Turner Exhibition at Petworth House
On a recent trip to Petworth House and a chance meeting with Ian their events manager, I was very excited to learn that a Turner exhibition is to return to Petworth House from 10 January to 11 March 2015 - fantastic!
Talking Points Interiors Shop Opening
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Bluebell Walks In West Sussex
The bluebell or “Hyacinthoides non-scripta” is a bulbous perennial plant, found in Atlantic areas from north-western Spain to the British Isles. It is known in English as the common bluebell or simply bluebell.
West Sussex Bird Watching
There are 3 great locations in West Sussex for Bird watching and one of them is right on our doorstep in Pulborough. Pulborough Brooks, Arundel Wetlands and Pagham Harbour are all within easy reach of the Hotel so you can combine your stay at Chequers with a visit to these three sites.
Children's Half Term Activities in West Sussex
With half term coming up we have been investigating all the great things on offer in the local area for our little guests...
Constable Exhibition at Petworth House 2014
Here's to another fabulous year of events in and around Sussex starting with the Constable exhibition at Petworth House!
A day out at Southdown Gun Club
After having a number of guests to stay who are taking part in clay pigeon shooting events, our daughter invited some friends over to have a bash and see what all the fuss is about...
Deer spotting and Foraging season!
It seems I chose a very wet Sunday to go to Parham House for the deer spotting and foraging event last weekend but I wasn't going to let a little English rain put me off...
Game season!
With the summer days still here it is hard to imagine that the delicious "game season" is just round the corner; meaning our specials menu will be fuelled with locally sourced game. Last year our West Sussex venison went down a storm so we will have that on the menu again.
Our Local Beaches
With the weather warming up, I thought it would be a good time to write about our lovely local beaches - especially as 2 of them have just won blue flag awards (http://www.blueflag.org/Menu/Criteria) for the cleanest beaches in England - Littlehampton and West Wittering!
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!
- Chichester
- Petworth
- Littlehampton
- West Wittering
- East Wittering
- Goodwood
- Festival of speed
- Glorious Goodwood
- Goodwood Revival
- Arundel
- Jousting
- West Chiltington
- Summer holidays
- Children
- Sussex
- Castle
- River Arun
- South Downs
- Events
- sussex school holidays
- school holiday in the uk
- school holiday west sussex
The South Downs Way
Given that Chequers is centrally located in the foothills of the South Downs National Park we thought it was high time we had something to say about it!
Easter fun in West Sussex
With Easter just around the corner we have been busy researching what is going on around and about Chequers over the long weekend to keep our guests busy.
A visit to 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.
West Sussex Walks
With the post Christmas drive to get fit and healthy we have been using the opportunity of being based at Chequers hotel to take advantage of the many scenic walks on the doorstep.
Settled in
Now that we've been settled in for a while at Chequers we really feel at home and especially now we've had more time to distribute our collection of furniture and antiquities around the place!