West Dean Gardens
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"Welcoming and friendly – the restaurant is clearly a destination in its own right."
Overview
West Dean Gardens is one of the greatest restored English gardens currently open to the public. Explore the Walled Kitchen Garden, Victorian Glasshouses or Edwardian Pergola, and enjoy a walk through St Roche’s Arboretum with panoramic views of the South Downs. Afterwards have lunch or an afternoon tea in their award winning gardens restaurant, all set in the grounds of West Dean College of Arts and Conservation College which offers over 800 arts and crafts courses.
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Location
West Dean Gardens, West Dean, CHICHESTER, West Sussex, PO18 ORX
About the area
Divided from East Sussex back in 1888, West Sussex has a variety of landscapes and coastal scenery, but it is the spacious and open South Downs with which the county is most closely associated. There are plenty of walking routes in the South Downs National Park, cycling routes by the sea or visitors can explore the pretty town of Arundel with its historic castle and buildings.
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