Our Holiday lets are situated in the heart of a historic working National Hunt Racing Yard with direct access to the South Downs. Straw Bear is a small self contained holiday let that sleeps two guests. Comprising of a double bedroom, a separate bathroom with bath/shower and an open plan living/kitchen area. Straw Bear has a lovely quiet private patio area with outdoor seating and a BBQ for your enjoyment. if you love the outdoors and countryside you will love The Down Stables. The Downs Stables Holiday Lets are two self catering holiday lets and two Glamping Pods situated in the heart of a historic National Hunt Racing Yard in Findon, West Sussex. Each holiday let accommodates a maximum of two people. The Downs Stables is a fully working National Hunt Racing Yard with approximately 30 horses in training, situated right on the South Downs National Park with direct access to miles and miles of Sussex Countryside. We are 5 miles from the sea, 20 miles from Brighton and Goodwood and walking distance to four pubs, two restaurants , a cafe and post office/village shop. If you like horses and the countryside you are sure to love it here. The perfect spot for walkers, cyclis

Findon sits underneath Cissbury Ring, just behind the South Downs above Worthing. The village itself is nicely laid out, with a central square, fine houses and there’s a handful of shops too – a rarity in most Sussex villages these days. Findon is famous for horse racing, with it stables being looked after by two of the greatest racehorse trainers of all time – Josh Gifford and before him Captain Ryan Price, who was champion National Hunt trainer five times in the 1950s and 1960s. Under Ryan Price, the Findon Stables also turned out some outstanding flat racing horses in the 1970s including classic winners Ginevra and Bruni. The village is also the home of the great Findon Sheep Fair which, after a few stuttering steps during the recent foot and mouth disease crisis is now back to some sort of full health. The Sheep Fair itself dates from the 1780s, but there had been a fair in Findon since 1261. It must have been an amazing spectacle, with shepherds driving their flocks to Findon from all parts of the South Downs. It’s traditional for the sheep fair to be held on 14th September, although these days the event stretches out over a long weekend. The event no longer includes the sheep