Cocking Foundry, Sussex Downs AONB

Name: Cocking Foundry
Address: Sussex Downs AONB, United Kingdom

#87 among attractions in Sussex Downs AONB

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Cocking Foundry is an abandoned iron foundry in the South Downs of England. It was situated to the north of the village of Cocking, West Sussex and was active for most of the 19th century. The foundry's output included wheels for watermills, some of which remain in use. ()

Coordinates: 50°57'35"N, 0°44'36"W

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Sussex Downs AONB United Kingdom

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Cocking Foundry – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Weald & Downland Living Museum, Cowdray Castle, Weald and Downland Gridshell, Iping and Stedham Commons.

3.7 miS
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Weald & Downland Living Museum, Chichester
94 min walk • The Weald and Downland Living Museum is an open-air museum in Singleton, West Sussex. The museum is a registered charity. The museum covers 40 acres, with over 50 historic buildings dating from 950AD to the 19th century, along with gardens, farm animals, walks and a mill pond.
2 miN
Forts and castles, Historical place, Museum
Cowdray Castle, Midhurst
51 min walk • Cowdray House consists of the ruins of one of England's great Tudor houses, architecturally comparable to many of the great palaces and country houses of that time.
3.6 miS
Museum
Weald and Downland Gridshell, Sussex Downs AONB
92 min walk • The Weald and Downland Gridshell is a building designed by Buro Happold and Edward Cullinan Architects for the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum: it was shortlisted for the Stirling Prize in 2002.
3.1 miNW
Park
Iping and Stedham Commons, Midhurst
81 min walk • Iping and Stedham Commons is a nature reserve owned and managed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust. It is a 125.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the villages of Iping and Stedham, west of Midhurst in West Sussex.
2.5 miN
Zoo, Aquarium
Cowdray Park, Sussex Downs AONB
65 min walk • Cowdray Park is a country house at the centre of the 16,500-acre Cowdray Estate in Midhurst, West Sussex.
4.3 miE
50°56'31"N • 0°38'58"W
Seaford College, Sussex Downs AONB
109 min walk • Golf
0.7 miS
Church
St Catherine of Siena Church, Sussex Downs AONB
18 min walk • St Catherine of Siena Church is an Anglican parish church in Cocking, a village in the district of Chichester, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex.
5.7 miS
Museum, Vernacular architecture, Art museum
Cass Sculpture Foundation, Sussex Downs AONB
145 min walk • The Cass Sculpture Foundation was a charitable commissioning body based in Goodwood, Sussex, England. The Foundation's 26 acre grounds were home to an ever-changing display of 80 monumental sculptures, all of which were available for sale with the proceeds going directly to artists.
3.7 miW
Archaeological site
The Devil's Jumps, Sussex Downs AONB
94 min walk • The Devil's Jumps are a group of five large bell barrows situated on the South Downs 1.2 kilometres south-east of Treyford in the county of West Sussex in southern England. The Devil's Jumps site is listed as a Scheduled Ancient Monument and as a Local Nature Reserve.
2.7 miE
Park
Graffham Common, Midhurst
68 min walk • Graffham Common is a 38-hectare nature reserve between Midhurst and Petworth in West Sussex. It is owned and managed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust.
3.1 miNE
Tree
Queen Elizabeth Oak, Sussex Downs AONB
80 min walk • The Queen Elizabeth Oak is a large sessile oak tree in Cowdray Park near the village of Lodsworth in the Western Weald, West Sussex, England. It lies within the South Downs National Park. It has a girth of 12.5–12.8 metres, and is about 800–1,000 years old. According to this estimate it began to grow in the 11th or 12th century AD.