurfing hire).
• Kingly Vale Nature Reserve with its ancient Yew Trees and Bronze Age barrows.
• A famous seasonal treat in October is the display at Pumpkin Cottage, Slindon, Britain's pumpkin capital!
• Arundel Castle with origins as a motte and bailey castle built around 1068 (Restored in the 18th century).
• River Arun for leisurely boat trips. • Wildlife at Arundel Wetland Centre.
• Amberley Working Museum & Heritage Centre offering rides on its narrow-gauge railway and vintage bus collection.
• Midhurst - famous for polo matches (April and September) and Cowdray Ruins.
• Petworth House (NT) a late 17th-century mansion with a magnificent art collection including works by Turner.
• Petworth House Deer Park was landscaped by Capability Brown (with many concerts held throughout the year).
• Uppark House (NT) and Garden: a restored late 17th-century house.
• Stansted House a William & Mary style country mansion with walled gardens and woodland walks.
• Parham House and Gardens, an Elizabethan family home.
• Walking on the South Downs National Park - The South Downs Way with views spanning 40 miles in every direction.
• Portsmouth has attractions including the harbour - Nelson’s Victory, The Mary Rose and ferries to the Isle of Wight.
• Brighton with its Royal Pavilion and Regency architecture to The Lanes.
Please phone or check these attractions' websites before venturing out, to avoid disappointment. (Local Links - next page)
Chichester, East Street
CHICHESTER
The county town of Chichester is four miles to the west of Halnaker. Chichester has a quadrant layout, inherited from the Romans, with a medieval Market Cross in the centre facing North, South, East and West. The pedestrianised city centre is enclosed within ancient city walls and although the walls are not continuous you can walk on them round the city. The best parts being through Priory Park and the Bishops Palace Gardens.
Chichester offers a good selection of shops, restaurants and pubs on all four streets. At the end of North Street is the celebrated Chichester Festival Theatre with its international reputation for showing brilliant theatrical productions of musicals, comedies and classic drama and its more intimate studio theatre, The Minerva, offering experimental performances and new plays. Located between East Street and North Street is New Park Cinema, an art house cinema showing world films, including award-winning international films. It has a licensed bar staffed by volunteers. On West Street is the prestigious 12th century Chichester Cathedral with its Cloisters Café and Bishop’s Palace Gardens. Off West Street is the Novium Museum with remains of Roman Baths. Off East Street is Pallant House Gallery, known as the home of Modern Art in the South. Located to the south is Chichester Gate Leisure Park with a 10-screen Cineworld cinema, a 16-lane bowling Lakeside Superbowl, and several bars and restaurants including Gourmet Burger Kitchen, Domino's Pizza, Frankie & Benny's, Nando's etc.. At the end of South Street we have the railway and bus stations. You can travel from Chichester by rail to London Victoria (in about an hour and a half); to the historic naval city of Portsmouth (in about 30mins); and to Brighton (in about 40 minutes). By car on the A27, you can easily get to Portsmouth, Southampton and Brighton. (Buses from Halnaker to Chichester go every half hour taking 20mins).
The county town of Chichester is four miles to the west of Halnaker. Chichester has a quadrant layout, inherited from the Romans, with a medieval Market Cross in the centre facing North, South, East and West. The pedestrianised city centre is enclosed within ancient city walls and although the walls are not continuous you can walk on them round the city. The best parts being through Priory Park and the Bishops Palace Gardens.
Chichester offers a good selection of shops, restaurants and pubs on all four streets. At the end of North Street is the celebrated Chichester Festival Theatre with its international reputation for showing brilliant theatrical productions of musicals, comedies and classic drama and its more intimate studio theatre, The Minerva, offering experimental performances and new plays. Located between East Street and North Street is New Park Cinema, an art house cinema showing world films, including award-winning international films. It has a licensed bar staffed by volunteers. On West Street is the prestigious 12th century Chichester Cathedral with its Cloisters Café and Bishop’s Palace Gardens. Off West Street is the Novium Museum with remains of Roman Baths. Off East Street is Pallant House Gallery, known as the home of Modern Art in the South. Located to the south is Chichester Gate Leisure Park with a 10-screen Cineworld cinema, a 16-lane bowling Lakeside Superbowl, and several bars and restaurants including Gourmet Burger Kitchen, Domino's Pizza, Frankie & Benny's, Nando's etc.. At the end of South Street we have the railway and bus stations. You can travel from Chichester by rail to London Victoria (in about an hour and a half); to the historic naval city of Portsmouth (in about 30mins); and to Brighton (in about 40 minutes). By car on the A27, you can easily get to Portsmouth, Southampton and Brighton. (Buses from Halnaker to Chichester go every half hour taking 20mins).
Chichester, North Street
What's On, Events, Cycling, Walks etc., when you Visit Chichester . . . click link below.
