SEA LIFE Brighton - The World’s Oldest Operating Aquarium

Let us take you on a fascinating journey through the original Victorian architecture of the oldest operating aquarium in the world. Based opposite the iconic pier, SEA LIFE Brighton was built in 1872 and features 5,500 mesmerising creatures including Rays, Sharks, Turtles, Terrapins, Star Fish, Seahorses and an Anaconda! Here at SEA LIFE Brighton you can see them all - from the curious and the rescued to the rare and the enigmatic. In 2019 SEA LIFE Brighton launched a state of the art new attraction Day & Night. The first of its kind in the UK, Day & Night offers guests the chance to experience the 24-hour wonder of a coral reef as it moves through the day in 750,000 litre display. NEW for 2020 our Jawsome Sharks event launching 15th Feb - 19th April, be a Jawsome Ranger and meet our crazy, but very clever Professor Finn! Check our website for full details and to buy tickets.

Brighton's Best Views by Far
Glide up gently to 138 metres high in the spacious glass viewing pod to enjoy stunning 360o views. Admire Brighton’s landmarks, artwork on the rooftops, the South Downs, windfarms out at sea and the expansive stretch of coast all the way from Seven Sisters cliffs to the Isle of Wight. While on board enjoy a glass of award-winning English sparkling wine from the South Coast’s highest bar, the Nyetimber Sky Bar! After your flight visit the construction story exhibition, browse our gift shop for locally produced souvenirs and enjoy a meal with a sea view at the West Beach Bar & Kitchen or at the Café on the upper terrace.

Opening hours vary by date, please check website for details.

A fascinating day out at Butser Ancient Farm, nestled within the rolling South Downs National Park. Discover ongoing reconstructions of ancient British homes and buildings, including Stone Age, Iron Age, Roman and Anglo Saxon, with rare breed animals and ancient crops. Butser is a world renowned experimental archaeological site with ever changing experiments, displays and projects, exploring and bringing the past to life. Join a traditional skills workshop, experience an ancient Celtic Festival and enjoy many other special events throughout the year. Dogs and picnics are welcome and there is a café with hot drinks and light refreshments. Free parking and good disabled access across the site.

Steps away from the city centre, Chichester Canal offers a unique and peaceful environment.
Linking the City to the sea, our speciality is boat trips.

The Canal has up to four daily trips on our boat Kingfisher. Richmond offers catered cruises, for example a Fish and Chip cruise and an English Afternoon Tea cruise. Both boats offer a lift and Kingfisher has an accessible WC. Richmond is available for private charter for family celebrations.

Our Cafe overlooks the Canal Basin, where customers relax with a wide choice of drinks, mouthwatering cakes and light bites. It offers seating indoors, on a terrace or under the trees. There is a lift to the first floor and an accessible WC.

We offer rowing boats for hire and licences for paddleboards and canoes. Our Heritage Centre offers visitors almost 200 years of history.
Free entry.

March 24th, 2020: please note the Cathedral is closed until further notice, please check the website for details.

In the heart of Chichester, this magnificent 900 year old Cathedral has treasures ranging from medieval stone carvings to world famous 20th century artworks. Open every day and all year with free entry. Free guided tours and special trails for children. Regular exhibitions, free weekly lunchtime concerts and a superb Cloisters Café and Shop. A fascinating place to visit.

Open: 7.15am - 6.30pm Monday to Saturday, 7.15am - 5pm Sunday. All are welcome. Choral Evensong daily (except Wednesday) during term time.

Admission: Free entry. Donations greatly appreciated.

One of the UK’s flagship theatres, renowned for the exceptionally high standard of its productions as well as its work with the community and young people. Situated in a cathedral city in West Sussex between the South Downs and the sea, the Festival Theatre’s bold thrust stage design makes it one of England’s most striking playhouses – equally suited to epic drama and musicals. Its studio theatre, the Minerva, is particularly noted for premieres of new work alongside intimate revivals.

Rooted firmly in its community, the Theatre runs a Learning, Education and Participation (LEAP) programme that is a beacon of excellence and inspiration to its local audience, as well as being home to one of the country’s largest youth theatres with over 800 members.

Enjoy an educational tractor and trailer ride to the top of the South Downs on our working family farm. Set in the environmentally sensitive South Downs, 1,000 acres of farmland with 800 ewes, 200 Sussex cattle, cornfields and conservation areas, views over the weald and out to sea.

