West Dean
West Dean is a village, Anglican parish and civil parish in the District of Chichester in West Sussex, England 5 miles north of Chichester on the A286 road just west of Singleton.Places of Interest
Highlights include Weald and Downland Living Museum and West Dean Woods.
Weald and Downland Living Museum
Museum
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The Weald and Downland Living Museum is an open-air museum in Singleton, West Sussex. The museum is a registered charity. The museum covers 40 acres, with over 50 historic buildings dating from 950AD to the 19th century, along with gardens, farm animals, walks and a mill pond.
West Dean Woods
Forest
West Dean Woods is a 16.3-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of West Dean in West Sussex. It is managed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust.
Goosehill Camp
Archaeological site
Photo: Martyn Pattison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Goosehill Camp is a prehistoric earthwork that dates back to the Iron Age. It consists of two concentric banks and ditches. The inner enclosure has one entrance and surround two levelled hut sites.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Marden and North Marden.
East Marden
Hamlet
East Marden is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Marden, in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It is on the spur of the South Downs It is first mentioned in the Domesday Book as Meredone and was given in 1086 to Roger, Earl of Montgomery. East Marden is situated 2½ miles west of West Dean.
North Marden
Hamlet
Photo: Oxenhillshaw, Public domain.
North Marden is a tiny village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Marden, in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It is 7.5 miles northwest of Chichesteron the spur of the South Downs and on the B2141 road. North Marden is situated 2½ miles northwest of West Dean.
West Dean
- Type: Locality
- Location: Chichester District, West Sussex, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.9189° or 50° 55′ 8″ northLongitude
-0.7974° or 0° 47′ 51″ westElevation
285 feet (87 metres)Open location code
9C2XW693+H3GeoNames ID
7297475
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