SUSSEX TOP ATTRACTIONS

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For an Acrobat PDF of the 2011 Sussex Top Attractions brochure, click here.  The file size is a bit more than 4Mb, so may take a little while to download.  The 2012 edition is also now available.

And see www.placestovisitsussex.co.uk/

ACCOMMODATION

For accommodation information and other Sussex tourist information:
if you know roughly whereabouts in Sussex you want to stay contact one of the Tourist Information Centres; a complete list of Sussex ones is HERE.

Historic Houses and Gardens:
Two good sources of information for historic houses, corporate entertaining and wedding locations can be found at Hudson's Historic Houses and Gardens and Johansens Historic Houses, Castles and Gardens

For gardens the best results are obtained by making a Google search on "Sussex gardens", and there's also the National Gardens Scheme

Local Radio

These may be called the principal ones, but there are many others with limited geographical coverage and specialist content.  Again, for best results Google "Sussex Radio Stations".

The BBC Southern Counties Radio website for Sussex and Surrey       Southern FM         Sovereign Radio

GATWICK AIRPORT INFO
HEATHROW AIRPORT INFO

Sussex Churches
There are hundreds of Parish Churches in Sussex, and very many are open during the daytime for visitors.  Besides being principally places of worship, these parish churches are also a vast collection of interesting architecture, history, furnishings, statuary, stained glass and much else besides.
See also the Sacred Sussex web pages, and Chichester Cathedral

Approved Marriage Premises
There are now very many venues in East and West Sussex where you can be married, and here are the links for venues in East Sussex and for West Sussex 
It is the responsibility of the County Councils to license premises for marriages.

The Arts in Sussex  

For caravan and camp sites
UK Camp Site
- the Internet directory for caravanners and campers
The Dedicated Partnership's UK Camp Site   (these two are different although they have the same name)
The Camping and Caravanning Club
A very useful site is Caravansitefinder which gives some 90 sites in East and West Sussex.
Also UK-Sites Caravan Parks & Campsites Directory

A Google search on "Sussex Camp Sites" and ditto for caravan sites produces plenty of results.

For outdoor activity in Sussex try SoSussex

The County Councils' tourism and leisure pages within:
East Sussex County Council
West Sussex County Council
Brighton and Hove Unitary Authority

Events in Sussex - there are too many sites listing events, and ideally you need to look at a number of them to see what's on offer.

Where Can We Go     Information Britain - Sussex     Visit Sussex     West Sussex Info     East Sx County Council 

West Sx County Council     Brighton and Hove     Sussex Life magazine     Brighton Argus newspaper     Just Sussex

West Sussex Gazette newspaper     Friday Ad     Heart Radio     1066 Country     Rural Ways

By far the most comprehensive list of Sussex links, Sussex information, local newspapers, local radio, the arts, leisure and tourism is the list provided by the East Sussex County Council Information Services Unit - the ISU, managed by the Libraries, Information and Arts Service.  ESCIS holds information about over 13,000 organisations based in East Sussex and Brighton and Hove.

The Good Pub Guide and The Good Guide to Britain contain useful Sussex information: visit Good Guides
There's only one major brewery in Sussex now - Harveys in Lewes.
See also the CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) site for Sussex pub details.

For local food and produce in Sussex and information on Farmers' Markets and similar, see A Taste of Sussex
also the Sussex Foodfinder and www.farmersmarkets.net

Public Transport in Sussex

UK Public Transport: for public rail, air, coach, bus, ferry, metro and tram details:   Traveline  also Tel: 0871 200 22 33    

For all travel information, bus, train, ferry, walking, cycling ... and also car share opportunities, 
Travelchoice is a very good site, but covers East Sussex only.

National Rail Enquiries Tel: +44 (0)8457 48 49 50

National Train Timetables, railway information and tickets:  www.nationalrail.co.uk
and the trainline

Also very useful is Transportdirect.info    Britain's free online journey planner

Other train operating companies in Sussex are
South Eastern Trains,   Southern Trains,   Thameslink,   Gatwick Express,   Virgin Trains

The Newhaven - Dieppe crossing is operated by Transmanche Ferries
The Newhaven - Le Havre crossing is no longer operated.

Walking in Sussex - Totally Cuckoo

Road and Traffic Information: the AA and the RAC; for route planning the AA web site is very good otherwise there's Mappy and Multimap.   ViaMichelin is very comprehensive about Britain and Europe.

Maps and Guides

The Ordnance Survey pages provide excellent up to date maps of the whole of the UK.

Otherwise for maps and mapping visit www.streetmap.co.uk (who provide the maps for the pages on this site); and Googlemaps are excellent in every way.  Their satellite pictures give you a very good idea of how rural and unspoilt most of Sussex really is.

Maps, guides and everything else to do with travel can be purchased at www.mapsworldwide.co.uk as well as www.elstead.co.uk and www.stanfords.co.uk

Weather Forecasts The Meteorological Office and the BBC Weather Centre

Tide times:  The best information is from the UK Hydrographic Office.  Please take care if you want tide times in the Chichester area, or anywhere near the Solent, but elsewhere in Sussex from Rye to Bognor Regis you can add or subtract a few minutes to Brighton or Eastbourne tide times. Also note if the tables give GMT or BST times.

For information about the South Downs - an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and in due course to be the South Downs National Park, (Cretaceous Park), see the South Downs Online.  Information on South Downs Way can also be found at www.nationaltrail.co.uk
The High Weald of Sussex is also an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Ashdown Forest has a community website and for general information about walking, cycling and horse-riding in Sussex see www.ruralways.org.uk/

Good Sussex Beaches: see the Marine Conservation Society Good Beach Guide.
There are also Blue Flag beaches.

Craftwork:  the Sussex Guild is a group of professional designers and makers of fine contemporary and traditional craftwork, whose members live and work in Sussex and the adjoining counties of Kent, Surrey and Hampshire.

Records and Genealogy:  see the East Sussex Record Office and the West Sussex Record Office

Links: Sussex Top Attractions Ltd would be interested to know of other useful links - please email us with details.

Tourist attractions in south east England:  here is a fairly comprehensive googlemap.  Please tell us of any errors and omissions.

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