Weald & Downland Living Museum

Weald & Downland Living Museum near Chichester is an open-air heritage museum with more than fifty historic buildings spread across 40 acres, and dogs are welcome through most of them. This is one of the few museums where a dog can follow you into workshops, houses, barns and farmsteads while you explore centuries of rural life. Only the watermill, Newdigate bakehouse, Dairy and Winkhurst Tudor kitchen are off-limits.

Dogs must stay on a short lead throughout the site and flexi leads are not permitted. The museum opens daily from 10:00 to 17:00 in the main season (10:00 to 16:00 in winter), with free on-site parking in the museum car park. The on-site café is open in line with museum hours and no admission ticket is needed to visit it.

A designated dog-friendly section of the café, including the outdoor decking, means a rest stop does not mean splitting up. With animals on site, hands-on exhibits and enough variety for a full day out, it is the sort of place where the dog gets as much exploring done as you do.