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 museum
Petworth 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 miSEMuseum
Amberley 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 castles
Amberley 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 museum
Amberley 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, Museum
Bignor 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 miSEChurch
St 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 miEPark
Waltham 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 miNWPark
Burton 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, Hill
Bignor 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 miNEChurch
St 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.