- Alfriston Clergy House Type: Attraction Contact: | Address: The Tye Alfriston, near Polegate East Sussex BN26 5TL | Phone: 01323 870001 http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=372 National Trust Property
- Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre Type: Attraction Contact: | Address: Amberley Arundel West Sussex BN18 9LT | Phone: 01798 831370 http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=26 Traditional Working Museum
- Arundel Castle Type: Attraction | Location: Arundel Contact: | Address: Arundel West Sussex BN18 9AB | Phone: 01903 882173 http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=70 Huge castle and park dating from the eleventh century
- Arundel Wildfowl and Wetlands Centre Type: Attraction Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=357 A mixture of exotic captive waterfowl and a reedbed nature reserve with good access all round. Visitor centre with teashop.
- Balmer deserted village Type: Attraction Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=110 The outline of the streets and houses can be seen from the Trail. Abandoned in the mediaeval period, the village of Balmer was a victim of the Plague.
- Battle of Lewes Type: Attraction | Location: Lewes Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=71 In 1264 the Barons under Simon de Montfort defeated King Henry III during the Barons' revolt.
- Beachy Head Type: Attraction | Location: Eastbourne Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=104 The highest chalk cliffs in the UK, some 150m high, with an iconic lighthouse at the cliff base. There is a visitor centre and public toilets.
- Beacon Hill National Nature Reserve Type: Attraction | Location: Warnford Contact: | Address: Hampshire | Phone: 023 802 6410 http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=51 Excellent chalk grassland looking over the Meon Valley towards Old Winchester Hill to the east and the sea to the south - well worth a short detour.
- Belle Tout lighthouse Type: Attraction Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=379 Disused lighthouse, now a private house. The house was physically moved back from the crumbling cliff edge in the late 1990s.
- Berwick Type: Attraction Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=380 Berwick church has famous murals painted by the Bloomsbury Group of artists and intellectuals. The village also has a pub.
- Bignor Hill Type: Attraction Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=100 Stane Street, the Roman road from Chichester to London, crosses the South Downs Way here and the line of the road is clearly visible.
- Bignor Roman Villa Type: Attraction | Location: Bignor Contact: | Address: Bignor Pulborough West Sussex RH20 1PH | Phone: 01798 869259 http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=130 Well preserved Roman villa, open to the public.
- Birling Gap Type: Attraction Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=382 Beach access, pub, and public toilets at this small settlement halfway along the cliffs.
- Bramber Castle Type: Attraction Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=90 Remains of a Norman castle slighted (blown up) by Cromwells army.
- Burton Park Type: Attraction | Location: Duncton Contact: | Address: West Sussex | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=49 Country house and parkland with private chapel, now tastefully converted into apartments and houses
- Chanctonbury Ring Type: Attraction Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=114 This famous clump of beech trees was blown down in the Great Storm of 1987. The replanted saplings are now beginning to look like a tree clump again.
- Charleston Farmhouse Type: Attraction Contact: | Address: | Phone: 01323 811265 http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=421 Former home of Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell (Virginia Woolf's sister) and spiritual home of the Bloomsbury Group of artists and intellectuals. Now preserved as an example of their work and lives.
- Chattri (Indian War memorial) Type: Attraction Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=362 WW1 Indian War memorial
- Cissbury Ring Type: Attraction Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=106 The Iron Age hill fort on top of this prominent hill can be seen from the Trail. Less obvious is its pitted surface, the remains of a large scale flint Neolithic mining industry.
- Cocking Mountain Bike Route Type: Attraction Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=487 A 16 mile all weather off road cycle route, one of several in West Sussex
- Corhampton Type: Attraction | Location: Corhampton Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=97 Small streamside village adjacent to Meonstoke and Droxford. A 1000 year old chapel with Mediaeval wall paintings and a yew tree that it, allegedly, just as old.
- Cow Gap Type: Attraction | Location: Eastbourne Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=35 beach access for bathing etc near Beachy Head
- Deep Dean Type: Attraction | Location: Wilmington Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=99 South facing chalk grassland in an impressive dry valley.
- Devils Dyke Type: Attraction | Location: Poynings Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=53 Famous beauty spot just outside Brighton, with a pub, toilets, and splendid views. The Dyke itself is an Ice Age dry Valley.
