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Historic house
Petworth House and Park
Late 17th-century house with Grinling Gibbons carvings and many Turner paintings, in a Capability Brown deer park with fallow deer.
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A mini guide to
Midhurst and Petworth: things to do
Places worth your time in Midhurst and Petworth
Top places
Things to do in Midhurst and Petworth
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Ruins
Cowdray Ruins
Ruins of an early Tudor house visited by Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, gutted by fire in 1793; open for events and tours.
Visitor centre
South Downs Centre
The National Park Authority's visitor centre in Midhurst, with leaflets on walks, OS maps and South Downs gifts.
Museum
Weald & Downland Living Museum
Open-air museum at Singleton with more than 50 rescued historic buildings, traditional crafts, farm animals and a mill pond.
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Garden
West Dean Gardens
Restored gardens at the foot of the Downs with Victorian glasshouses, a spring garden and a plant nursery.
Roman site
Bignor Roman Villa
Large Roman courtyard villa near Stane Street, known for mosaic floors that are among the most complete in the country.
Historic house
Uppark
National Trust house of about 1690 set high on the Downs; the garden is free and the house reopens for Christmas on 6 December.
Garden
Woolbeding Gardens
National Trust gardens near Midhurst with the Tulip Folly; pre-booking required, reopening 15 April 2027.
Ancient site
Devil's Jumps
Line of five Bronze Age bell barrows near Treyford, up to 4.8 metres high; Wikipedia calls it the most intact barrow group in Sussex.
Photo credits
- Midhurst and Petworth (area photo): Martyn Pattison, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Petworth House and Park: Donar Reiskoffer, CC BY 3.0, source
- Cowdray Ruins: Charlesdrakew at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Weald & Downland Living Museum: Adrian Cable, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- West Dean Gardens: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Bignor Roman Villa: Trevor Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Uppark: EccentricRichard at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Woolbeding Gardens: David Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Devil's Jumps: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lewes and the Seven Sisters: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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