ABOUT THE TRAIL This is a self-guided A24 A29 walking trail. A264 A281 A264 Please read the A281 Horsham information below. A29 Heritage Trails A281 Lower Beeding A24 A281 Southwater A272 A272 West Grinstead A29 Knepp

Dial Post Partridge West Green Chiltington A281 Heritage Trail A24 A283 Ashington Henfield

Storrington Wiston A281

Amberley Washington Rusper

A24 A283 A29 Upper Rudgwick Faygate A264 Beeding Warnham A281 A264 A281 Slinfold Horsham A29 Areas of Natural Beauty/ National Park

A281 Lower Barns Green Beeding A24 Billingshurst Southwater X Nuthurst Coneyhurst HOWA281 TO FIND US A272 Coolham A272 West Cowfold Grinstead A29 Knepp Start point: Lintot Square, RH13 9LA

Dial Post Partridge West Green Pulborough Chiltington Thakeham A281 A24 Coldwaltham A283 ACCESS & FACILITIES Ashington Henfield Wiston A281 Easy Amberley Walking grade: Washington Small Dole Designed and Printed by Treetop Design Print. Tel: 01293 863131 A283 Upper Steyning Beeding BramberAccess: by road A24: Train; to Horsham. From the station, bus routes 23 and 98 serve Southwater. Trail: The 8mile (14km) Trail, taking you through our heritage and history, begins at Lintot Square, RH13 9LA. The main carpark offers two hours free parking with longer times being available in the carpark behind Beeson House. A shorter route 4miles (7km) excludes a walk around Denne Park House which dates back to 1600s. Toilets: Public Toilets at the Country Park Café. The Trail passes four pubs, a tea house, Country Park Café and Co-op store for pit stops and refreshments. Dogs: Please keep dogs on leads and clean up mess. Please respect the privacy of local residents. FIND OUT MORE: www.southwater-pc.gov.uk/-History-Group.aspx To learn more about the heritage of the wider district and discover additional trails, please visit www.horshammuseum.org Supported by Community Partnerships Forum and The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

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Southwater, known as “South of the water” was part of Horsham that lay south of the water, the water being the . It has evolved from a wooded and farmed area outside Horsham to a thriving village.

But how and why?

The answer lies in the soil! In the early 18th Historical Time Line from 1800 century buildings changed, instead of showing 1807 Southwater had its own windmill. timber, wooden houses were covered up, first 1844 The Fletcher family built the school and in 1850 provided with plaster, later brick. Then by the end of the money to build a church. century, brick built houses became the material 1853 the Parish of Southwater was formed. of choice and has largely remained so until 1861 the railway came to Southwater, which provided a significant today. Bricks are made from a particular type trading link for bricks and milk to be sold in . Census of clay and Southwater is built on it. Southwater recorded 703 people. bricks included hard engineering bricks. The 19th 1874 saw Southwater’s first brickmakers, Southwater Brick Tile and century saw a rapidly rising population and the Pottery Works, in Little Bridges Farm, Station Road. growth of both London and the coastal towns of The increasing population working on farms and in brickworks, , saw a boom in brick making. Southwater brought demand for houses, shops and businesses. These were caught the tail end of the Victorian building built mainly on the Road which linked Horsham with boom. The arrival of the railway in 1861 opened Worthing. up the possibility of exporting locally made 1900 the London School, Christ’s Hospital moved to Southwater bricks to those growing urban centres on the site of Dairy. It acquired the nickname of a Citadel of Brick. It is more than likely a lot of bricks from Southwater were used. The clay was laid down in the age of dinosaurs, 1951 census recorded 1200 people. (100my) so brick making has revealed a The building of council houses in the 1950s, boosted the need for number of fossils, including remains of the more bricks. iguanodon dinosaur. That was in the 1920s and began private housing development and continues to date. 30s. Recently when houses were being built, 1960s archaeologists discovered pottery, flint, bone 1964 Southwater railway station closed. and postholes that revealed for the first time The old brick works closed in 1981. that Southwater had been settled since the late 1982 saw the construction of the bypass which gave villagers a Iron age, around 400BC, through the Roman welcome relief from traffic. Exploring period up to the Medieval times. Some farmers 1985 Country Park built on the site of the old brickworks. became wealthy enough to build substantial Business areas built in the centre and to the north have been home Horsham farmhouses, a few of which still remain today, to RSA, RSPCA and Sony. District’s 500 years later. However the area was rural, it Lintot Square was built in 2005 to replace an aging small precinct. Heritage wasn’t until the 1800s that Southwater started 2008 saw a new War Memorial to incorporate people missing from to grow and develop as a community as the the memorial in the church. timeline adjacent shows. 2019 the village population nearing 12,000.

