Sussex for Visitors Trivia Quiz

Answer: West Sussex

Chichester is a delightful city centred around a mediaeval market cross. Other sights include the twelfth-century cathedral and the Guildhall. Also worth a visit in south West Sussex is the extensive Fishbourne Roman Palace, the charming village of Bosham on Chichester Harbour, or if you're all dressed up, you might like to go to the horse races at nearby Goodwood.

Answer: South Downs

The eighty-mile South Downs Way provides a delightful walk through Sussex, taking in the Devil's Dyke viewpoint near Brighton, Chanctonbury Ring hill fort and Beachy Head and Seven Sisters cliffs near Eastbourne. Eastbourne is a quiet resort town where the main sights are the pier and two forts. In the past both Karl Marx and Claude Debussy worked there.

Answer: Bognor

Bognor was renamed 'Bognor Regis'. Littlehampton and Worthing are also traditional West Sussex seaside resorts, with all the attractions you would expect. Nearby West Wittering is popular with people who want a quieter break, and is known for its wonderful beach.

Answer: Cricket

Arundel is a picturesque town, lying in a gap in the Downs, where you can visit the richly furnished castle. Nearby lie the mosaics of Bignor Roman Villa, and a (slightly) more recent collection of buildings moved to the Weald and Downland museum, including mediaeval houses, a corn mill and a market hall.

Answer: Capability Brown

Most visitors to Northern West Sussex are headed for Gatwick Airport, but also offers small, quaint towns such as Midhurst (known for polo) and Billingshurst, and the shopping centres of Crawley and Horsham.

Answer: Battle

Although there's not much to see on the battlefield itself, Battle Abbey, originally built by William I to give thanks for his victory, rewards a visit to the town. In Hastings, both the beaches with fisherman's net shops, and the exhibitions in the caves and castle remains attract visitors. The attractive mediaeval ports of Winchelsea and Rye are also nearby.

Answer: Gardens

The rural area, part of the heavily wooded Weald, also offers trips on the Bluebell steam railway, or a wander through the Ashdown Forest, inspiration for the world of Winnie the Pooh.

Answer: Guy Fawkes' Night

Lewes is a very attractive town with a ruined castle, streets lined with Georgian buildings, and was home to Anne of Cleves, Thomas Paine and much of the Bloomsbury group. Nearby, you will find the Glyndebourne Opera House, known for its imaginative but incredibly expensive performances.

Answer: Palace Pier

Sadly, the more attractive West Pier has been destroyed by a series of storms, but the seafront still has a lot to offer, including the (undeniably) Grand Hotel, an aquarium, and the oldest electric railway in Europe. Brighton is also the sporting centre of Sussex, and boasts a league football team and a county cricket ground.
The Palace Pier is now known as the Brighton Pier.

Answer: George IV

The Royal Pavillion is an idiosyncratic interpretation of Indian and Islamic architecture, topped with onion domes, and the interior is in the same spirit. Also in the area are the small shops of the Lanes, which formed the fishing village Brighton grew out of, and North Laine and Kemp Town, which are far more affordable. Kemp Town also forms the centre of the city's thriving lesbian and gay scene, and with summer concerts on the beach as well, there's something for everyone in Brighton, just as everyone will enjoy a visit to Sussex.