Let Secret Sussex guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar.


Step off the beaten track with this Sussex guide book. Let our local expert Ellie Seymour show you the well-hidden treasures and hidden places of this fascinating county. Featuring over 150 unusual and unfamiliar places, this Secret Sussex guide is ideal for lifelong locals, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike.


Coverage includes: Burgess Hill to Seaford, Chichester to Petworth, Crawley to Crowborough, Eastbourne to Rye.


Inside you'll find:




Discover the setting for secret feasts in the forest
Peek inside a glamorous Vogue war correspondent's surreal Sussex home
Wander through a forgotten village by the sea
Stumble on a fairy-tale folly and a tomb shaped like a Pyramid
Uncover a hidden Bond-movie location
Hunt out little-known Sussex wineries
Track down Sherlock Holmes' fictional country cottage
Take a safari through an African-inspired landscape
Tour Led Zeppelin's former mansion
Lose yourself in a museum about murder and true crime
Hang out with a colony of wallabies


Sussex is filled with hidden treasures that offer countless opportunities to wander off the beaten path. Secret Sussex is the first guide of its kind, designed for people who think they know the county well but are ready to move away from the tourist crowds in search of the unusual, the underground and the overlooked. Discover unknown Sussex with this fascinating guide.