Bignor Park, Petworth
#7 among attractions in Petworth


Facts and practical information
Bignor Park is a privately owned country house and estate near the village of Bignor, in West Sussex, England, on the edge of the South Downs. The house is a Grade II listed building. ()
Petworth United Kingdom
Bignor Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Petworth House, Amberley Museum Railway, Amberley Castle, Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre.
4 miNHistorical place, Art gallery, History museumPetworth House, Petworth
103 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...
3.2 miSEMuseumAmberley Museum Railway, Sussex Downs AONB
81 min walk • 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.
2.7 miSEForts and castlesAmberley Castle, Arundel
69 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.
3.2 miSEMuseum, History museumAmberley Museum & Heritage Centre, Sussex Downs AONB
82 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.
0.6 miSRuins, History museum, MuseumBignor Roman Villa, Pulborough
15 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.
2.7 miW 3.5 miSEChurchSt Mary the Virgin's Church, Sussex Downs AONB
89 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.
2.1 miEParkWaltham Brooks, Pulborough
55 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.
1.6 miNWParkBurton Park SSSI, Petworth
41 min walk • 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.
1.5 miSWNature, Natural attraction, HillBignor Hill, Sussex Downs AONB
40 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.
3.2 miNEChurchSt Botolph's Church, Pulborough
82 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.