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Accommodation and Tourist Information
For accommodation information and other Sussex tourist information:
If you know roughly whereabouts in Sussex you want to stay contact one of the Tourist Information Centres; a complete list of Sussex ones is here Otherwise try:
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If all this fails, just try a Google search using the name of the area or place where you wish to stay with the word 'accommodation'.
Historic Houses and Gardens
Two good sources of information for historic
houses, corporate entertaining and wedding locations can
be found at
Hudson's Historic Houses and Gardens and Johansens Historic Houses, Castles and
Gardens
Gardens in south east England and the National Gardens Scheme
The BBC Southern Counties Radio website for Sussex and Surrey
Sussex Churches |
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There are hundreds of Parish Churches in Sussex, and very many are open
during the daytime for visitors. Besides being principally
places of worship, these parish churches are also a vast
collection of interesting architecture, history, furnishings,
statuary, stained glass and much else besides. See also the Sacred
Sussex web pages |
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Approved Marriage Premises |
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There are now very many venues
in East and West Sussex where you can be married, and here
are the links for venues in East Sussex and for West Sussex. It is the responsibility of the County Councils to license premises for marriages. |
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Arts and Leisure information:Sussex Arts Marketing |
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For caravan and camp sites: |
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UK Camp
Site - the Internet
directory for caravanners and campers The Dedicated Partnership's UK Camp Site The Camping and Caravanning Club |
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Tourism and Leisure |
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Look at the County Councils' tourism and leisure pages
within: East Sussex County Council West Sussex County Council Brighton and Hove Unitary Authority |
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By far the most comprehensive
list of Sussex links, Sussex information, local newspapers,
local radio, the arts, leisure and tourism is the list provided
by the East Sussex County Council Information Services Unit
- the ISU. There is a local information
list which is well
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There is another comprehensive Sussex information database; it is a computer
database of local and community information developed and
managed by the Libraries, Information and Arts service of
East Sussex County Council. ESCIS holds information about
over 13,000 organisations based in East Sussex and Brighton
and Hove. |
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Food and Drink |
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The Good Pub Guide and The
Good Guide to Britain contain useful Sussex information:
visit Good Guides There's only one major brewery in Sussex now - Harveys in Lewes. See also the CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) site for Sussex pub details. |
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For local food and produce in Sussex and information on Farmers' Markets
and similar, see A Taste of Sussex also the Sussex Foodfinder and www.farmersmarkets.net Buy Local Food good for sourcing local produce in the South East of England. |
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Public Transport in Sussex |
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For all travel information,
bus, train, ferry, walking, cycling ... and also car share
opportunities, Travelchoice is a very good site, but covers East Sussex only. |
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National
Rail Enquiries Tel: +44 (0)8457 48 49 50 |
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National Train Timetables,
railway information and tickets: www.nationalrail.co.uk\planmyjourney and the trainline |
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Also very useful is Transportdirect.info Britain's free online journey planner |
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Other train operating companies
in Sussex are South Eastern Trains, Southern Trains, Thameslink, Gatwick Express, Virgin Trains |
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UK Public Transport: for public
rail, air, coach, bus, ferry, metro and tram details: Traveline also Tel: 0870 241 2 216 |
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The Newhaven - Dieppe crossing
is operated by Transmanche Ferries |
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Road and Traffic Information:
the AA and the
RAC; for route planning the AA web site is
very good otherwise there's Mappy and Multimap. ViaMichelin is very comprehensive about Britain and Europe. |
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The Ordnance
Survey pages provide
excellent up to date maps of the whole of the UK. |
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Otherwise for maps and mapping
visit www.streetmap.co.uk (who provide the maps for the pages
on this site); there is also the Millennium
project mapping which is high resolution mapping of the whole of the UK.
These are in fact low-altitude aerial photographs. |
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Maps, guides and everything
else to do with travel can be purchased at www.mapsworldwide.co.uk as well as www.elstead.co.uk and www.stanfords.co.uk. |
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Weather Forecasts:
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Tide times: The best information
is from the UK
Hydrographic Office. Please take care if you
want tide times in the Chichester area, or anywhere near
the Solent, but elsewhere in Sussex from Rye to Bognor Regis
you can add or subtract a few minutes to Brighton or Eastbourne
tide times. Also note if the tables give GMT or BST times. |
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About the South Downs and surrounding area: |
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For information about the South
Downs - an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and in due
course to be the South Downs National Park, (Cretaceous Park),
see the South
Downs Online. Information on South Downs Way
can also be found at www.nationaltrail.co.uk The High
Weald of Sussex is also an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. |
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Ashdown
Forest has a community
website and for general information about walking, cycling
and horse-riding in Sussex see www.ruralways.org.uk/ |
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Good Sussex Beaches |
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Good Sussex Beaches: see the
Marine Conservation Society Good Beach Guide. There are also Seaside Award and Blue Flag beaches. |
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Crafts |
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Craftwork: the
Sussex Guild is a group of professional designers and makers of fine contemporary
and traditional craftwork, whose members live and work in
Sussex and the adjoining counties of Kent, Surrey and Hampshire. |
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Records and Genealogy |
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Links: Sussex Top Attractions
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