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February
Creative Arts
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March
Cat & Rabbit Rescue Centre Easter Fayre
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April
A Taste of Sussex Fine Food Fair
British and World Marbles Championship
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A Taste of Sussex Fine Food Fair
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June
Baby Expo Brighton
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Goodwood Festival of Speed
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London Philharmonic Orchestra
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Sussex Guild Craft Show
The Wood Show

July
Battle Classic Car & Motorcycle Show
Brighton Kite Festival
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Fontwell Park Festival
Game & Country Fair
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Glastonwick 2009
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The Garden Gadabout 2009
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August
The 2008 Arundel Festival
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Airbourne: Eastbournes International Air Show
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September
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November
BRIGHTON CRAFT FAIR 2007
Cine City - Brighton's first film festival
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December
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Principal towns: Brighton Eastbourne Haywards Heath Arundel Chichester Crawley Hastings Lewes Rye

Eulogised by Rudyard Kipling in his 1902 poem "Sussex", the county is still greatly loved by those who live and visit here. Above all, Sussex is about variety. This is a place of changing scenery: the ancient woodlands of the High Weald are as beautiful in their way as the coastal cliffs standing proud against the English Channel; the rolling South Downs are enchanting, as too are historic towns such as Rye and Lewes ; and vibrant cities throb happily alongside sleepy villages. Here are splendid castles, cathedrals and grand country mansions with sumptuous gardens, charming cottages, working farms and ancient Roman residences.

The most popular area for visitors is the south coast. Families love the traditional seaside delights of comparatively quiet resorts including Bognor Regis with its award-winning beaches, Littlehampton , Worthing and Eastbourne , which is the location of Beachy Head 's infamous suicide leap. Brighton , by contrast, is a hip, up-tempo city with excellent eating, drinking, shopping, arts and nightlife. Hastings, together with Battle , Bexhill and Rye, is historically fascinating, forming the heart of 1066 country , and its cliffs, harbour and old fishing quarter are hugely attractive. West Wittering, meanwhile, is a magnet for surfers, Emworth is a sailing village with famous culinary traditions, Seaford boasts a huge country-park spread along the spectacular Seven Sisters chalk cliffs, and Chichester takes a visible pride in its past while upholding a thriving city community based on arts, theatre, music and watersports. The harbour at Chichester has been designated an area of outstanding natural beauty and can be explored by land and water. Many other lovely boat trips are available around the coast.

All kinds of sports are enjoyed in Sussex. Spectators flock to the horse-racing, showjumping, motorsports, stock car racing, yacht racing, air displays and international cricket and tennis championships, while amateurs are invited to try sailing , fishing , windsurfing, hang-gliding and kite-surfing. Walkers, riders and cyclists are spoilt for choice with thousands of miles of signposted trails around the South Downs, the Weald and the coast.

For sightseers, there are rich rewards as they travel through inspiring landscapes to any number of tourist attractions. Sussex is dotted with castles of varying ages and styles, most magically those of Bodiam - a 14th Century Disney fairytale come to life - and the idyllic Herstmonceux with its moat and Elizabethan gardens. Ypres Castle in Rye, built in 1250, now hosts a town museum, and evocative castle ruins exist at Hastings and Bramber. There are two cathedrals in Sussex. The 900-year-old Chichester Cathedral fuses past with present by including examples of modern art in its glasswork and decorations, while the hilltop cathedral at Arundel , a French Gothic building dating back to 1873, annually marks the feast of Corpus Christi by having its aisle scattered with flowers. Some distinctive old houses have survived the ravages of time. The thatched, timber-framed 14th Century Clergy House and gardens at the village of Alfriston - the first building acquired by the National Trust - is well worth a visit. Another interesting attraction is Anne of Cleves' 16th Century hall house in Lewes. Fishbourne Roman Palace displays remains from the biggest Roman house ever found in Britain, and what's left of another Roman villa is on show at Bignor. The county's past is also preserved in its many museums and heritage centres. The Amberley Working Museum, the Arundel Museum and Heritage Centre, and the Bluebell Railway at Uckfield all recall the industrial era, and the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum has relocated dozens of old buildings to a delightful parkland. Some museums dwell on maritime and wartime history while Bognor Regis's Wireless Museum, unusually, examines valve radio and early television.

Nature-lovers will adore the countless gardens, parks, woodlands, trails and wildlife centres of Sussex. Haywards Heath is blessed with three spectacular gardens: Borde Hill Garden is set in 200 acres of parkland, High Beeches Gardens combines woodland and water gardens with rare plants and wildflower meadows, and Nyman's Garden shows off exotic blooms from around the world. In Horsham, Leonardslee Gardens are exquisitely planted around seven lakes. Other top-rated visitor attractions include Arundel Wetland Centre, Bentley Wildfowl & Motor Museum in Lewes, Coombes Farm in Lancing, where visitors may take tractor and trailer rides over the South Downs, Drusillas Park at Alfriston (described as "the best small zoo in England") and RSPB Pulborough Brooks , set in the Arun Valley. Wine enthusiasts are welcome to tour the county's vineyards and wineries, many internationally recognised, and to sample the wares.

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