West Sussex

West Sussex is a county in the South East of England.

Hampshire is to the west, Surrey is to the north, East Sussex to the east and the English Channel with its beaches to the south.

Towns

 * – county town and only city in West Sussex.
 * - a town beneath a castle.
 * - take a ride on the Bluebell Railway
 * - in the middle of the South Downs National Park.
 * – a small town known for the stately home Petworth Park.
 * and Selsey Bill
 * - in the middle of the South Downs National Park.
 * – a small town known for the stately home Petworth Park.
 * and Selsey Bill
 * - in the middle of the South Downs National Park.
 * – a small town known for the stately home Petworth Park.
 * and Selsey Bill

Villages

 * – a village with an industrial heritage museum.
 * - A coastal village in Chichester Harbour.
 * - A large coastal village.

Understand
West Sussex and neighbouring East Sussex once made up the ancient Kingdom of Sussex.
 * Local council website

Talk
English - dialect is Home Counties.

Speakers of other languages may have trouble being understood, but locals are often willing to be patient and multilingual dictionaries are available at bookstores

Get in

 * is six miles north of Crawley. It has global connections and has direct road and rail links to the south coast, so you don't need travel via central London.

Drink
Local wine: Nyetimber and Wiston Estate vineyards are near Pulborough. Bolney Estate is near Haywards Heath.

Go next
East Sussex with the city of Brighton.