West Dean Gardens
Victorian gardens beyond a flint manor house, with a 100-metre pergola walk and a walled kitchen garden with greenhouses as the highlights.
The gardens belong to the West Dean estate, now home to the College of Arts, Crafts and Conservation, and cover about 36 hectares. An Edwardian pergola walk around 100 metres long is smothered in roses and clematis. Inside the walled kitchen garden, 13 Victorian glasshouses grow grapes, chillies and exotic fruit and vegetables. Beyond lie an arboretum and riverside meadows. Tickets cost about £14, and opening hours are shorter in winter. The gardens are about 9 km north of Chichester city centre and roughly 1 km from the Weald & Downland Living Museum, so the two are easy to visit on the same day.
Opening hours
Approx. 10:30–17:00 (until 16:00 in winter)
Nearby sights
- Weald and Downland Living Museum
- The Trundle (St Roche's Hill)
- Goodwood Racecourse
- Goodwood House
- Goodwood Motor Circuit
- Chichester Festival Theatre
- Chichester City Walls Walk
- The Novium Museum