Open daily at lambing time to see over 1,000 lambs and 80 calves being born from 16th March to 22nd April 2019.
Pre-booked Farm Tours by schools and groups welcome at other times.
For sheep shearing, summer holiday specials, open days and events visit the website. Tel: 01273 452028 to book or email berty@coombes.co.uk.

Come coarse fishing at Passies Pond – open all year. Contact passie 07710756257 passie@coombes.co.uk
Visit the 11C Coombes Church

Nestled between the sea and the South Downs a weekend in Worthing will be packed with fun.
Take in a show at one of two theatres, try your hand at water sports, uncover independent shops and galleries including beach hut artists’ studios and artisan workshops, take a local history tour and dine out at one of many great eating cafes and award winning restaurants. Discover the largest observation wheel on the South Coast, which returns in April 2020.
With great transport links and good quality accommodation, Worthing’s central Sussex location makes it the perfect base from which to explore the wider area.
For ideas, inspiration and a calendar of events check out timeforworthing.uk/discover/

Widely known as the best small zoo in Europe, Drusillas Park offers a fun-tastic day out that includes hundreds of exotic animals, from monkeys and meerkats to penguins and pandas.

However animals are only half the fun! Kids will adore all the themed adventure play areas including Go Wild!, Go Bananas! Amazon Adventure, plus there’s Hello Kitty Secret Garden and the ultimate splash pad experience, Get Wet!

Plus don't miss Drusillas Park's Go Safari! This totally wild attraction combines an African theme with three exciting children's rides; the Hippopotobus, Flying Cheetahs and the Safari Express train. It will cause quite a fu'roar amongst young lionhearted explorers!

And NEW for 2019, a beautifully mesmerising Rainforest Carousel - the first of its kind in the UK!

Located just off the A27 in Alfriston: Open daily from 10am. 01323 874100. www.drusillas.co.uk

Feel refreshed and invigorated by our stunning resort at the foot of the magnificent South Downs. Explore breath-taking countryside. Enjoy old-fashioned seaside fun. Go wild at our fantastic Bandstand tribute nights.

Walk, cycle, or paddle-board in the great outdoors. Explore dark tunnels and 200 years of history at our Redoubt Fortress. Take in a top show. Stroll along the prom. Discover exhibitions on the Bronze Age and English Seaside Holidays.

Plus soak up the atmosphere at hundreds of exciting events including Magnificent Motors, Beer & Cider by the Sea, Beach Life Festival incorporating Extreme, and Airbourne. With loads to see and do, Eastbourne is perfect for a stay or a day out. Contact us on 01323 415 415

Travel behind the famous one-eighth scale miniature locomotives as they meander for nearly a mile around the beautiful country park. Enjoy a pleasant stroll around the five-acre lake where nature and wildlife may be seen in their natural habitats. Or relax in the prize-winning tea gardens with a beverage, lunch or Cream Tea from the railway style cafe. Picnic areas, model railways, maze and the Railway Gift Shop. Also for the children is an adventure playground to help “let off steam” and a play area for the under 5’s.

Follow A22 to Lottbridge Drove then brown signs to ‘mini railway’. Parking is free.

For further details telephone (01323) 520229 or visit www.emsr.co.uk

**** E.M.S.R. is re-opening on Monday 20th July 2020, all visitors must book an arrival time slot as numbers in the park will be limited. Please see our website for more information.

Discovered in 1960, Fishbourne Roman Palace displays the largest collection of early Roman mosaic floors in Britain and museum displaying artefacts found during excavations. Replanted formal garden laid out to its original plan as discovered from excavation, featuring box hedging.

The Roman plants garden features many culinary and medicinal plants available during the life of the Palace. The Collections Discovery Centre houses 500,000 artefacts in the bulk and sensitive stores. The garden has been carefully replanted to its original plan with box hedging and fruit trees. The Collections Discovery Centre houses a sensitive store, research room and conservation laboratory.

The multi-award winning Fishers Adventure Farm Park is the much-loved family day out in the heart of the lovely West Sussex countryside. Fishers offers a unique mixture of animal adventures, exhilarating indoor and outdoor play the whole family can experience – it’s no wonder that Fishers is still “Where the Family Comes First”.

With over 40 rides and attractions on offer for a jam-packed, fun-filled family day out it's no wonder Fishers is the perfect all-ear attraction, come rain or shine!

Go Ape is the UK's number one Tree Top Adventure. We’ll brief you for safety before you fly down our zip-wires, leap off our Tarzan Swing and tackle our crossings whilst enjoying some of Britain’s most breathtaking scenery.