- Devils Jumps Type: Attraction | Location: Elsted Contact: | Address: Sussex | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=18 A set of Bronze Age burial mounds or Tumuli
- Ditchling Beacon Type: Attraction Contact: | Address: | Phone: 01273 492630 http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=112 There is a fine viewpoint from the top of the hill at this Sussex Wildlife Trust nature reserve. There is usually an ice cream van in the National Trust car park.
- Drusillas Zoo Type: Attraction Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=441 Best small zoo in the country, excellent for children especially.
- Duncton Mill Type: Attraction Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=5 A chalk spring fed stream rises here and feeds a series of crystal clear ponds. Worth a visit if only to see the enormous trout that live in the aquamarine waters of the main millpond, right next to the footpath.
- Eastbourne Type: Attraction | Location: Eastbourne Contact: | Address: | Phone: 09067112212 http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=76 Major town with all facilities, railway station, and good bus connections. Tourist Information Centre.
- Eastbourne Pound Type: Attraction | Location: Eastbourne Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=4 A 5ha rock pool full of marine life, great for snorkelling or just rock pooling with a net. Beach cafe.
- Edburton Hill Type: Attraction Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=133 You can still see the earthworks for an early Norman Motte and Bailey (ditch and mound) castle.
- Firle Beacon Type: Attraction | Location: Firle Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=87 One of the highpoints of the South Downs Way at 217m.
- Garden Hill Lane Type: Attraction Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=346 A sunken lane that is also a river
- Glyndebourne Type: Attraction | Location: Glynde Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=131 World famous Opera House, visible from the Trail.
- Harting Downs Type: Attraction | Location: South Harting Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=9 A large area of chalk grassland with stands of wild juniper. There are also prehistoric remains including cross dykes and a hill fort
- Heyshott Type: Attraction | Location: Heyshott Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=21 A very attractive village around are large village green and pond. Pub.
- Heyshott Down Nature Reserve Type: Attraction | Location: Heyshott Contact: | Address: Sussex | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=82 Neolithic and Bronze Age earthworks on a chalk grassland nature reserve
- Hinton Ampner House and Gardens Type: Attraction | Location: Bramdean, Alresford | Distance from Trail: 2.5 mile(s) Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=343 National Trust Property
- Houghton Bridge Type: Attraction | Location: nr Amberley | Distance from Trail: 0.2 mile(s) Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=355 Riverside hamlet with pub and tearooms. Boat hire.
- Jack and Jill Type: Attraction | Location: Hassocks Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=69 Two preserved windmills, one sometimes open to the public. car park and horse box parking, south of Hassocks off the A273
- Lancing College Type: Attraction Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=105 The impressive main building looks like a cathedral, but actually it is part of this private school.
- Lewes Type: Attraction Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=363 Historic County Town
- Lomer abandoned Medieval Village Type: Attraction | Location: Warnford Contact: | Address: Exton Hampshire | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=27 An abandoned Medieval village whose streets and layout can be clearly seen in the field next to the Trail
- Meonstoke Type: Attraction | Location: Meonstoke Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=96 Small streamside village adjacent to Corhampton and Droxford. An attractive church by the river, as well as a streamside pub and a shop/ Post Office 1000 year old chapel with Mediaeval wall paintings and a yew tree that it, allegedly, just as old.
- Middle Farm Type: Attraction Contact: | Address: | Phone: 01323 811411 http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=440 Large Organic farm shop, English National Cider collection, and children's petting farm. Cafe.
- Monks House Type: Attraction | Location: Rodmell Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=127 Virginia Woolfs home until her death in 1941
- Mount Cayburn Type: Attraction | Location: Glynde Contact: | Address: | Phone: 01273 476595 http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=72 Iron Age hill fort and National Nature Reserve.
- North Stoke Church Type: Attraction Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=113 This delightful church, now closed, has mediaeval wall paintings.
- Old Winchester Hill National Nature Reserve Type: Attraction Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=404 Nature reserve with the best preserved Iron Age hill fort on the SDW.
- Parham House Type: Attraction Contact: | Address: | Phone: 01903 742021 http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=86 One of the best preserved Elizabethan houses in England, surrounded by formal gardens and a deer park. Visible from the South Downs Way.
- Petworth Type: Attraction Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=433 Historic market town
- Queen Elizabeth County Park Type: Attraction | Location: Petersfield Contact: | Address: Gravel Hill Horndean Hampshire | Phone: 023 92595040 http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=73 Large Country Park with extensive areas of chalk grassland, yew woods, beech plantation, visitor centre, café, and shop. Includes Butser Hill, 270m above sea level with great views in all directions.
