West Sussex

West Sussex is a county in the South East of England.

Hampshire is to the west, Surrey is to the north, East Sussex to the east and the English Channel with its beaches to the south.

Towns and villagesEdit

50°58′12″N 0°27′0″W

Map of West Sussex

TownsEdit

50.83652-0.779181 Chichester – county town and only city in West Sussex.
50.85439-0.55392 Arundel - a town beneath a castle.
50.78237-0.676393 Bognor Regis
50.9535-0.12624 Burgess Hill
51.109167-0.1872225 Crawley
51.129-0.0076 East Grinstead - take a ride on the Bluebell Railway
51.0048-0.09797 Haywards Heath
51.062-0.3258 Horsham
50.80938-0.540899 Littlehampton
50.985-0.7410 Midhurst - in the middle of the South Downs National Park.
50.986-0.60911 Petworth – a small town known for the stately home Petworth Park.
50.73502-0.7897712 Selsey and Selsey Bill
50.836-0.23913 Southwick
50.834-0.27314 Shoreham-by-Sea
50.8868-0.327915 Steyning
50.814711-0.37138616 Worthing

VillagesEdit

50.90848-0.5340417 Amberley – a village known for its thatched cottages and castle.
50.8289-0.859518 Bosham - A coastal village in Chichester Harbour.
51.109167-0.18722219 Crawley Down
50.832-0.31920 Lancing - A large coastal village.
50.91613-0.3740121 Wiston

Other destinationsEdit

50.916667-0.51 South Downs
50.7506-0.8509642 Bracklesham Bay
50.9712-0.36223 Knepp Wildland, New Barn Farm, Dial Post, RH13 8NN, ☏ +44 1403 713 230, safaris@knepp.co.uk. An ecological estate being rewilded by using free-roaming browsing animals which has revitalised native wildlife and many endangered spicies. (updated Dec 2021)

UnderstandEdit

West Sussex and neighbouring East Sussex once made up the ancient Kingdom of Sussex.

TalkEdit

English - dialect is Home Counties.

Speakers of other languages may have trouble being understood, but locals are often willing to be patient and multilingual dictionaries are available at bookstores

Get inEdit

Get aroundEdit

DrinkEdit

Local wine: Nyetimber and Wiston Estate vineyards are near Pulborough. Bolney Estate is near Haywards Heath.

Go nextEdit

East Sussex with the city of Brighton.

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