Steyning was a porrt until the river Adur silted up in the fourteenth century. It is now a picturesque South Downs market town with some fine Georgian buildings, an ancient grammer school and a church retaining impressive Norman features. To the south east of Steyning lie the small villages of Bramber and Upper Beeding. To the west of Steyning lies Chanctonbury Ring (Wikipedia link), a circle of beech trees planted in 1760.
Bramber has one pub and the remains of a Norman castle destroyed in the Civil War by the Roundheads (English Heritage). All that remains of a Norman motte-and-bailey castle is the gatehouse (standing almost to its original height of 76 feet), and the castle walls are still visible.
Upper Beeding has three pubs and is situated over the bridge from Bramber, and just off the A2037 or Henfield road. (It should not be confused with Lower Beeding which is near Horsham.)
Steyning pubs:
Chequer Inn **
Norfolk Arms *
Star *
White Horse * (Greene King)
Bramber pubs:
Castle Hotel * (Independent Free House)
Upper Beeding pubs:
Bridge Inn ** (Badger (Hall & Woodhouse))
King's Head *
Rising Sun *
Try also:
Ashurst, Partridge Green and Littleworth (to the north)
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