Let Secret Sussex guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar.
Step off the beaten track with this Sussex guide book. Let our local expert Ellie Seymour show you the well-hidden treasures and hidden places of this fascinating county. Featuring over 150 unusual and unfamiliar places, this Secret Sussex guide is ideal for lifelong locals, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike.
Coverage includes: Burgess Hill to Seaford, Chichester to Petworth, Crawley to Crowborough, Eastbourne to Rye.
Inside you'll find:
Discover the setting for secret feasts in the forest
Peek inside a glamorous Vogue war correspondent's surreal Sussex home
Wander through a forgotten village by the sea
Stumble on a fairy-tale folly and a tomb shaped like a Pyramid
Uncover a hidden Bond-movie location
Hunt out little-known Sussex wineries
Track down Sherlock Holmes' fictional country cottage
Take a safari through an African-inspired landscape
Tour Led Zeppelin's former mansion
Lose yourself in a museum about murder and true crime
Hang out with a colony of wallabies
Sussex is filled with hidden treasures that offer countless opportunities to wander off the beaten path. Secret Sussex is the first guide of its kind, designed for people who think they know the county well but are ready to move away from the tourist crowds in search of the unusual, the underground and the overlooked. Discover unknown Sussex with this fascinating guide.
Burgess Hill to Seaford
GREEN CIRCLE PUBLIC ART TRAIL 12
MUSEUM OF GARDENING 14
CLAYTON TUNNEL NORTH PORTAL 16
BROWNE BURIAL GROUND 18
DARK SKY SITES 20
QUEEN VICTORIA JUBILEE PLANTATION 22
MERIDIAN LINE MARKERS 24
FIRE + WILD OUTDOOR DINING EXPERIENCES 26
PROTESTANT MARTYRS’ PRISON STEPS 28
THE ROUND HOUSE 30
LEWES RAILWAY LAND NATURE RESERVE 32
REMINDERS OF THE LEWES AVALANCHE 34
GLYNDEBOURNE OPERA HOUSE BACKSTAGE TOURS 36
GLYNDEBOURNE PUGS 38
THE LAVENDER LINE 40
BOW BELLS MILESTONES 42
FARLEYS HOUSE AND GALLERY 44
SURREALIST PICNIC 46
DUNCAN GRANT’S STUDIO 48
THE BLOOMSBURY MURALS 50
LONG MAN OF WILMINGTON 52
SHERLOCK HOLMES’ FICTIONAL HOME 54
THE CABLE HUT 56
SECRET SPOTS FOR FOSSIL HUNTING 58
TIDE MILLS ABANDONED VILLAGE 60
THE RAMPION TELESCOPES 62
Chichester to Petworth
THORNEY ISLAND CIRCULAR WALK 66
RACTON MONUMENT 68
LORDINGTON LAVENDER WEEK 70
KINGLEY VALE NATURE RESERVE TRAIL 72
PEREGRINE FALCONS OF CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL 74
CASS SCULPTURE FOUNDATION COLLECTION 76
MARC CHAGALL WINDOW 78
GOODWOOD AERODROME CAFÉ ROOFTOP 80
THE GOODWOOD MEMORIAL GARDEN 82
BLAKE’S COTTAGE 84
CLIMPING BEACH 86
FORD MATERIALS RECYCLING FACILITY TOURS 88
REMNANTS OF A JAMES BOND FILM SET 90
MILL LANE TREE TUNNEL 92
THE TRUNDLE 94
ST ROCHE’S ARBORETUM 96
SURREALIST TREES 98
BEEDING TOLL HOUSE 100
CHALK STONES TRAIL 102
THE POTAGER 104
THE TOWER ROOM 106
PETWORTH COTTAGE MUSEUM 108
WILD SUSSEX 110
BEDHAM CHURCH SCHOOL RUINS 112
THE WEY AND ARUN CANAL 114
Crawley to Crowborough
CUCKFIELD BUNKER 118
WINGS MUSEUM 120
OUSE VALLEY VIADUCT 122
MILLENNIUM SEED BANK 124
SKYGLADE 126
OWL’S HOUSE 128
QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL COLLECTION 130
JOHN MASON NEALE’S GRAVE 132
HAMMERWOOD PARK 134
Eastbourne to Rye
THE ITALIAN GARDEN 142
COASTAL CULTURE TRAIL 144
LITTLE CHELSEA 146
ROYAL HIPPODROME THEATRE BACKSTAGE TOURS 148
PEVENSEY GAOL COURTHOUSE MUSEUM 150
PETER THE SHEEP’S GRAVE 152
RELICS OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY GREENWICH 154
HANDLING BIRDS OF PREY 156
THE SUGARLOAF 158
JOHN “MAD JACK” FULLER’S MAUSOLEUM 160
LITTLE ROAR GILL 162
AMSTERDAM SHIPWRECK 164
BOTTLE ALLEY LIGHT SHOW 166
SOURCE PARK 168
TRUE CRIME MUSEUM 170
FLOWER MAKERS’ MUSEUM 172
FAT TUESDAY 174
AG HENDY HOUSE 176
RYE TOWN MODEL SOUND AND LIGHT SHOW 178
RYE WATER HOUSE 180
REMAINS OF JOHN “BUTCHER” BREADS 182
Horsham to Worthing
WILLIAMS & CO PHARMACY 186
DOLLS’ HOUSE MUSEUM 188
LEONARDSLEE WALLABIES 190
KNEPP WILDLAND 192
SUSSEX PRAIRIE GARDEN 194
THE GREEN KNIGHT OF WOODS MILL 196
LANCING COLLEGE CHAPEL 198
DOWNS LINK 202
SHOREHAM AIRSHOW DISASTER MEMORIAL 204
ART DECO TERMINAL BUILDING AT BRIGHTON CITY
AIRPORT 206
HOUSEBOATS OF SHOREHAM 208
SHOREHAM BEACH BOARDWALK 210
SHOREHAM HARBOUR LIFEBOAT STATION TOUR 212
HELP OUR KELP FORESTS 214
ART DECO INTERIOR OF THE DOME CINEMA 216
FORAGED BY FERN 218
SISTINE CHAPEL REPLICA CEILING 220
MANOR ROAD GARAGE 222
UNUSUAL BARS, CAFÉS AND RESTAURANTS 224
HIDDEN VINEYARDS 232
ALPHABETICAL INDEX 236
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