Parks, Gardens and Battlefields
There are thirty Registered Parks and Gardens within the National Park boundary, as well as two Registered Battlefields, at Cheriton and Lewes. These national designations are selected by inspectors at Historic England.
The Registered Parks and Gardens included on the National Heritage List, grouped by County are:
Hampshire
- Avington Park, Itchen Valley
- Bramdean House, Bramdean
- Chawton House, Chawton and Farringdon
- Magdalen Hill Cemetry, Chilcomb
- Rotherfield Park, Newton Valence
- Stansted Park, Rowlands Castle (with West Sussex)
- The Wakes, Selborne
- Warnford Park, West Meon
West Sussex
- Arundel Castle, Arundel, South Stoke and Houghton
- Bignor Park, Bignor
- Blackdown Park, Lurgashall
- Burton Park, Barlavington
- Cooke’s House, Bury
- Cowdray House, Easebourne
- Goodwood House, Westhampnett
- Highdown, Ferring
- Hollycombe House, Linch and Milland
- King Edward VII, Easebourne
- Lavington Park, Lavington
- Parham, Storrington and Sullington
- Petworth House, Tillington
- Pitshill and the Manor of Dean, Tillington
- Stansted Park, Rowlands Castle (with Hampshire)
- Uppark, Compton
- West Dean, West Dean and Singleton
East Sussex
- Charleston Manor, Cuckmere Valley
- Compton Place, Eastbourne
- Firle Place, Firle
- Glynde Place, Glynde
- Plumpton Place, Plumpton
- Stanmer Park, Brighton
Other historic Parks and Gardens have been researched and recorded by County Garden Trusts. Where significant remains of these designed landscapes survive, they are likely to be regarded as ‘non-designated heritage assets’ by the Local Planning Authority and will be treated in the manner prescribed by Paragraph 135 of the National Planning Policy Framework when applications pertaining to them are determined.