January
- February - March
- April - May
- June
July - August
- September - October
- November - December
January
‘MONEY’ EXHIBITION
at Chichester District Museum
Contact 01243 784683
25 Jan – 7 May
February
Half-Term Roman Family Fun
Day at Fishbourne Roman Palace
Contact 01243 785859
14 - 17 February, 10-4pm
Half Term Activities for accompanied
children at the Weald and Downland
Open Air Museum
Contact 01243 811348
14 – 18 Feb
Spring Half Term Events
at Chichester District Museum
Contact 01243 784683
17 Feb, 11am-1pm and 2-4pm
March
Pleasure Ground at Petworth
Park, Restaurant and Shop
Contact 01798 342207
5 March Open 11am-4pm
Mothering Sunday and Local
residents Day at Weald and
Downland Open Air Museum
Contact 01243 811348
6 March
Mothering Sunday lunches in
the Restaurant at Petworth
Park
Contact 01798 342207
6 March 12noon – 2pm. Booking
essential.
Springtime Walks with the Head
Gardener at Petworth Park
Contact 01798 342207
6 March 12.30pm & 2.30pm. Normal
grounds admission
Lectures Lunches at
Petworth House
Welcoming coffee on arrival, a fascinating
lecture and then a light lunch. Please
telephone nearer the date for a full
list of lectures offered.
Contact 01798 342207
7-9 & 14-16 March
National Science Week
- special presentations and exhibits
at The South Downs Planetarium
Contact 01243 774400
March 11 - 20th March
Galloway Antiques Fair
at Stansted Park
Full details to follow on 023 9241 2265
11 – 13 Mar
Lecture Lunches at
Uppark
Contact 01730 825256
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 15, 16
& 17 March
Petworth House Opens
for season. 11am-4.30pm
Contact 01798 342207
19 March
‘Science Week Family
Workshops’ at Amberley
Working Museum
Contact 01798 831370
19 - 20 Mar
Springtime Walks with
the Head Gardener at Petworth
Contact 01798 342207
20 March 12.30pm & 2.30pm. Normal
grounds admission
A Civil War Murder Mystery
at Petworth
Contact 01798 342207
20 March 2-3.30pm
Mothers’ Day Lunches
at Uppark
Contact Uppark on 01730 825415
21 March
Easter Fun and Festivities
at Weald and Downland Open Air Museum
on 01243 811348
Contact 01243 811348
25 – 28 Mar
Easter Egg Trails
at Petworth Park
Hunt through secret tunnels and along
pathways in the Pleasure Ground to solve
the Easter Bunny’s puzzle.
Contact 01798 342207
26-Mon 28 March 12noon-3.30pm
Normal grounds admission + cost of trail.
Easter Trails at Uppark
(11-5pm)
Contact 01730 825415
27 Mar – 31 Mar
Chichester District Museum’s
Easter Holidays children’s activity
Contact 01243 784683
Thurs 31 Mar, 11am-1pm and 2-4pm
April
Opening of Pallant House
Gallery
Contact 01243 774557
April onwards
Chichester Festival Theatre
Theatre Productions run from April to
October
Contact Box Office 01243 781312
website
Click
here to book accommodation for Chichester
Festival Theatre
Vintage Car Show
Grand Spring exhibition of veteran and
vintage cars from the 1900s to the 1950s
at Amberley Working Museum
Contact 01798 831370
Sunday 2nd April 2006
website
Click
here to book accommodation for Vintage
Car Show
Chichester Civil War Walk
at Chichester District Museum
Contact 01243 784683
9 Apr, 11am
Veteran Cycle Day
Over 150 great machines on show from
boneshakers and penny-farthings onwards
at Amberley Working Museum
Contact 01798 831370
Sunday 30th April
website
Click
here to book accommodation for Veteran
Cycle Day
Cowdray Cup Polo
Season opens 30 April, closes end September
Matches every weekend and Bank Holiday
May
Food Fair at Weald
and Downland Open Air Museum
Contact 01243 811348
1 - 2 May
VE and VJ EXHIBITION
at Chichester District Museum
Contact 01243 784683
3 May – 10 Sept
Vintage Motorcycle Show
300 gleaming veteran and vintage motorcycles
expected, from the 1900s to the 1950s
at Amberley Working Museum
Contact 01798 831370
Sunday 7th May
website
Click
here to book accommodation for Vintage
Motorcycle Show
Herb Show at West
Dean Gardens
Contact 01243 818210
14 and 15 May
Chichester WW11 and VE Day
walk at Chichester District Museum
Contact 01243 784683
14 May
Stationary Engine Working Day
Vintage agricultural and industrial
engines, with early farm and workshop
machinery at Amberley Working
Museum
Contact 01798 831370
Sunday 14th May
website
Click
here to book accommodation for Stationary
Engine Working Day
Sustainable Event
at Weald and Downland Open Air Museum
Contact 01243 811348
15 May
Spring Plant Fair at
Petworth Park
A wide array of plants on offer, which
have been grown by volunteers and commercial
nurseries in peat free soil. There will
also be a selection of country crafts
for those who are not so green fingered!
