Heritage
Set in the peaceful village of Slaugham, Heritage offers individually designed, stylish…
Our View
One of the great 20th-century gardens, with an important collection of rare plants, set around a romantic house and ruins in a beautiful woodland estate. Visit the Messel family rooms in the house, and see the dramatic ruins, which form a backdrop to the main lawn. Enjoy fine views across the Sussex countryside and explore the wide estate with walks through ancient woodland, lakes and wild flowers. Buggy tours are available, along with children's trails in school holidays, and an all-round programme of events and workshops.
Facilities – at a glance
Assist dogs allowed
Refreshments
Suitable for all child ages
Features
Children
- Suitable for children of all ages
Facilities
- Parking onsite
- Cafe
Accessibility
- Facilities: Mobility buggy tours & wheelchairs available
- Accessible toilets
Opening times
- Open all year
- Opening Times: Open all year daily, Jan-Feb & Nov-Dec, 10-4; Mar-Oct, 10-5. House Mar-Oct, daily 11-4 (last admission 30mins before closing). Gardens, woods, cafe, shop, plant centre, gallery & 2nd hand bookshop open Mar-Oct 10-5, Nov-Feb 10-4. Closed 24-
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About the area
Discover West Sussex
Divided from East Sussex back in 1888, West Sussex is so typically English that to walk through its landscape will feel like a walk through the whole country. Within its boundaries lies a wide variety of landscape and coastal scenery, but it is the spacious and open South Downs with which the county is most closely associated.
In terms of walking, you’ll be spoilt for choice. Studying the map reveals a multitude of routes – many of them to be found within the boundaries of the South Downs National Park – and an assortment of scenic long-distance trails leading towards distant horizons; all of them offer a perfect way to get to the heart of ‘Sussex by the sea,’ as it has long been known. If you enjoy cycling with the salty tang of the sea for company, try the ride between Chichester and West Wittering. You can vary the return journey by taking the Itchenor ferry to Bosham.
West Sussex is renowned for its many pretty towns, of course. Notably, there is Arundel, littered with period buildings and dominated by the castle, the family home of the Duke of Norfolk, that dates back nearly 1,000 years.
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