Amberley Museum Railway, Sussex Downs AONB

Name: Amberley Museum Railway
Address: Sussex Downs AONB, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Sussex Downs AONB

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Amberley Museum Railway, Sussex Downs AONB

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The Amberley Museum Railway is a 2 ft narrow gauge railway based at Amberley Museum, Amberley, West Sussex. It has a varied collection of engines and rolling stock ranging from 18 in gauge to 5 ft 3 in gauge. It operates passenger trains at the museum using a mixture of steam, internal combustion and battery-electric locomotives. ()

Coordinates: 50°54'2"N, 0°32'10"W

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Sussex Downs AONB United Kingdom

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Sussex Downs AONB

Day trips

Amberley Museum Railway – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Arundel Castle, Amberley Castle, Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre, Fitzalan Chapel.

3.2 miS
Restored home of the Dukes of Norfolk
Arundel Castle, Sussex Downs AONB
81 min walk • Nestled in the lush landscape of the Sussex Downs AONB, Arundel Castle stands as a testament to England's medieval heritage. This imposing structure in Arundel, England, has dominated the skyline since its initial construction in 1067 by Roger de Montgomery, a loyal...
0.6 miN
Forts and castles
Amberley Castle, Arundel
16 min walk • Amberley Castle stands in the village of Amberley, West Sussex. The castle was erected as a 12th-century manor house and fortified in 1377, giving it a rhomboid shaped stonework enclosure with high curtain walls, internal towers in each corner, a hall and a gateway. It was used as a fortress by the bishops of Chichester.
~1110 ftSW
Museum, History museum
Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre, Sussex Downs AONB
6 min walk • Amberley Museum is an open-air industrial heritage museum at Amberley, near Arundel in West Sussex, England. The museum is owned and operated by Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre, a not-for-profit company and registered charity, and has the support of an active Friends organisation.
3.2 miS
Church
Fitzalan Chapel, Sussex Downs AONB
82 min walk • The Fitzalan Chapel is the chancel of the church of St Nicholas in the western grounds of Arundel Castle. The church of St Nicholas is one of the very few church buildings that is divided into two worship areas, a Roman Catholic area and an Anglican area.
5 miSW
50°50'55"N • 0°36'54"W
Avisford Park Golf Club, Walberton
127 min walk • Golf
3 miNW
Ruins, History museum, Museum
Bignor Roman Villa, Pulborough
78 min walk • Bignor Roman Villa is a large Roman courtyard villa which has been excavated and put on public display on the Bignor estate in the English county of West Sussex.
1.1 miSW
Church
St Mary the Virgin's Church, Sussex Downs AONB
29 min walk • North Stoke Church, rededicated in 2007 to St Mary the Virgin after its medieval dedication was unexpectedly rediscovered, is a former Church of England parish church in the riverside hamlet of North Stoke in the Horsham District of West Sussex.
2.3 miN
Park
Waltham Brooks, Pulborough
58 min walk • Waltham Brooks is a 47.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-west of Pulborough in West Sussex. It is owned and managed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust and is part of the Arun Valley Ramsar site and Special Protection Area.
2.2 miSW
Park
Arundel Park, WWT Arundel
56 min walk • Arundel Park is a 134-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Arundel in West Sussex. This old deer park on the chalk of the South Downs has an ancient artificial lake, Swanbourne Lake.
3.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Bignor Hill, Sussex Downs AONB
78 min walk • Bignor Hill is a hill near Bignor in Sussex. The South Downs Way passes over the hill. Near the summit are the remains of a memorial to Toby Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, the secretary of the Cowdray Hounds; this is called Toby's Stone.
5.3 miNE
Church
St. Mary's Church
135 min walk • St Mary's Church is the Grade I listed Anglican parish church of West Chiltington, a village in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England.