Country Park Country

Vicarage. Walk though gate of church yard to see: to yard church of gate though Walk Vicarage. there were about five brickworks brickworks five about were there Catherine Andrews and Patsy Laker. Laker. Patsy and Andrews Catherine

17th century farm cottage, and to the left, the Old Old the left, the to and cottage, farm century 17th which ceased in 1981. From 1874 1874 From 1981. in ceased which available from the library compiled by by compiled library the from available

road is Vicarage Cottage, thought to have been a a been have to thought Cottage, Vicarage is road built on the sites of two brickworks brickworks two of sites the on built Clay’. The A-Z of Southwater is also also is Southwater of A-Z The Clay’.

Country Park. Country footpath on the right until Church Lane. Across the the Across Lane. Church until right the on footpath This lovely park is is park lovely This in our library called ‘Winning the the ‘Winning called library our in 14

and football fields. At the club house take the the take house club the At fields. football and

Southwater’s brick history, is held held is history, brick Southwater’s

footpath into the: into footpath Remain on until the new Sports club club Sports new the until Link Downs on Remain A more detailed record of of record detailed more A

Park for 400 metres and left into 1st 1st into left and metres 400 for Park Donkey as it is by the Donkey Bridge. Donkey the by is it as Donkey

Bax Castle Pub. Castle Bax Worthing Road by side of Country Country of side by Road Worthing Circa 1840. Also known as the the as known Also 1840. Circa end the trail. trail. the end 11

Turn right walking south along along south walking right Turn Surgery back into Lintot Square to to Square Lintot into back Surgery

the bridge to: bridge the role on the London – Worthing route. route. Worthing – London the on role past Budgens, shops and Doctors Doctors and shops Budgens, past

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Southwater to Shoreham and London. Walk under under Walk London. and Shoreham to Southwater heyday, the pub played an important important an played pub the heyday, road. Turn right onto Worthing Road, Road, Worthing onto right Turn road.

left along route of the old railway line, once linking linking once line, railway old the of route along left many times since being built. In its its In built. being since times many slope then left onto Business Park Park Business onto left then slope

kissing gate, across field to join the Downs Link. Turn Turn Link. Downs the join to field across gate, kissing changed uses, names and owners owners and names uses, changed take right path by fishing ponds, up up ponds, fishing by path right take

end of playing fields as path turns right. Through Through right. turns path as fields playing of end 16th century inn. This building has has building This inn. century 16th Island children’s play park. At beach beach At park. play children’s Island Cock Inn Cock

Cock Inn. Cock With the school to your right, take left path at the the at path left take right, your to school the With (now Tipsy Fox) a a Fox) Tipsy (now lake, noting beach and Dinosaur Dinosaur and beach noting lake, 13

can be arranged via www.chmusem.org.uk via arranged be can Take path to right, around around right, to path Take available. available.

