Burton Park SSSI, Petworth

Name: Burton Park SSSI
Address: Petworth, United Kingdom

#4 among attractions in Petworth

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Burton Park SSSI is a 57.7-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Pulborough in West Sussex. A larger area of 63 hectares, including Chingford Pond to the west, is designated a Local Nature Reserve called Burton and Chingford Ponds, which is managed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust and West Sussex County Council. The site is adjacent to Burton Park, a Grade I listed building. ()

Elevation: 69 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 50°57'0"N, 0°36'40"W

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Petworth United Kingdom

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Burton Park SSSI – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Petworth House, Petworth Cottage Museum, Bignor Roman Villa, Seaford College.

2.6 miN
Historical place, Art gallery, History museum
Petworth House, Petworth
68 min walk • Nestled in the charming market town of Petworth in West Sussex, Petworth House emerges as a grandiose testament to England's artistic and architectural heritage. This stately 17th-century mansion, set within a sprawling 700-acre deer park, is a treasure trove of art...
2.5 miN
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
Petworth Cottage Museum, Petworth
63 min walk • Petworth Cottage Museum, at 346 High Street, Petworth, West Sussex is a Leconfield Estate worker's cottage. It has been restored and furnished as it might have been in about 1910 when the occupier was a Mrs. Mary Cummings, an Irish Catholic. Mary worked as a seamstress at nearby Petworth House and at home.
1.9 miS
Ruins, History museum, Museum
Bignor Roman Villa, Pulborough
50 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.
1.8 miW
50°56'31"N • 0°38'58"W
Seaford College, Sussex Downs AONB
45 min walk • Golf
2.5 miN
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Sacred Heart Church, Petworth
64 min walk • Sacred Heart Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Petworth, West Sussex, England. It was built in 1896 and designed by Frederick Walters. It is situated on Angel Street to the north of Petworth Cottage Museum in the centre of the town. It is a Gothic Revival church and a Grade II listed building.
6.8 miSW
Museum, Vernacular architecture, Art museum
Cass Sculpture Foundation, Sussex Downs AONB
173 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.
3.2 miE
Park
Waltham Brooks, Pulborough
83 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.
3.2 miW
Park
Graffham Common, Midhurst
83 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.
2.7 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Bignor Hill, Sussex Downs AONB
70 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.
3.8 miE
Church
St Botolph's Church, Pulborough
98 min walk • St Botolph's Church is the Church of England parish church of Hardham, West Sussex. It is in Horsham District and is a Grade I listed building. It contains the earliest nearly complete series of wall paintings in England. Among forty individual subjects is the earliest known representation of St. George in England.
6.2 miSW
Nightlife
The Fox Goes Free, Sussex Downs AONB
157 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.