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k Chichester Tapestry (see p80), as King
Harold heard Mass here
West Sussex. Map C2. * 27,000.
3 @ n The Novium, Tower St; before sailing to Normandy.
01243 775888. ( 1st & 3rd Fri of Closer to Chichester is
month. _ Arts Festival: Jun–Jul. Fishbourne Roman Palace,
∑ visitchichester.org the largest Roman villa in Britain.
Discovered in the 1960s, it was
This well-preserved market town, built around AD 75 and had
with a 16th-century market cross over 100 rooms. To the north is
at its centre, is dominated by its Goodwood House, built in the
Cathedral, consecrated in 1108. 18th-century and home to the
Inside, there are carved stone Duke of Richmond. Goodwood
panels from the 1120s and a is also well known for its sporting
stained-glass window by Marc events, with a motor-racing
Chagall (1887–1985). Nearby circuit that hosts the Festival
is the cathedral’s unusual 15th- Interior of Chichester Cathedral, with the of Speed in June and July, and
century detached bell tower. 1966 altar tapestry designed by John Piper a horse-racing track that is the
Chichester was an important venue for the annual Glorious
Roman town, and sections of E Pallant House Gallery Goodwood festival in late July.
its 3rd-century Roman city walls 9 North Pallant. Tel 01243 774557.
Open 10am–5pm Tue–Sat (to 8pm
can still be seen. In the town Thu), 11am–5pm Sun & public hols. T Fishbourne Roman Palace
centre is the Pallant House & 7 0 - = ∑ pallant.org.uk Roman Way. Tel 01243 785859.
Gallery, which has a collection Open Mar–Oct: 10am–5pm daily;
of modern British art. Environs Feb & Nov–Dec: 10am–4pm daily. &
Bosham is a charming village 7 - = ∑ sussexpast.co.uk
R Chichester Cathedral set on Chichester Harbour. Its E Goodwood House
West St. Tel 01243 782595. Open 7am– Saxon Holy Trinity Church is Goodwood. Tel 01243 755000. Open
6pm Mon–Sat, 7:15am–5pm Sun. thought to have been used by late Mar–Jul & Sep–Oct: 1–5pm Sun &
8 7 5 - = ∑ chichester King Cnut (see p119). The church Mon; Aug: 1–5pm Sun–Thu. & 8 7
cathedral.org.uk appears in the famous Bayeux 0 - = _ ∑ goodwood.com

Key VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Motorway
Practical Information
Main road South Downs Centre, North St,
South Downs Way Midhurst. Map C2. Tel 01730
Peak 814810. Open Visitor Centre: 9am–
5pm Mon–Thu, 9am–4:30pm Fri.
Parham House ∑ southdowns.gov.uk
Arun
This elegant Elizabethan Transport
Billingshurst Cuckfield house and its gardens @ from nearby towns to points
sit in an idyllic near the South Downs Way. From
Burgess
Petworth Hill wooded fold Brighton, buses run to Ditchling
Hurstpierpoint Ditchling Ouse in the downs. Beacon and Devil’s Dyke.
Rother
Storrington Ditchling Beacon
Chanctonbury 248 m (814 ft)
Ring Devil’s Lewes
242 m (794 ft) Dyke
Arundel Polegate The Long Man of
Worthing Brighton Wilmington is a strange
figure cut into the hillside.
Littlehampton No one knows when the
Seaford Eastbourne figure appeared, but theories
range from the Stone Age
Chanctonbury Ring Beachy Head to the 17th century.
is one of many Iron
Age hillforts on the
high downs. It has
commanding views. Seven Sisters
Country Park
This series of
Devil’s Dyke is a long, deep cleft majestic chalk
in the downs. According to legend cliffs peak and dip
it was dug by the Devil in an along the coast
attempt to let in the sea and flood between Eastbourne
the Christian villages to the north.
and Seaford.
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