| check-in time: 3:00 pmcheck-out time: 11:00 am. there's a refined restaurant offering modern british cuisine, and a rustic pub has a beer garden. this upscale, polished 19th-century country pub is 2 miles from both goodwood racecourse and central chichester, and 4 miles from the weald and downland open air museum. there are also 3 cottages available. the 5 sophisticated rooms (some with exposed beams) feature en suite bathrooms and egyptian cotton sheets, as well as free wifi, ipod docks, flat-screen tvs, and tea and coffeemaking facilities
Heathrow Airport 1 hr 17
Goodwood House (6 min)
Ornate 17th-century stately home with a fine art collection that is open from March to October. The Novium Museum (8 min)
Purpose-built, modern museum showing Roman bath house remains, plus access to a 13th-century priory. Fishbourne Roman Palace (9 min)
Vast, excavated villa with floor mosaics, recreated Roman style gardens plus learning workshops. South Downs National Park (18 min)
Opened in 2011, this 1,627-sq-km national park features chalk hills, wooded areas & more. West Wittering Beach (27 min)
Sandy beach with grassy picnic areas and a cafe, plus a wind- and kitesurfing club. Petworth House and Park (28 min)
Vast 17th-century mansion in a 700-acre deer park immortalised in the paintings of J.M.W. Turner. West Dean Gardens (9 min)
Horticultural attraction with an Edwardian pergola, Victorian glasshouses and walled kitchen garden. Pallant House Gallery (10 min)
Important Modern British permanent collection and temporary exhibitions in extended townhouse space. Kingley Vale (NNR) (28 min)
A tranquil trail winds through this reserve, home to ancient yew trees & Bronze Age burial mounds. Tangmere Military & Aviation Museum Trust (9 min)
Soups, sandwiches and jacket potatoes, plus afternoon teas, in a bright cafe with a covered terrace. Chichester Cathedral (8 min)
Norman edifice with CofE services, a Marc Chagall window, free guided tours, a cafe and a gift shop. Goodwood Racecourse (5 min)
Famous 'Glorious Goodwood' track for horse racing with Sussex Downs views, restaurants and events. Arundel Castle (17 min)
Crenellated Norman keep, gatehouse and barbican, plus gardens, guided tours and jousting events. Butlin's Bognor Regis Resort (20 min) Weald & Downland Living Museum (7 min)
Restored farmsteads with animals and hands on activities, recreating rural life from 1300-1910. | 
