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there are historic car events here such as the Festival of Speed (July) and Goodwood
Revival (Sept). The track offers bring-your-own-car driving experiences. Goodwood
House is a Jacobean mansion that was extended into the palace of today in the fol-
lowing centuries. It contains a superlative art collection (Van Dyck, Canaletto,
Stubbs, Reynolds) and plenty of Regency furniture. The 4,856-hectare (12,000-acre)
estate also features the Goodwood horse-racing circuit, notable for the Glorious
Goodwood event (end of July), two golf courses, and clay and game shooting.
Take the A3 to Milford, the A283 to Petworth, then the A285 to Halnaker, and follow the signposts to
Goodwood. &   01243/755000. www.goodwood.co.uk. House mid-March-late Sept Sun-Mon 1-5pm;
Aug Sun-Thurs 1-5pm. Admission £9.40 adults, £4 children 12-18, free children 11 and under.
Pallant House Art Gallery GALLERY This is a gallery of modern art, set up in
1982 following the gift of a collection featuring Henry Moore and Graham Suther-
land; it has since attracted many important bequests. There's The Beatles 1962 by
Peter Blake, which preceded his design of their Sgt. Pepper album cover; the studio
and archive of German artist Hans Feibusch (who fled from Nazi persecution and has
a mural in Chichester Cathedral), plus works by Duncan Grant, Picasso, and more.
Its Field & Fork restaurant serves sophisticated food into the evening, including the
likes of game pie, truffled Savoy cabbage, and peppered jus (£20 for two courses, £27
for three courses).
9 North Pallant, Chichester. &   01243/774557. www.pallant.org.uk. Admission £9 adults, £2.30, chil-
dren 5-15, £17 family ticket. Tues half-price, Thurs free from 5pm.
Weald & Downland Open Air Museum MUSEUM In the beautiful Sussex
countryside, historic buildings saved from destruction are reconstructed on a large
downland site. They show the development of local traditional building, from medi-
eval times to the 19th century. Exhibits include a Tudor market hall, a working water
mill producing stone-ground flour, a blacksmith's forge, plumbers' and carpenters'
workshops, a toll cottage, a charcoal burner's camp, and a 19th-century school. A
reception area with shops is set in Longport House, and there's a 16th-century build-
ing rescued from the site of the Channel Tunnel.
At Singleton, 6 miles north of Chichester on the A286 (the London Rd.). &   01243/811363. www.weald
down.co.uk. Admission £9.50 adults, £8.50 seniors, £5 students and children 5-15, £26 family ticket.
Apr-Oct daily 10:30am-6pm; Nov-Dec 22 daily 10:30am-4pm; Jan 3-Feb 18 Wed and Sat-Sun
10:30am-4pm; Feb 19-Mar daily 10:30am-4pm. Bus no. 60 from Chichester.
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SOUTH downs WAY
The South Downs Way runs for 100
miles, from the promenade at East-
bourne, all the way to Winchester in
Hampshire. It climbs the chalk cliffs of
Beachy Head, passes by the giant chalk
figure of the Long Man of Wilmington,
skirts Charleston Farmhouse (where the
Bloomsbury set of artists lived), takes
an undulating, breathtaking path to the
north of Brighton, and forges onward.
It follows chalk ridges, dips into river
valleys, and crosses bare hillsides feeling
as remote as anything you'll find in more
far-flung parts of the country. It would
take an average walker 8 days to com-
plete (and there are plenty of pubs and
hotels on or near the route), but it's as
easy to enjoy an afternoon stroll on any
of the sections. Stop at one of the park-
ing lots at Beachy Head, for instance,
and start walking. Visit www.national
trail.co.uk for full information and maps.
 
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