Christ’s Hospital Museum. Hospital Christ’s Country Park Café. Park Country Worthing Road to: Road Worthing

Visits to the museum museum the to Visits Refreshments Refreshments 15 10

the cemetery on right, down to the the to down right, on cemetery the

Church hall onto Church lane, passing passing lane, Church onto hall Church all parts are open to the public. the to open are parts all reach: and left your to

through between the scout hut and and hut scout the between through its own Chapel. Keep to footpaths and be aware not not aware be and footpaths to Keep Chapel. own its on footpath through park, with lake lake with park, through footpath on

Walk Walk is in the Church graveyard. graveyard. Church the in is reasons, and is one of a few Bluecoat schools. It has has It schools. Bluecoat few a of one is and reasons, Keep south, straight straight south, Keep opened in 1985. 1985. in opened

A recently recognised war grave grave war recognised recently A school moved to Southwater for ‘health of pupil’ pupil’ of ‘health for Southwater to moved school Redland Bricks. The Country park park Country The Bricks. Redland

Christ’s Hospital. Christ’s church is open from dawn to dusk. dusk. to dawn from open is church Founded in London in 1552, the the 1552, in London in Founded United Brickworks, and and Brickworks, United Dorking 9

in 1850 is the Parish Church. The The Church. Parish the is 1850 in the last of which were Sussex and and Sussex were which of last the

Holy Innocents Church. Innocents Holy right to playing fields of: of: fields playing to right Built Built with ownership changing frequently, frequently, changing ownership with 12

12 Reaching the road, turn left and take footpath on on footpath take and left turn road, the Reaching

recorded in 1327. in recorded

home of William de Baddingmere, with tax records records tax with Baddingmere, de William of home

Bodimans

a medieval house, thought to be the the be to thought house, medieval a

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Holy Innocents Church Innocents Holy Hospital Christ’s Bodimans

see. (a better view is where the meadow ends): meadow the where is view better (a see.

and take bridal way on left. Look diagonally left to to left diagonally Look left. on way bridal take and

From pub, head north on Worthing Road cross road road cross Road Worthing on north head pub, From

Hen & Chicken pub. Chicken & Hen Circa 1860. Circa 7

*** Continue north until you reach you until north Continue *** :

the right, to the Hen & Chicken Pub. Chicken & Hen the to right, the

back down Southwater Street taking the footpath on on footpath the taking Street Southwater down back

Kings Lane. Turn right, back to A24 bridge, walk walk bridge, A24 to back right, Turn Lane. Kings

through golf course. Go across foot bridges on to to on bridges foot across Go course. golf through

Farm, Hop Oast Farm, remaining on the footpath footpath the on remaining Farm, Oast Hop Farm,

Horsham Golf Club to your right. Walk past Home Home past Walk right. your to Club Golf Horsham 11 9 8

Continue on footpath across golf course keeping keeping course golf across footpath on Continue

Denne Park House. Park Denne A Jacobian house built 1605. built house Jacobian A 6

Denne Park House Park Denne Farm House Great House Wheelwright

the left path which crosses the main entrance to: entrance main the crosses which path left the

a small clump of trees in the field, where you take take you where field, the in trees of clump small a

left. Remain on footpath across driveway heading for for heading driveway across footpath on Remain left.

diagonally left through field. Denne Park is on your your on is Park Denne field. through left diagonally

first foot path sign through kissing gate and then then and gate kissing through sign path foot first

wooded area. Walk through woods and bear left at at left bear and woods through Walk area. wooded

(Pedlar’s Way). Continue for about 1km until a a until 1km about for Continue Way). (Pedlar’s

Turn right and then take the bridal way on the left left the on way bridal the take then and right Turn

left onto road and continue until the T junction. junction. T the until continue and road onto left

right opposite Kings Lane. At end of path turn turn path of end At Lane. Kings opposite right

Continue across bridge and take the footpath on on footpath the take and bridge across Continue

the village (Look south for the South Downs). South the for south (Look village the

4 6 5 metres across bridge reaching the highest point in in point highest the reaching bridge across metres

Turn right/east onto Southwater Street for 500 500 for Street Southwater onto right/east Turn