Can I Go Ape?
Minimum Age - 10yrs
Minimum Height - 1.4m (4ft7")
Maximum weight - 20.5 stone (130kg)
Gorillas (16+) - £33
Baboons (10-15) - £25

Tree Top Adventure
Enjoy 2-3 hours of tree top crossings, wobbly obstacles, zip wires and Tarzan Swings. Unleash your inner ape as you fly through the air with your pri-mates. It's a day out you'll never forget.

Can I Go Ape?
Minimum age - 10 years
Minimum height - 1.4m
Maximum weight - 20.5 stone

Tree Top Junior
Uncover a Tree Top Adventure for Junior Tarzans. Release your little monkeys onto a Go Ape course designed for them. No one loves adventure more than kids.

Can I Go Ape Tree Top Junior?
Minimum height - 1m
Mini-Tarzans (1m+) - £18

Harbour Park, excitement for all age’s right on Littlehampton’s award winning sandy beach.

Take a spin on the Whirlpool Waltzer or swim the high seas with our friendly fish on the Ocean Coaster, try the family favourites such as the Dodgems and Adventure Golf. For the younger guests we have the spinning barrels, trampolines and much more.

Harbour Park has a great selection of food outlets to choose from. The Harbour Kitchen serves lite bites & children’s lunch boxes. The Galley Restaurant offers freshly battered Fish & Chips. Don’t forget to pop over to our Kelly’s Ice Cream Parlour where you can find a variety of flavours from Bubble-gum to classic Cornish Vanilla.

Prices – FREE ENTRY PARK
Go Unlimited Wristbands & Ticket Ride Books available to purchase at the Gift Hut or online in advance at www.harbourpark.com

Opening times – Times may vary visit the website for up to date information.

Discover the history of Britain’s first ever Norman castle.

Take in the breath-taking views of the Hastings coastline while you explore the history of this iconic building.

Learn how the Battle of Hastings unfolded in the medieval siege tent, as a 20 minute video show takes you on a journey from 1066 right up to the present day.

Wander through the Castle grounds and be transported back through time, explore the whispering dungeons and the remains of the chapel.

Whatever your age, Hastings Castle is a fun yet education day out for all the family.

In the heart of Sussex is 100 acres of beautiful Bluebell woodland and nature trail with wallabies and deer. By the Bluebell woodland is our stunning Wedding Venue. The Stable Tea Rooms offer coffee, lunches and cream teas. Available for functions. Coaches welcome. Visit our shops The Granary for gifts and accessories.

Heaven Farm Shop offering fresh local and regional produce. Antiques and Collectables. Farm Museum (tel to confirm opening times). Entry to the farm is free and child friendly. Dogs welcome on leads. Caravan and Camping site.

Set within 300 acres of carefully managed woodland with themed formal gardens to the rear, the 15th century moated Herstmonceux Castle embodies the history of medieval England and the romance of renaissance Europe.

Starting at the front of the castle, visitors have the perfect opportunity to take some photographs before walking around to Chestnut Tree Walk and heading towards Chestnuts Tea Room and the Visitors Centre, before taking a gentle stroll around our formal gardens and woodland trails.

The castle operates as an International Study centre and is not freely open to the public. We do offer conducted organised tours at an extra charge. Please check our website for times and prices.

A hidden gem in the Weald of Sussex which has been sensitively planted with many rare trees and shrubs to create an enchanting, tranquil woodland and water garden. In Spring bluebells carpet the many glades surrounded by the glorious colour and scent of azaleas.

The beautiful Rhododendron loderi flower in May and in June one of the best ancient wildflower meadows in the south is at its peak. Autumn brings a stunning blaze of colour provided by the many acers, nyssas and liquidambers.

Enjoy all the Fun of the Fair; steam railways and Hollycombe’s steam engines of national importance. You’ll be supporting a registered educational charity which relies solely on the money it receives from visitors. Pay once, and return again all season for free on most open days.

Experience the thrill of the world's oldest mechanically operated Fairground Ride; the world's first white-knuckle ride the Razzle Dazzle; and the views of the South Downs from the top of Hollycombe's famous Big Wheel. All set in picturesque Woodland Gardens, with a superb Azalea Walk, at it's best in May.

Hollycombe has a cafeteria and excellent Gift Shop with a wide range of Thomas the Tank Engine merchandise.