Sights in Arundel
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Wildfowl & Wetlands Centre
Bird fanciers will be rewarded by an electric boat safari through this 26-hectare reserve, a mile east of the centre as the duck flies.
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Arundel Cathedral
Arundel's ostentatious 19th-century Catholic cathedral is the other dominating feature of the town's impressive skyline. Commissioned by the 15th Duke of Norfolk in 1868, this impressive structure was designed by Joseph Aloysius Hansom (inventor of the Hansom cab) in the French Gothic style, but marked with much Victorian economy and restraint. Although small for a cathedral – it only holds 500 worshippers – Hansom's clever layout makes the building seem a lot bigger.
A 1970s shrine in the northern transept holds the remains of St Philip Howard, a canonised Catholic martyr who was banged up in the Tower of London by Elizabeth I until his death in 1595 for reverting to…
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Arundel Museum
Last spotted in a tiny room at the defunct tourist office, poor old Arundel Museum has been waiting for a new home to be erected on a plot by the river for years. The modern structure should have appeared by the time you arrive, but at the time of writing it was still a Lottery-funded hole in the ground.
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Arundel Ghost Experience
Hear hair-raising ghost stories and explore supposedly haunted prison cells by candlelight at this kids' attraction. Check the website for opening times as often closed.
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Arundel Castle
Originally built in the 11th century, all that's left of the first structure are the modest remains of the keep at its core. Thoroughly ruined during the English Civil War, most of what you see today is the result of passionate reconstruction by the eighth, 11th and 15th Dukes of Norfolk between 1718 and 1900. The current duke still lives in part of the castle. Highlights include the atmospheric keep, the massive Great Hall and the library, which has paintings by Gainsborough and Holbein. The castle does a good impression of Windsor Castle and St James' Palace in the popular 2009 film The Young Victoria, and is ocassionally closed for other film shoots.
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