Sussex Holiday Accommodation

Sussex by the Sea,  Sunny Sussex 
Call it what you will - Sussex means 80 miles of coastline and super beaches for the family; here are lovely gardens, history and heritage; castles, abbeys, priories, stately homes and historic houses. There are family amusement parks and wildlife centres; the nostalgic, the curious and the simply fun, including museums of bygones, steam railways and caves. Sussex boasts numerous theatres and arts festivals, golf courses, horse racing, many ancient churches and buildings plus large Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty over the South Downs and Ashdown Forest, (including the soon-to-be-designated South Downs National Park) - and don't forget the Sussex Pub!
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From early times castles guarded three important entries from the coast through the South Downs into the interior provided by the valleys of the Ouse , the Adur and the Arun . These are respectively at Lewes , Bramber and Arundel . The ruins of the first two, though imposing, do not compare in grandeur with the third, which is still the seat of the dukes of Norfolk .

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More famous than these are the massive remains, in part Norman but mainly of the 13th century, of the stronghold of Pevensey , within the walls of Roman Anderida . Other ruins are those of the finely situated Hastings Castle ; the Norman remains at Knepp near West Grinstead ; the picturesque and remarkably perfect moated fortress of , of the 14th century; and Hurstmonceaux Castle, a beautiful 15th-century building of brick.
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Sussex retains a strong local identity and the county's unofficial anthem is Sussex by the Sea. The county's motto, "We wun't be druv", reflects the strong-willed nature of its people in past centuries.
         
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