Things to Do in Sussex

Mountain boarding centre in 20 acres of land.  Get a lift to the top of the hill on a tractor trailer before making your own way down.  Instruction and boards available.  Open to all ages.

Goodwood Racecourse has stunning views over the Sussex Downs, making it a particularly lovely racecourse to visit.  Race meetings usually run from May to October  with the ever popular “Glorious Goodwood” taking place in July. The very best in top-class racing with more than 100,000 people flocking through the gates to enjoy what is a highlight of the summer social calendar.  There are three enclosures and dress codes applies.

Places of Interest: Cass Sculpture, Goodwood

Locoated on the Kent and Sussex borders, this indoor climbing centre has a 360 square metre climbing area.  Bouldering, leading, top roping and an abseil tower are some of the climbing facilities available.

Fontwell Park is a small racecourse set in landscaped gardens. The course is a mile round, with a figure-of-eight steeplechase course.  Various type of racing events take place throughout the year including family days and evening racing with entertainment afterwards.

Help For Heroes Raceday 5th February

All About The Horse Family Raceday (featuring the totepool National Spirit Hurdle) 26th February

Located on the Kent and Sussex borders, in an area of outstanding natural beauty, Bewl Water Reservoir is the largest stretch of water in the South East.  Activities include walking, cycling, windsurfing, canoeing, sailing, rowing, fly-fishing, a woodland playground and a passenger ferry

Small racecourse with views over the South Downs. Sixteen National Hunt meetings take place between September and May.  There are three enclosures, one of which is the Course Enclosure where visitors can take picnics or make use of the Course bar.  Children under 16 free provided they are with a paying adult.

13th February Raceday

27th February Raceday

Brighton Racecourse is located in the centre of Brighton, with views of the Sussex Downs and Brighton Marina. Meetings take place between April and October, with the three day festival including the John Smith Raceday in August. There are two enclosures, and children under 16 are free when accompanied by a paying adult.

Formed in 1839, the Sussex County Cricket Club grounds are at Eaton Road, Hove.  The cricket season runs until the end of September, with the popular Twenty20 event taking place in June.  The Indoor School runs schools’ coaching schemes and holiday coaching courses for children.

Bowlplex owns 18 bowling centres in the UK.  South East centres are in Brighton, Basingstoke, Portsmouth, Tunbridge Wells, Camberley and Oxford.  Facilities include numerous bowling lanes, American pool, dining, big screen TVs and video game arcades.

Yellowave is the UK’s first permanent beach sports venue.  Based on the Brighton seafront, the site offers activities for adults and children, experienced and novice.  Activities include volleyball, beach soccer, footvolley, bouldering, beach rugby, ultimate Frisbee, beach handball and beachminton.

There is plenty to do on the Chichester Canal from boat cruises to canoeing.  The daily 12-seater narrowboat cruise runs from April to November from the Canal Basin to Donnington Bridge.  Alternatively, visitors can hire a skiff for a leisurely row. Canoeists can obtain tickets to use the 4km of canal throughout the year.  Provided Anglers have a rod license, they can obtain seasonal, weekly or day tickets and fish the well stocked canal.  And for walkers, runners and cyclists there is a 4km towpath where a varied list of wildlife can be seen.  The Chichester Canal is a charitable trust maintained by the Chichester Ship Canal Trust with all services being manned by volunteers from the Chichester Ship Canal Trust, who crew the trip boats, run the shop, bailiff the angling and carry out maintenance and restoration work.

Hollywood Bowl has bowling centres throughout the UK and centres specifically in Bracknell and Crawley.  Both centres have at least 24 lanes, games arcade areas and cafes.

Greyhound racing at the Brighton and Hove Greyhound Stadium takes place on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings, and Wednesday, Friday and Sunday lunchtimes. Twelve races run on evening and Sunday meetings, with fourteen races on Wednesdays. Watch the races trackside or enjoy the racing while eating in the restaurant with panoramic views of the track while a Tote representative takes bets from your table.

The Goodwood Group of companies are housed in 12,000 acres of countryside and include the racecourse, historic house and park, hotel and health club, airfield, motor circuit and golf club. Goodwood House is owned and still lived in by the Earl and Countess of March.  One hour guided tours around this substantial English country house show the Stately Apartments, Egyptian State Dining Rooms, Ballroom, Yellow Drawing Room and the significant private art collection.

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Places of Interest: Cass Sculpture, Goodwood