- Rake Bottom Type: Attraction Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=347 A stunning steep sided dry valley cut into the chalk
- River Meon Type: Attraction | Location: Exton Contact: | Address: Hampshire | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=85 One of the best and prettiest chalk streams in England - its pure waters supply much of the UKs watercress
- Saddlescombe Farm Type: Attraction Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=359 beautifully preserved Downland village, belonging to the National Trust. Don't miss the donkey wheel in the old wellhouse.
- Seven Sisters Type: Attraction | Location: East Dean Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=109 The most famous and beautiful section of the whole Trail, where the rolling hills meet the sea in stunning white chalk cliffs. The sisters are the valleys - there are eight hills.
- Seven Sisters Country Park Type: Attraction | Location: Exceat Contact: | Address: | Phone: 01323-871095 http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=393 Country Park on main bus route; pay car park, toilets, cafe, visitor centre, bike hire, drinking water tap.
- Seven Sisters Sheep Centre Type: Attraction | Location: East Dean Contact: | Address: Gilberts Drive East Dean East Sussex BN20 0DG | Phone: 01323 423302 http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=93 See lambs being born, or feed the orphans. Fascinating for children of all ages! A great place to learn more about sheep farming on the South Downs. Only open at lambing and shearing times.
- Southease Church Type: Attraction | Location: Southease Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=546 Interesting Church with Drinking Water Tap
- St. Catherines Hill Type: Attraction | Location: Winchester Contact: | Address: | Phone: 01489 774400 http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=101 Superb chalk grassland nature reserve and hill fort overlooking Winchester
- Steyning Type: Attraction Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=30 Attractive market town with all facilities
- The English Wine Centre Type: Attraction Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=443 Specialists in fine English wine
- The Long Man of Wilmington Type: Attraction | Location: Wilmington Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=46 Chalk figure dating from the mid 16th Century
- The mouth of the Cuckmere Type: Attraction | Location: Exceat Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=107 The last undeveloped river mouth on the Sussex coast, and a great place for a swim or a spot of rock pooling.
- The River Ouse Type: Attraction | Location: Southease Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=81 Near here Virginia Woolf, most famous of the so called Bloomsbury Group of artists and intellectuals who settled in this part of Sussex, drowned herself in 1941.
- The Sustainability Centre Type: Attraction | Location: East Meon Contact: | Address: Droxford Road East Meon Hampshire GU32 1HR | Phone: 01730 823166 http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=543 Educating, enabling and inspiring people to a more sustainable way of life.
- The Tiger Inn Type: Attraction Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=29 An old smugglers inn set on a very attractive village green.
- Tilton Type: Attraction | Location: Firle Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=58 Former home of John Maynard - Keynes, the economist and also one of the Bloomsbury Group.
- Uppark Type: Attraction | Location: South Harting Contact: | Address: South Harting Petersfield GU31 5QR | Phone: 01730 825415 http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=13 A late 17th-century house in an impressive setting.
- Upwaltham (Littleton Farm) on the A285 Type: Attraction Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=351 Hamlet with fine 12th Century church. Buses to Petworth and Chichester.
- Weald and Downland Open Air Museum Type: Attraction | Location: Singleton Contact: | Address: Singleton Chichester West Sussex PO18 0EU | Phone: 01243 811363 http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=28 An amazing collection of vernacular houses and buildings from the mediaeval period onwards. Includes demonstrations of old fashioned farming and gardening techniques and livestock
- West Dean Gardens Type: Attraction | Location: West Dean Contact: | Address: | Phone: 01243 811301 http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=54 Fine Gardens around a country house
- Winchester Cathedral Type: Attraction | Location: Winchester Contact: | Address: 1, The Close Winchester Hampshire SO23 9LS | Phone: 01962 857200 http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=52 Exceptionally fine Norman cathedral (from 1079) for the original capital of England, set in mediaeval grounds and cloisters. Built on the site of King Alfreds Saxon eighth century cathedral in the capital of what was then Wessex.
- Winchester Watermeadows Type: Attraction | Location: Winchester | Distance from Trail: 0.6 mile(s) Contact: | Address: Winchester Hampshire | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=36
- Windover Hill Type: Attraction | Location: Wilmington Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=3 A 188m hill with Bronze Age barrows and great views.
- Wiston House Type: Attraction Contact: | Address: | Phone: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdownssite.asp?PageId=26&SiteId=83 Now a private conference centre, Wiston House was the home of the Goring family from 1743.