Cool and Unusual Things to Do in West Sussex - Atlas Obscura

Unusual Attractions in West Sussex

West Sussex, England

Wings Museum

This WWII aircraft museum presents its wrecks like taxidermy, complete with recreations of the crash sites.

West Sussex, England

Millennium Seed Bank

Nearly 2 billion seeds from 38,000 species are stored and processed at this visitable facility in a quiet corner of England.

West Sussex, England

The Long Bench

This multicolored meandering masterpiece is Britain's longest bench.

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Storrington, England

South Downs WWII Churchill Tank

An abandoned World War II tank left to rust in the downland.

2 miles from West Sussex

Lyminster, England

Slayer's Slab

This carved stone slab marked the grave of a local dragon slayer, who makes a killer pie.

7 miles from West Sussex

Worthing, England

Warrior Birds Memorial

An eccentric memorial garden to the "warrior" birds of World War I, the messenger pigeons used by the Allied forces.

9 miles from West Sussex

Worthing, England

Dome Cinema

It was once the longest continuously running cinema in the United Kingdom.

9 miles from West Sussex

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The helmet and headdress of the Bersted Man will be on display for the first time.

Found: A Mysterious Warrior From Late Iron Age England

Some associate him with a real-life Asterix, though less successful in resisting the Romans.

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