 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
Cass 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
Working Museum
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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