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Markets and ports were an important part of the trading network during the Middle Ages. Indeed, by Domesday Arundel was already an important river port.

The Onslow Arms in Loxwood stands close to the Wey and Arun Junction Canal, which was opened in 1816.

We are near the long stone road bridge to Houghton, built in 1875 and crossing the tidal River Arun. Vinson's was a popular riverside tea rooms and garden. There is still a tea garden on the site.

The great battlemented castle can be seen standing guard over the town; there has been a fortification on this site since the 11th century, though most of the present castle is Victorian.

The great battlemented castle can be seen standing guard over the town; there has been a fortification on this site since the 11th century, though most of the present castle is Victorian.

Situated at the foot of the South Downs, where the River Stor flows north-west to its confluence with the Arun, Storrington is the only downland settlement that became a small market town.

Standing on a plateau overlooking the Arun Valley, Amberley is often described as 'the pearl of Sussex' and 'the loveliest village in Sussex'.

The Arun, described as the second fastest-flowing river in the country, had strong tides; by the 1930s, they reached Pulborough, where two old stone bridges crossed the river.

Amberley Castle, which lies on higher ground above the River Arun's flood plain, is in fact a fortified manor house constructed between the 13th and 16th centuries by the Bishops of Chichester as part

Loxwood is on the route of the partly-restored Wey and Arun canal near the Surrey border—'London's lost route to the sea'.The shop on the left has old enamelled metal cigarette advertising signs fixed

Like Lewes, Arundel was established by a Norman baron, this time Roger de Montgomery, to guard a river gap in the South Downs, in this case the Arun.

The Black Rabbit 1898 Overlooking the pretty Arun near Arundel, the Black Rabbit was first licensed in 1804; at that time it was a popular watering-hole for workers digging a new cut of

Littlehampton had been an important port in the Middle Ages and even a Tudor royal shipyard, but it declined until reviving with the canalisation of the Arun in 1723; it was most successful during Victorian

The castle, much enlarged by the Dukes of Norfolk, along with their Roman Catholic cathedral, dominates this picturesque hill town, giving it a distinctly French character in distant views.The bridge over

The village was created at the turn of the century to house construction workers for the very large brick-built Christ's Hospital school nearby.

This tiny stretch, less than a mile long, is all that is left of the grandiose Portsmouth & Arundel Canal, which linked Ford on the River Arun with Chichester and Portsmouth Harbour.

This tiny stretch, less than a mile long, is all that is left of the grandiose Portsmouth and Arundel Canal, which linked Ford on the River Arun with Chichester and Portsmouth Harbour.

Houghton is a hamlet with a long stone bridge across the tidal River Arun.

There were two Littlehamptons, a busy port and fishing village about half a mile inland on the east bank of the Arun, and the seaside resort which grew up after 1800.

There were two Littlehamptons, a busy port and fishing village about half a mile inland on the east bank of the Arun, and the seaside resort which grew up after 1800.

Loxwood is on the route of the partly-restored Wey and Arun canal near the Surrey border - 'London's lost route to the sea'. The church of St John the Baptist was built in 1898.

The village was created at the turn of the century to house construction workers for the very large brick-built Christ's Hospital school nearby.

St Mary's Church 1907 Moving north-east to the western end of the Sussex Weald, we reach the town of Horsham, which expanded greatly after the railway arrived in 1848.

St Mary's Church 1907 Moving north-east to the western end of the Sussex Weald, we reach the town of Horsham, which expanded greatly after the railway arrived in 1848.