Beacon Hill, Sussex Downs AONB

Name: Beacon Hill
Address: Sussex Downs AONB, United Kingdom

#68 among attractions in Sussex Downs AONB

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Beacon Hill, also known as Harting Beacon, is a hillfort on the South Downs, in the county of West Sussex in southern England. The hillfort is located in the parish of Elsted and Treyford, in Chichester District. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument with a list entry identification number of 1015915. The hilltop enclosure is dated to the Late Bronze Age, from the 8th to 6th centuries BC. The hillfort defences were renewed during the Late Iron Age. ()

Coordinates: 50°57'32"N, 0°51'7"W

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Beacon Hill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Uppark, Iping and Stedham Commons, Chithurst Buddhist Monastery, St George's Church.

1.8 miW
Museum, Vernacular architecture, History museum
Uppark, Petersfield
45 min walk • Uppark is a 17th-century house in South Harting, West Sussex, England. It is a Grade I listed building and a National Trust property.
3.3 miNE
Park
Iping and Stedham Commons, Midhurst
84 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.
3.8 miNE
Temple
Chithurst Buddhist Monastery, Sussex Downs AONB
97 min walk • Cittaviveka, commonly known as Chithurst Buddhist Monastery, is an English Theravada Buddhist Monastery in the Thai Forest Tradition. It is situated in West Sussex, England in the hamlet of Chithurst between Midhurst and Petersfield.
3.1 miNE
Church
St George's Church, Sussex Downs AONB
81 min walk • St. George's Church is an Anglican church in Trotton, a village in the district of Chichester, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. Most of the structure was built in the early 14th century.
4.8 miNW
Art gallery, Shopping, Museum
Flora Twort Gallery, Petersfield
123 min walk • Petersfield Museum is a local museum in the small town of Petersfield in Hampshire, England. Petersfield Museum Limited is a registered charity.
1.4 miSE
Archaeological site
The Devil's Jumps, Sussex Downs AONB
35 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.
6 miSE
Nightlife
The Fox Goes Free, Sussex Downs AONB
154 min walk • The Fox Goes Free is a grade II listed pub in Charlton, West Sussex, England. It is a 17th-century flint building. On 9 November 1915 the inn was the venue for the first Women's Institute meeting held in England, after the first meeting in Wales on 16 September of that year.
2.1 miNW
Forts and castles
Torberry Hill, Sussex Downs AONB
55 min walk • Torberry Hill is an Iron Age hillfort in the county of West Sussex, in southern England. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, with a list entry identification number of 1015966.
3.8 miS
Archaeological site
Goosehill Camp, Sussex Downs AONB
98 min walk • Goosehill Camp is a prehistoric earthwork that dates back to the Iron Age. It consists of two concentric banks and ditches. The inner enclosure has one entrance and surround two levelled hut sites.
0.5 miSW
Park
Harting Downs, Petersfield
14 min walk • Harting Downs is a 336.3-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Midhurst in West Sussex. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I and an area of 206.6 hectares is a Local Nature Reserve which is owned and managed by the National Trust.
5.9 miSW
Amusement ride, Amusement
Stansted Park, Sussex Downs AONB
151 min walk • Stansted Park is an Edwardian country house in the parish of Stoughton, West Sussex, England. It is near the city of Chichester, and also the village of Rowlands Castle to the west over the border in Hampshire.