Contact 01798 342207
15 May 11am-4pm
Military Vehicle Show
Armoured cars, staff cars, trucks, and
jeeps from World War Two and peacetime
at Amberley Working Museum
Contact 01798 831370
Sunday 21st May
website
Click
here to book accommodation for Military
Vehicle Show
The English Channel/La Manche
EXHIBITION at Chichester District
Museum
Contact 01243 784683
24 May – 10 Sept
National Gardens Scheme Open
Day at Uppark,
Contact 01730 825415
26 May
Chichester Victorian Walk
at Chichester District Museum
Contact 01243 784683
28 May, 11am
Home Front Celebration - Fascinating
displays and activities reflecting everyday
life in wartime Britain Home Front Celebration
at Amberley Working Museum
Contact 01798 831370
Sat 27 / Sun 28 / BH Mon 29 May
website
Click
here to book accommodation for Home
Front Celebration
Pirate Treasure Trails
at Uppark,
Contact 01730 825415
29 May – 5 June
Dragonfly Day in Petworth
Park
A safari outing in search of dragonflies,
offering fun for all the family. Free.
Contact 01798 342207
29 May, 12noon - 4pm
Treasure Trails in the Pleasure
Ground at Petworth Park
Follow the clues on our old sea chart
to find the hidden treasure, make a
pirate hat and eye patch, and take part
in our high seas colouring competition.
Fancy dress competition for the best
dressed pirate. £2.50 per child.
Contact 01798 342207
Mon 30 & Tues 31 May 11am-4pm
Half Term Activities for
accompanied children at Weald and Downland
Open Air Museum
Contact 01243 811348
30 May - 3 June
June
Medieval City at Chichester
District Museum
Contact 01243 784683
June to Sept
Dragonfly Day in Petworth
Park
A safari outing in search of dragonflies,
offering fun for all the family. Free.
Contact 01798 342207
1 June
Summer Half Term Events at
Chichester District Museum
Contact 01243 784683
2 June, 11am-1pm and 2-4pm
Murder Mystery at
Petworth 1940’s Murder Mystery
Dinner
An ‘upstairs downstairs’
murder mystery dinner at Petworth House
set in the 1940’s. Please call
nearer the date for further details
Contact 01798 342207
3 June
Heavy Horse Spectacular
at Weald and Downland Open Air Museum
Contact 01243 811348
5 June
The Garden Show at
Stansted Park
Contact 023 9241 2265
10 – 12 June
Trundle Walk at Chichester
District Museum
Contact 01243 784683
12 June
Underground Petworth
Explore beneath the house through underground
tunnels re-tracing the steps of footmen
and wartime evacuees. Discover how the
well house and 19th century hydraulic
lift shaft operated and wonder at what
was once one of the largest domestic
ice-houses in the country. Normal house
admission
Contact 01798 342207
Sun 12 & Mon 13 June 1-4.30pm
Chichester Georgian Walk at
Chichester District Museum
Contact 01243 784683
18 June
Mid Summer Steam Show
Steam nostalgia, with traction engines
and rollers in action around our 36
acre site at Amberley Working
Museum
Contact 01798 831370
17th – 18th June
website
Click
here to book accommodation for Mid Summer
Steam Show
Piano Recital at Stansted
Park
Contact 023 9241 2265
19 June
Woodcarvers and Sar Displays
at Uppark,
Contact 01730 825415
19 June
Fathers’ Day Event
at Weald and Downland Open Air Museum
Contact 01243 811348
19 June
Garden Event (House
not open to the public) at West Dean
Gardens
Contact 01243 811301
18 - 19 June or 25 – 26 June
Blues
on the Farm
Contact Julian Moore, Apuldram Cider
Farm 01243 773828
Date to be confirmed
The All-Electric Show
Special displays, demonstrations and
experiments on an electrical theme
at Amberley Working Museum
Contact 01798 831370
24th - 25th June
website
Click
here to book accommodation for The All-Electric
Show
National Gardens Scheme Open
Day at Uppark,
Contact 01730 825415
30 June
July
Sea Britain 2006 at
The South Downs Planetarium - AstroNavigation
Contact 01243 774400
Through-out July and August
Chichester Festival
Contact Amanda Sharpe 01243 785718
Through-out July
Fire Show
