Showing posts with label Petworth Festival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Petworth Festival. Show all posts

Monday, 15 July 2013

West Sussex Local Events July 2013

With summer well under way and the weather looking good for the foreseeable future there are lots of things to do locally over the next few weeks on the doorstep of Chequers Hotel Pulborough!

 We have just recovered from a hectic yet fabulous weekend of Goodood Festival of Speed with guests having a wonderful weekend again at this annual event. Fortunately for those sad it is over there will be a number of other events at goodwood this summer including the wonderful "Goodwood Revival" and "Glorious Goodwood"...we are excited already!
Goodwood Festival of Speed
In the mean time there are a whole host of other events to enjoy including Arundel Castle International Jousting Tournament 23-28th July and the fabulous Petworth Festival kicking off this week!
Petworth
Other local events over the next couple of weeks:

  16 Jul - 23 Aug Petworth Festival
  19 - 20 Jul Uckfield Art Trail
  20 Jul Katherine Jenkins performance, Haywards Heath
  20 Jul Barnstormers Comedy ClubShoreham
  20 Jul Jamie's Wish Family Fun Day, Littlehampton
  21 Jul Rare Breeds Show Chichester
  21 Jul Charity Car Show, Shoreham
  25 Jul Ebernoe Horn Fair, Ebernoe
  26 Jul Jailhouse Screamers, Arundel
  26 Jul Blunter Brothers, Sharpthorne
  27 - 28 Jul Rox, Bognor Regis
  30 Jul - 3 Aug Glorious Goodwood
  30 Jul - 4 Aug Chichester Challenge


Other places that are just fabulous for a day trip from Chequers: 

Amberley, at the foot of the South Downs Way:
Amberly Castle
The South Downs National Park providing fabulous Walks and Cycle Routes:
View of the South Downs from Chequers Hotel Pulborough
 Arundel with the Castle and Wetlands Centre, Petworth House and Park, Parham House - open last weekend for the annual Garden Show on Saturday and Sunday, Petworth with its quaint antique shops, The Way and Arun Canal Boat Trips, River Arun:
River Arun
Bignor and Fishbourne Roman Villas, Pulborough Brooks Bird Reserve and the beautiful beaches at Littlehampton and East and West Wittering - blue flag awarded as mentioned in our previous blog post.  Also Horsham, Chichester, Worthing and even Brighton!
North Laines, Brighton
 There really is a lot to do in the area and with the childrens holidays upon us, parents will be pleased to know its all great for both the little ones and adults alike!

Lissette x

Sunday, 10 March 2013

A visit to the local village of Petworth

As part of our ongoing mission to be the most knowledgeable hosts you could wish for, we recently paid a visit to the wonderful local village of Petworth. Whilst we have been there before to see the Turner Exhibition at Petworth House, we decided to make our way back there this weekend as our daughter was over from Geneva and wanted to explore this lovely local village. Petworth is a delightful picturesque market town, a short distance from Chequers Hotel and has a reputation for being a leading antiques centre with 30 antique shops within a half mile radius.

A recommended first stop would be the famous Petworth House - a must visit attraction (Opening for the summer season on 16th March). Petworh House is a palatial 17th Century mansion with gardens designed by Capability Brown. The rooms are dedicated to displaying art by Turner, Van Dyck. Reynolds and Blake - with stunning adjoining deer filled gardens. Also worth a visit is Petworth Cottage Museum, laid out as it was in 1910 when a seamstress for Petworth House lived there!

Petworth
The centre point of the town is the market square where we started our exploration. We spent the afternoon investigating the village's many specialty shops (including 'Eternal" vintage clothes shop and Follit home accessories shop) and stopped for a coffee at the fabulous village deli: The Hungry Guest

Whilst staying at Chequers it is definitely worth spending a day here exploring Petworth House and then ambling around the village or even better... coming to visit for one of the numerous local but famous events the village is involved in: (National Antiques week 20th - 28th April, Petworth Fete in the Park, Saturday 6th July, the Petworth Festival, 15th July - 3rd August and the Petworth Food and Wine Festival, 21st and 22nd September).  Looking forward to updating you with more detail bout these events nearer the time.

John and Lissette x