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The Chichester Ship Canal Visitors
can enjoy boat trips, angling, canoeing, walking, rowing  and
the wildlife. A 50-seater Tripboat is available for lunches, dinners,
tea cruises and special events. Tel: 01243 771363
Chichester Harbour Conservancy Trips
are available aboard a solar powered catamaran from Itchenor and
Emsworth to enjoy and learn about the Chichester Harbour area of
outstanding natural beauty.
www.conservancy.co.uk Tel: 01243 513275
Chichester Harbour Water Tours The
guided tours start from Itchenor aboard Wingate III, a passenger
boat carrying 52 people with covered accommodation. The harbour
has a 48 mile shoreline with a wide variety of habitats, all providing
a refuge for seabirds and other wildlife. The villages of Bosham,
Dell Quay and Itchenor are part of the harbour scene.
For a trip or private charter contact: Adam & Angela Shaw
12 The Parade, East Wittering, PO20 8BN
www.chichesterharbourwatertours.co.uk Tel: 01243 670504
Weald & Downland Open Air Museum
‘A fascinating collection of 45 rescued historic buildings
set in beautiful parkland in the South Downs’
England’s leading museum of historic buildings and traditional
rural life occupies 50 acres of the South Downs. Shire horses work,
woolly-faced sheep chew the downland grass, hens and geese pecking
in the straw and Tamworth pigs snuffle in the woods.
There are working demonstrations of rural trades and crafts and
an example of a medieval farmstead and Tudor kitchen can be visited.
Visitors can relax in the lakeside café or simply take a
picnic and enjoy the company of the hungry ducks!
Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, Chichester, PO18
0EU
www.wealddown.co.uk Tel: 01243 811348
Chichester Cathedral
“In the heart of the city, this fine Cathedral has been a
centre of community life for more than 900 years and is the site
of the shrine of St Richard of Chichester. Its treasures range from
Romanesque stone carvings to 20th Century works of art. The Cathedral
is particularly famous for its modern art. Regular exhibitions,
talks, lunchtime and evening concerts. Treasury and information
desk in the Cathedral. Guided tours are available, general or specialist
(history, art, embroidery, stained glass….) Newly developed
Cloisters Café and Shop. Admission is free.”
The Royal Chantry, Cathedral Cloisters, Chichester, PO19 1PX
www.chichestercathedral.org.uk Tel: 01243 782595
Pallant House Gallery Pallant
House Gallery is a unique combination of a Grade 1 listed Queen
Anne townhouse and an award-winning contemporary extension, holding
one of the
best collections of twentieth century British art in the country.
An extensive exhibition programme includes international touring
exhibitions and Print Room shows as well as changing displays from
the collection, and site-specific contemporary installations. Themed
guided tours are available as well as talks and events for children,
students, families and adults. New facilities include an art reference
library, a studio for workshops, conservation and artists in residence,
a designated room for showing works on paper and a courtyard garden
by the award-winning Christopher Bradley-Hole.
9 North Pallant, Chichester, P019 1TJ www.pallant.org.uk Tel: 01243
774557
Chichester District Museum
Housed in an 18th Century corn store, Chichester District Museum
is the place to come and find out about the local history, geology
and archaeology of Chichester and the surrounding district. The
Museum provides exhibitions and events, walks and talks, education
and outreach, history and archaeology enquiries, artefact identification
and a Museum shop.
29 Little London, Chichester, PO19 1PB
www.chichester.gov.uk/museum Tel: 01243 784683
The South Downs Planetarium and Science
Centre An exciting and stimulating way to learn
more about the Universe in which we live….
The planetarium can show you the stars at any time of the day using
a star projector. It will project nearly 4,500 stars onto the domed
ceiling of the star theatre. Visitors can view the night  sky
in comfort, without interference from clouds or bright lights.
With the star projector, slides, videos, DVDs, music and a lively
commentary, the planetarium allows one to explore the Universe by
entering worlds beyond our own. The presentations are in a dark
theatre to give the desired effect, so arrival must be 15 minutes
before the start of each presentation to allow ones eyes to adjust
to the dark. Latecomers are not allowed to enter.
For more information and presentation times contact:
South Downs Planetarium & Science Centre
Sir Patrick Moore Building, Kingsham Farm, Kingsham Road, Chichester
PO19 8RP
Tel: 01243 774400 All space pictures courtesy of NASA Ticketline:
07818 297292
www.southdowns.org.uk
 Fishbourne
Roman Palace & Gardens
In 1960 a mechanical digger cut through massive wall foundations
in a field in Fishbourne village. This led to the discovery of the
remains of the largest domestic Roman building yet found in Britain.