Fire engines old and new on show, with
fire-fighting and rescue displays
at Amberley Working Museum
Contact 01798 831370
1st – 2nd July
website
Click
here to book accommodation for Fire
Show
Early Music Afternoon
at Weald and Downland Open Air Museum
Contact 01243 811348
3 July
Real Ale and Jazz Festival
Contact 01243 786988
6 – 9 July
The City of Bath -
from steamy swamp to world heritage
site
Contact 01243 784683
7 July, 12-1pm
Railway Gala Weekend
Steam, diesel, petrol & electric
locos in action, plus model railways
and preservation displays at
Amberley Working Museum
Contact 01798 831370
8th - 9th July
website
Click
here to book accommodation for Railway
Gala Weekend
Festival
of Speed
Contact Goodwood Motor Circuit 01243
755055
8th - 10th July
A walk around Georgian Chichester
Contact 01243 784683
9 July, 10am
Garden Weekend at
Parham House
Contact 01903742021
9 – 10 July
A walk around Bosham
Contact 01243 784683
10 July, 10am
A Ghost Walk around Chichester
Contact 01243 784683
14 July, 7pm
The Poor in Georgian Chichester
Contact 01243 784683
15 July, 7pm
Southern Cathedrals Music Festival
Contact Mary Hamilton, Chichester Cathedral
01243 812482
Date to be confirmed
The Classical Concert with
Fireworks at Stansted Park
Contact 023 9241 2265
16 July
The Pop Concert with Fireworks
at Stansted Park
Contact 023 9241 2265
17 July
The Real Museum Show at
Amberley Working Museum
Contact 01798 831370
16 - 17 July
Cowdray Park Gold Cup Final
Contact 01730 813257
17 July
Petworth Festival
Contact 01798 343523 or Michael Follis
01798 344068
Last 2 weeks in July
Regency Weekend at
Petworth
A wonderful weekend when Petworth House
will return to the Regency period. Please
call nearer the date for further details.
Contact 01798 342207
Sat 23 & Sun 24 July
Rare and Traditional Breeds
Show at Weald and Downland
Open Air Museum
Contact 01243 811348
24 July
Val Biro And Gumdrop Exhibition
And Storytelling at Uppark,
Contact 01730 825415
24 Jul – 4 Aug
Petworth Festival Kites
Contact 01798 342207
Sun 25 July, 11am – 5pm
Glorious Goodwood
Contact Goodwood Race Course 01243 755022
Tue 27th - Sat 31st July
Children’s Activity Wednesdays
at Weald and Downland Open Air Museum
Contact 01243 811348
27 July to 31 August
Classic Car Summer Picnic at
Amberley Working Museum
Contact 01798 831370
31 July
August
Chilli Fiesta at West
Dean Gardens
Contact 01243 811301
Sat 6 – Sun 7 Aug
Family Fun Week at
Petworth: Smugglers’ Trails
Follow the clues around the Pleasure
Ground to find the smugglers lost treasures.
Contact 01798 342207
Sat 6 – Wed 10 August 11am-4.30pm
Classic Micro Car and Scooter
Rally at Amberley Working Museum
Contact 01798 831370
7 Aug
Selsey Festival
Contact Selsey Council Service Information
Point 01243 607433
Mon 9 – Mon 30 Aug
Children’s Week
at Chichester District Museum
Contact 01243 784683
15 – 19 August
MX 5 Owners Event
Contact 01258 821199
18 – 21 Aug
Bat Evening at Uppark
Bookings 01730 825256
19 Aug 6.00 – 11.00pm
Behind the Scenes
at Petworth
An opportunity to view parts of the
house not normally open to the public
and to learn more about the ongoing
conservation and refurbishment projects
at Petworth. Visit the underground tunnels
and well-house. See what lurks hidden
away in the attics, watch interior conservation
demonstrations and historic flower arranging
in the House showrooms. Gift shop &
restaurant also open.
Contact 01798 342207
18 August, 11am – 4.30pm
Harley Davidson Ride-In
at Amberley Working Museum
Contact 01798 831370
21 August
Gordon Rushmer local artist
exhibition at Weald and Downland
Open Air Museum
Contact 01243 811348
22 - 31 August
Teddy Bears’ Picnic at
Petworth Park
Follow the trail to see if you can spot
all the teddy bear characters who have
lived at Petworth House. Bring your
picnic and a teddy. Prize given for
the best dressed teddy. Suitable for
under 8’s. £1 for trail
sheet.
