SUSSEX

Sussex is a traditional county in southern England, divided for administrative purposes into West Sussex and East Sussex and the city of Brighton and Hove. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire

Sussex boasts a coastline which has miles of imposing cliff scenery and parts of Sussex have been designated areas of Natural beauty.

The physical geography of Sussex relies heavily on its lying on the southern part of the Wealden anticline. The major features of that is the high land which crosses the county in a west to east direction: the Weald itself, and the South Downs. The former consists of clays and sands; the latter chalk. Between those two ridges, mainly in West Sussex, lies the ‘’Vale of Sussex’’; at the eastern end of the county is the valley of the River Rother, which flows into what was a long sea inlet to reach the sea at Rye Bay.

From early times castles guarded three important entries from the coast through the South Downs into the interior provided by the valleys of the Ouse, the Adur and the Arun. These are respectively at Lewes, Bramber and Arundel. The ruins of the first two, though imposing, do not compare in grandeur with the third, which is still the seat of the dukes of Norfolk.

Major towns of Sussex include:
Brighton (home of the University of Sussex and the University of Brighton)
Chichester
Crawley
Eastbourne
Hastings
Haywards Heath
Lewes
Worthing

SUSSEX ATTRACTIONS

Fishbourne Roman Palace - Britain’s finest collection of in-situ Roman mosaics at Fishbourne.
Weald & Downland Open Air Museum - In the heart of the beautiful South Downs is England’s leading museum of historic buildings and traditional rural life
Denmans Garden - Fontwell, Arundel, West Sussex - a garden full of ideas to be interpreted within smaller home spaces.
Harbour Park - Littlehampton, West Sussex
Arundel Castle - Seat of the Dukes of Norfolk
Wildfowl & Wetlands Centre - Arundel - With 60 acres of ponds, lakes and reedbeds
Amberley Working Museum - Amberley, Arundel - 36 acres of fun, inside and out, for the whole family
RSPB - Pulborough Brooks - Pulborough, West Sussex - a wealth of wildlife and birds throughout the year.
Lewes Castle & Anne of Clewes House - imposing castle and barbican at Lewes

TRANSPORT LINKS

Sussex is only 90 minutes drive from London. Take the A24/A29 via Horsham or the A23/A27 via Gatwick and Crawley.

There are regular train services from London Victoria to most destinations in Sussex. Regular coastway services run east through Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings, and west through Worthing, Chichester to Portsmouth.