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  • The garden at Highdown was made as an experiment to see what would grow on the chalk soil of the Downs

    Owner, Sir Frederick Stern, 1967

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The National Lottery Heritage Fund has transformed Highdown Gardens.

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Lady Sybil Stern donated Highdown Gardens in 1968, to Worthing Town Council, as Highdown Gardens Trust in perpetuity for the benefit of the public. For over 50 years, Worthing Borough Council has carefully managed Highdown Gardens.

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Highdown Gardens, 33 Highdown Rise
(off Littlehampton Road), Worthing,
West Sussex, BN12 6FB

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