Contact 01798 342207
Sat 20 & Sun 21 August 12noon-3.30pm
Teddy Bear’s Day Out
at Amberley Working Museum
Contact 01798 831370
29 August
September
St Anne’s Hill and the
Lords of Midhurst walks at
Chichester District Museum
Contact 01243 784683
3 Sept, 11am
Goodwood Revival Meeting
Contact Goodwood Motor Circuit 01243
755055
Website: www.goodwood.co.uk
16th– 18th
September
Totally Tomato Show
at West Dean Gardens
Contact 01243 811301
Sat 3 – Sun 4 September
Wood From The Trees at
Amberley Working Museum
Contact 01798 831370
4 September
Underground Petworth
Explore beneath the house through underground
tunnels re-tracing the steps of footmen
and wartime evacuees. Discover how the
well house and 19th century hydraulic
lift shaft operated and wonder at what
was one of the largest domestic ice-houses
in the country.
Normal House admission
Contact 01798 342207
17 - 18 September, 1.00 – 4.30pm
The Wood Show at Weald
and Downland Open Air Museum
Contact 01243 811348
10 – 11 Sept
Bus Rally –
90 Year of Southdown at Amberley Working
Museum
Contact 01798 831370
11 September
Petworth Town Band
Enjoy an afternoon of music in the Pleasure
Ground.
Normal grounds admission
Contact 01798 342207
Sun 12 September, 2-3pm & 3.30-4.30pm
Music In Chichester and Exhibition
at Chichester District Museum
Contact 01243 784683
Sept – Jan 06
Emsworth Food Festival
Contact 01243 432155
16 – 18 September
Miniature Steam and Model Weekend
at Amberley Working Museum
Contact 01798 831370
17 – 18 September
The Stansted Slog
at Stansted Park
Contact 023 9241 2265
Sun 18 September
Flora Domestica Week
at Uppark (1.00 – 5.00pm)
Contact 01730 825415
18 –22 Sept
Ghost walk at Chichester
District Museum
Contact 01243 784683
22 Sept, 7pm
Children at War Exhibition
at Chichester District Museum
Contact 01243 784683
27 Sept 21 Jan 06
October
Autumn Countryside Celebration
at Weald and Downland Open
Air Museum
Contact 01243 811348
1 –2 Oct
Autumn Ambles with the Head
Gardener at Petworth Park
Normal grounds admission and donations
welcome
Contact 01798 342207
Sun 2 & 9 October 12noon & 2.30pm.
Sea Britain Events
at Uppark,
Contact 01730 825415
2 –20 Oct
International Space Week at
The South Downs Planetarium
Contact 01243 774400
4 – 10 Oct
Live Crafts at Stansted
Park
Contact 023 9241 2265
7 - 9 Oct
Autumn Vintage Vehical Show
at Amberley Working Museum
Contact 01798 831370
9 Oct
Ladies Designer Clothes Sale
at Uppark,
Contact 01730 825415
14 Oct
Galloway Antiques Fair at
Stansted Park
Full details to follow on 023 9241 2265
14 –16 Oct
Apple Affair at West
Dean Gardens
Contact 01243 811301
15 and 16 Oct
A Civil War Murder Mystery
at Petworth House
Normal House admission
Contact 01798 342207
Sun 23 October 2-3.30pm
Roman Army Week at
Fishbourne Roman Palace
Contact 01243785859
24 – 28 Oct
Roman Chichester talk
at Chichester District Museum
Contact 01243 784683
27 Oct, 7pm
October Half Term Events
at Chichester District Museum
Contact 01243 784683
27 Oct, 2-4pm
Half Term Activities for accompanied
children at Weald and Downland
Open Air Museum
Contact 01243 811348
24 - 28 Oct
November
Lecture Lunches at
Uppark,
Contact 01730 825256
8 –10 and 15 –17 Nov
And So To Bed at Petworth
House
Join the conservation team at Petworth
to discover what happens after the House
closes its doors for the winter months.
Contact 01798 342207
Thurs 10 & Fri 11 Nov, 11am-1pm
‘Pig to Pork’ Weekend
at Weald and Downland Open
Air Museum
Contact 01243 811348
19 – 20 November
December
WW11 Christmas, Children’s
event at Chichester District
Museum
Contact 01243 784683
3 Dec, 11am-1pm and 2-4pm
Tree Dressing at Weald
and Downland Open Air Museum
Contact 01243 811348
4 Dec
Christmas Lunches
at Uppark
Contact 01730 256
9 – 11 and 16 –20 Dec
Carol Singing at Uppark,
Contact 01730 825256
12 and 13 Dec
Victorian Christmas
at Petworth House
Please telephone nearer the date for
further details
Contact 01798 342207
Sat 17 & Sun 18 Dec
Tastes of a Tudor Christmas
at Weald and Downland Open Air Museum
Contact 01243 811348
26 Dec – 1 Jan 06
January
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