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26 Best Sightseeing Attractions In West Sussex
West Sussex holds two aviation museums inside a list of twenty-six, and few families will do both. Tangmere Military Aviation Museum is recorded with grounds as well as halls, leaving somewhere to escape to once a child has seen enough cockpits. Wings Aviation Museum keeps everything under one roof. Beyond that pair, the heading stretches to take in South Downs Planetarium Science Centre, Weald and Downland Living Museum, a bird of prey centre and a garden, which tells you the label here means "a place that shows you round" rather than anything to do with views.
Top sightseeing attractions in West Sussex
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SightseeingSouth Downs Light Railway
MuseumsTangmere Military Aviation Museum
SightseeingSolar Heritage
MuseumsWings Aviation Museum
MuseumsWeald and Downland Living Museum
SightseeingNymans
SightseeingSouth Downs Planetarium Science Centre
Zoos and Wildlife ParksHuxleys Bird of Prey Centre
SightseeingBeech Hurst Park Miniature Railway
Zoos and Wildlife ParksWWT Arundel Wetland Centre
AdventureChichester Treasure Trail
SightseeingThe Chichester Ship Canal
Nymans and South Downs Light Railway are the two that work best with a child who resents being told things. One is a garden to walk, the other is a ride with no explanation attached. Set alongside the museums, twenty-six entries will fill several genuinely different weekends, which is more than the flat number suggests.
Sightseeing Attractions in West Sussex: FAQs
Which aviation museum for a seven-year-old?
Tangmere Military Aviation Museum records outdoor space alongside its halls, which gives a seven-year-old somewhere to go when concentration runs out. Wings Aviation Museum is the tighter, more focused visit, and it suits a child already keen on aircraft rather than one being brought along. In both cases a parent who knows a little about the subject makes the exhibits land far better.
Is Weald and Downland a museum or a day outdoors?
Both, which is exactly why it sits oddly under a sightseeing heading. Weald and Downland Living Museum is a collection of buildings you walk between rather than rooms you file through, so it behaves like a park with exhibits in it. That is why it copes best here with a mixed-age group: young ones get distance to cover and older ones get something to read.
Our child hates museums. Now what?
Huxleys Bird of Prey Centre puts live birds in front of them instead of cases. South Downs Light Railway is a ride and needs no introduction. Solar Heritage takes you out on the water. Nymans is a garden with room to run about. None of those four asks a child to stand still and read a panel, which is usually the real objection rather than the subject matter itself.