Brandt Guides, Slow Travel series, 2nd ed., 5 February 2017

Pb, 288pp

WRITTEN BY LEWES RESIDENT TIM LOCKE

A Sussex Travel Guide including the South Downs, Weald and Coast, with tips and advice for exploring the area. This guide also features Lewes, Brighton, Chichester, Eastbourne and Hastings, coastal activities and routes, beaches, castles, walks, itineraries, accommodation and food. In an updated guide resident expert author Tim Locke encourages readers to slow down and take time to gain a deeper understanding of what makes the region special. Sussex is less than 30 miles from the fringes of London, but a very different world, with an irresistible blend of history, archaeology (the author has been taking part in digs at a new site near Barcombe), pleasure-seeking, delectable scenery, world-class gardens, literary connections and some of the most quintessentially English scenery. New since the first edition, the South Downs National Park, established in 2011, was designated an International Dark Sky Reserve in 2016, while Brighton now has its spanking new i360 viewing tower, Hastings has rebuilt its pier and opened the Jerwood Gallery, and Ditchling Museum's spectacular revamp has caught the public imagination. Also new, Chichester's Novium Museum, developments at Battle Abbey, and Rathfinny Vineyard, set to become Britain's largest.