Places to explore in West SussexEngland · South East England

Great turreted castle towering over its town.

Grand mansion and Turner's deer-park landscape.

A chalk ridge rolling from Winchester to the sea cliffs at Beachy Head.

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A sunken tree-tunnel holloway on old Stane Street climbs to Halnaker windmill on the hilltop, a well-known viewpoint over the plain.

Elegant 37-arch railway viaduct of 1841 striding across the Ouse valley near Balcombe, celebrated for the tunnel effect through its piers.

An aviation museum on a former RAF fighter airfield, telling the story of the Battle of Britain and record-breaking flight.

An open-air industrial-heritage museum in a former chalk quarry, with a working narrow-gauge railway, vintage buses and traditional trades.

South Downs viewpoint above Bignor, where the Roman Stane Street survives as a clear raised agger crossing open chalk grassland.

An ornate covered market cross of stone where the city's four main streets meet, still its central landmark.

A restored 18th-century water-powered beam pump beside the Rother near Petworth, steamed on open days for visitors.

A sculpture park and gallery in woodland and meadow on the Goodwood estate, showing large outdoor works along walking trails.

A working steam collection near the Hampshire border, with a fairground, two railways and listed woodland gardens open on selected days.