Chichester to Midhurst
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Start: Chichester (or Bognor Regis, Haslemere)
Finish: Chichester (or Bognor Regis, Haslemere)
With your Discovery ticket, you’re free to explore everything the South Downs National Park area and beyond has to offer by bus.
Once you’ve arrived at the Midhurst North Street bus stand pop into the new South Downs Centre, then follow the causeway that leads to Cowdray Ruins only a short walk away. Here you’ll find one of England’s great Tudor houses set in the stunning landscape of Cowdray Park.
Stay in Midhurst for lunch, there’s plenty of choice; walk to the Cowdray Farm Shop and Café or visit one of the many cafés and restaurants such as The Angel restaurant.
Post lunch, why not take an easy 3 mile walk through beautiful countryside. The signposted walk will take you through Woolbeding Parkland and along the river Rother and back to Midhurst.
Before heading home hop on a bus to Singleton and pay a visit to Weald & Downland open air museum. Explore traditional buildings in a rural landscape that tell the story of the men, women and children who lived and worked in them over a 600-year period. You’ll see a variety of farm and working animals, including Shire horses, Sussex cattle, Southdown sheep, Tamworth pigs, geese and Light Sussex chickens.
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Route
Outward journey
Chichester to Midhurst or Bognor Regis to Midhurst
Route 60
Stagecoach
Weekdays & Saturdays half hourly Sundays hourly
Haslemere to Midhurst
Route 70
Stagecoach
Hourly service
Midhurst to Singleton (Weald & Downland Museum)
Route 60 via Cocking
Stagecoach
Weekdays & Saturdays half hourly Sundays hourly
Return journey
Midhurst to Chichester or Midhurst to Bognor Regis
Route 60
Stagecoach
Weekdays & Saturdays half hourly Sundays hourly
Midhurst to Haslemere
Route 70
Stagecoach
Hourly service
Singleton to Bognor Regis or Singleton to Chichester
Route 60
Details as above
Singleton to Haslemere (via Midhurst)
Singleton to Midhurst
Route 60
Details as above
Midhurst to Haslemere
Route 70
Details as above
Along the Way
Attractions
South Downs Centre
North Street, Midhurst, West Sussex GU29 9DH
01730 814810
Cowdray Ruins
Cowdray Heritage Trust, Visitor Centre, River Ground Stables, Midhurst, GU29 9AL
01730 812423
Weald & Downland open air museum
Chichester, PO18 0EU
01243 811363
Food and Drink
Cowdray Farm Shop and Café
Cowdray Farm Shop, Cowdray Park, Midhurst, West Sussex
GU29 0AJ
01730 815152
The Angel
North Street, Midhurst, West Sussex, GU29 9DN
01730 812421