Weald and Downland Living Museum
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.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Opening hours: 10:30 AM—6:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: open air museum in Singleton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Weald & Downland Living Museum”, “Weald & Downland Open Air Museum”, and “Weald and Downland Open Air Museum”
- Address: Singleton, Chichester, PO18 0EU
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Weald and Downland Gridshell and The Parish Church of St Andrew.
Weald and Downland Gridshell
Building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Weald and Downland Gridshell is a building designed by Buro Happold and Edward Cullinan Architects for the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum: it was shortlisted for the Stirling Prize in 2002. Weald and Downland Gridshell is situated 920 feet east of Weald and Downland Living Museum.
The Parish Church of St Andrew
Church
Photo: Charlesdrakew, Public domain.
The Parish Church of St Andrew is situated 3,600 feet west of Weald and Downland Living Museum.
The Trundle
Peak
Photo: Michael Coppins, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Trundle is a hillfort on St Roche's Hill about 4 miles north of Chichester, West Sussex, England. It was built in the Iron Age on the site of a causewayed enclosure, a form of early Neolithic earthwork found in northwestern Europe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Dean and Charlton.
West Dean
Village
Photo: Charlesdrakew, Public domain.
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.
Charlton
Village
Charlton is a small village in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It lies on the Singleton to East Dean road 5.3 miles and the River Lavant north of Chichester.
East Dean
Village
Photo: Charlesdrakew, Public domain.
East Dean is a village and civil parish in the District of Chichester in West Sussex, England. The village is in a valley in the South Downs, 5+1⁄2 miles north-northeast of Chichester on a narrow road between Singleton on the A286 and Upwaltham on the A285 road. East Dean is situated 2 miles east of Weald and Downland Living Museum.
Weald and Downland Living Museum
- Categories: historic house museum, independent museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: West Dean, Chichester District, West Sussex, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.90708° or 50° 54′ 26″ northLongitude
-0.7606° or 0° 45′ 38″ westOpen location code
9C2XW64Q+RQOpenStreetMap ID
way 322758602OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q2553215
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Persian—“Weald and Downland Living Museum” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Weald and Downland Living Museum”
- Dutch: “Weald and Downland Living Museum”
- German: “Weald and Downland Living Museum”
- German: “Weald and Downland Museum”
- Persian: “موزه زندگی ویلد و داونلند”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gonville Cottage and St. Margaret’s Church.
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