Amazingly, it still contained many mosaic floors, some almost complete.
The remains of the north wing of the building were so spectacular
that a protective building was erected over them and the site was
opened to the public. Visitors can walk around part of the North
Wing and enjoy the remarkable mosaic floors, including the famous
Cupid on a Dolphin. A museum displays a wide range of Roman objects
found during the excavations on the site. These include the sculpted
marble head of the possible one-time owner of the palace, King Togidubnus,
and a beautiful onyx cameo carved with an image of a racehorse.
Fishbourne Roman Palace, Salthill Road, Fishbourne, Chichester,
PO19 3QR www.sussexpast.co.uk
Tel: 01243 785859
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Sculpture Foundation A new foundation has given
a much larger audience access to the unique and rapidly growing
educational archive charting the development of twenty-first century
British sculpture. There are 70 specially commissioned, monumental
sculptures sited in an idyllic landscape at Goodwood near Chichester.
All the sculptures are for sale.
Goodwood, Chichester, West Sussex PO18 0QP
Tel: 01243 538449 Fax: 01243 531853
E-mail: info@sculpture.org.uk
The Goodwood Estate In
1697, Charles Lennox, first Duke of Richmond, son of Charles II,
bought a hunting lodge called Goodwood and so began an association
with Chichester which has continued to this day. Over the years,
the Dukes of Richmond have served as Mayors of the City, have been
benefactors, notably by the gift of Priory Park, and patrons of
many societies and organizations. Even today, this involvement of
the Lennox family in the well being of the city continues.
Goodwood House The present Goodwood House is a
flint-faced Regency building set in the heart of the Goodwood Estate.
Its unassuming exterior hides a suite of magnificent staterooms
containing an outstanding collection of furniture, porcelain, paintings
and tapestries. The house is open to the public, and is also available,
in part, for private events and weddings.
Goodwood Race Course With its setting in the beautiful
Sussex Downs, Goodwood Race course is considered by many to be the
most beautiful racecourse in Britain, some say in the world. The
 racecourse
was a popular venue with Edward VII, and since then the Goodwood
Festival Meeting in August, known as ‘Glorious Goodwood’,
has been a highlight of the racing and social season. In recent
years there has been continuing development of facilities to match
its incomparable setting.
Goodwood Festival of Speed In the nineteen thirties,
Goodwood hosted a motor racing track, but the development of modern
day Formula One racing cars made the track unsafe. However, the
Earl of March, heir to the Duke, created the Festival of Speed,
a celebration of motor sport and car culture. For three days in
early July, drivers and cars arrive from all over the world to take
part in the festival. So popular is the event that entry is by advance
ticket only.
Goodwood Revival Meeting A three-day festival of
nostalgia usually in September, when the early days of motor racing
are celebrated and carefully restored cars are brought together
to recapture the spirit and glamour of an earlier era – even
the spectators dress in period. Again, the popularity of the event
means entry is by advanced ticket only.
Goodwood Estate Co.Ltd, Goodwood House, Goodwood, Chichester, West
Sussex, PO18 0PX www.goodwood.co.uk Tel: 01243 755000
Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre
Amberley Working Museum is a 36 acre open-air site
set in the heart of the South Downs. Dedicated to the industrial
heritage of the South East, exhibits include a narrow-gauge railway
and vintage bus service (both provide free nostalgic travel around
the site), the Connected Earth telecommunications hall, the EDF
Energy Electricity Hall, a Printing Workshop and much more. The
Museum is also home to traditional craftspeople, such as the broom-maker,
blacksmith and potter, plus a fabulous restaurant, gift shop and
numerous picnic areas where the stunning surroundings can be enjoyed.
Amberley Working Museum, Amberley, Nr Arundel, BN18 9LT
www.amberleymuseum.co.uk Tel: 01798 831370
Tangmere Military Aviation Museum
This unique collection of military aircraft and artifacts includes
two past holders of the World Airspeed Record - Neville Duke’s
red Hawker Hunter of 1953 and Donaldson’s Meteor of 1946 -
as well as an English Electric Lightning, Phantom, Swift, Sea Vixen,
Sea Harrier and replicas of the prototype Spitfire and a Mk1 Hurricane.
There is also a Hawker Hunter cockpit that visitors can sit in and
flight simulators for visitors to try their hand at flying. All
this plus many other fascinating items make the Museum an unmissable
experience. Allow at least two hours for your visit.
The Museum is open from 10am every day between February 1st and
November 30th.
Tangmere Military Aviation Museum, Tangmere, PO20 2ES
www.tangmere-museum.org.uk Tel: 01243 790090
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