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About Southwater Country Park

This 90 acre site, created from a former brickworks, has level surfaced paths which provide an easy-going lakeside walk. It offers a selection of outdoor activities including an adventure-style play area, orienteering course, tuition in canoeing and sailing. The Quarry', which is managed for nature conservation and supports wildlife such as lizards, Kingfishers, Nightingales and various butterflies and dragonflies.

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Horsham Museum

Horsham Museum

4.77km from Southwater Country Park

Horsham Museum is a museum at Horsham, West Sussex, in South East England. It offers a fascinating mix of permanent galleries, rolling exhibitions and there's even an art gallery on the top floor exhibiting work by local artists. The Shopping Gallery gives you a feel for how shopping in Horsham Town has changed since the Victorian era, while the Costume Gallery holds over 3,000 garments and accessories.

Knepp Castle

Knepp Castle

4.96km from Southwater Country Park

The medieval Knepp Castle is to the west of the village of West Grinstead, West Sussex, England near the River Adur and the A24. The name is thought to come from the Old English word "cnæp", referring to the mound on which it stands. The land around the castle is now the site of Knepp Wildland. One of the iconic location which was flourished with nature and wildlife.

Horsham Park

Horsham Park

5.41km from Southwater Country Park

Horsham Park forms an important ‘green lung’ in the centre of a busy market town. Encompassing formal gardens, traditional park land and natural copses as well as a large well equipped play area, formal sports clubs, state of the art tennis courts and host of free to use outdoor fitness equipment the park offers something for everyone. It is one of the iconic location where you can spend some peaceful time.

Leonardslee

Leonardslee

6.19km from Southwater Country Park

Leonardslee is an English country house and landscaped woodland garden in Lower Beeding, near Horsham, West Sussex, England. The Grade I listed garden is particularly significant for its spring displays of rhododendrons, azaleas, camellias, magnolias and bluebells, with the flowering season reaching its peak in May. The estate includes a 19th-century Italianate style house and lodge.

Sussex Prairie Garden

Sussex Prairie Garden

10.59km from Southwater Country Park

The Prairie Garden is a six acre garden with naturalistic planting, created by Paul and Pauline McBride. The garden is on a farm and surrounded by oak trees. The garden is surrounded by mature oaks, with views of the iron age sites of Chanctonbury Ring and Devil's Dyke.

National Trust - Nymans

National Trust - Nymans

11km from Southwater Country Park

Nymans is a grade II listed National Trust garden for all seasons and is set around a romantic house and ruins. The garden was developed, starting in the late 19th century, by three generations of the Messel family, and was brought to renown by Leonard Messel.

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West Sussex is a county in South East England on the English Channel coast. The county has a long history of human settlement dating back to the Lower Paleolithic era. West Sussex has a range of scenery, including Wealden, downland, and coastal.

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