Longer trail Longer (about 2 hours approx. 4 miles). 4 approx. hours 2 (about

Iggy Dinosaur Iggy War memorial and gates and memorial War

trail skip to to skip trail 7

Longer trail begins here. To remain on the shorter shorter the on remain To here. begins trail Longer

the Worthing Road, turn left (north). (north). left turn Road, Worthing the

Continue along footpath until you reach cottages on on cottages reach you until footpath along Continue

established in 1930. 1930. in established

side of hedge. Look right; Roundstone Caravan Park Park Caravan Roundstone right; Look hedge. of side

right, go through gate following footpath on other other on footpath following gate through go right,

you walk north alongside the hedge. 100 metres on on metres 100 hedge. the alongside north walk you

and on your right, you will see footpath signs where where signs footpath see will you right, your on and

Ave and keep left going north along Worthing Road) Road) Worthing along north going left keep and Ave

2 3 be very muddy. To avoid this, go back onto Chessall Chessall onto back go this, avoid To muddy. very be

farmhouse, (The path going through the farm can can farm the through going path (The farmhouse,

Follow footpath through farm entrance past the the past entrance farm through footpath Follow

the farmhouse enlarged in the 1500s. the in enlarged farmhouse the

the Charman family. Records date from 1462 with with 1462 from date Records family. Charman the Country Park Country

Café

14 of HMS Bounty fame) and farmed by members of of members by farmed and fame) Bounty HMS of

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( a distant member of whom was Christian Fletcher, Fletcher, Christian was whom of member distant a ( Refreshments

Great House Farm, House Great owned by the Fletcher family family Fletcher the by owned 5

Inn

1 Car Park Car

Cock

turning left into the entrance gate of; of; gate entrance the into left turning

Vicarage

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The The

2 Chessall Avenue continuing for about 300 metres, metres, 300 about for continuing Avenue Chessall

START

Longer Trail Longer

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Church office. Opposite Godfrey’s garage, turn left into into left turn garage, Godfrey’s Opposite office. 3 LINTOT SQ LINTOT

Continue along Worthing Road past the Old Post Post Old the past Road Worthing along Continue Sports Club Sports

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Trail family have lived there since 1823. since there lived have family

One of the oldest buildings in the village. The Piper Piper The village. the in buildings oldest the of One

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Wheelwright House/Jasmine Cottage c 1500. c Cottage House/Jasmine Wheelwright Points of interest of Points

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Farm

Southwater Great House Great

Worthing Road and walk along LH pavement past: pavement LH along walk and Road Worthing

Bax Castle Bax platform still remains. Turn right (north) onto (north) right Turn remains. still platform

11 railway bridge where a section of the railway railway the of section a where bridge railway

At Lintot Sq. cross at the lights opposite the old old the opposite lights the at cross Sq. Lintot At 7

from the Sussex & Dorking Brick Company. Brick Dorking & Sussex the from

Chicken

recent years. The centre of the area has the gates gates the has area the of centre The years. recent

Hen & Hen LONGER TRAIL LONGER

is unusual as very few memorials have been built in in built been have memorials few very as unusual is

Bodimans War Memorial, War built 2008 with nearby seating, seating, nearby with 2008 built 3

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Olympia in 1930s. Look left to find: to left Look 1930s. in Olympia

is built on Southwater bricks!! He also starred in in starred also He bricks!! Southwater on built is

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bones has given Southwater this emblem and Iggy Iggy and emblem this Southwater given has bones

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Iggy Dinosaur Sculpture. Dinosaur Iggy The find of Iguanodon Iguanodon of find The 2

Heritage

in Worthing Museum. Then find: Then Museum. Worthing in

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relics. The main dinosaur bones now being exhibited exhibited being now bones dinosaur main The relics.

District’s (School)

Christ’s Hospital Christ’s

incorporates the library and houses some dinosaur dinosaur some houses and library the incorporates

Horsham

shops, restaurants, Village Surgery. Beeson House House Beeson Surgery. Village restaurants, shops,

Exploring the publishing industry. Built 2005 with tea house, house, tea with 2005 Built industry. publishing the

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when he moved to London where he transformed transformed he where London to moved he when

publisher Bernard Lintott, who dropped the last T T last the dropped who Lintott, Bernard publisher Denne Park Denne

Lintot Square. Lintot Named after the early 18th century century 18th early the after Named 1

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