Birdham
Birdham is a village and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England.

Birdham is a village and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. It is located on the Manhood Peninsula, c. 5 miles (8.0 km) south-west of the city of Chichester. The parish church is dedicated to St Benjamin, although the dedication was to St. Ethan until c. 1900.
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Worth seeing in and around Birdham
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01St James' Church, Birdham
The parish church of St James, Birdham is situated on the Manhood Peninsula in Sussex. The area is a suburban extension of the city of Chichester, popular as a place to live and visit from its nearness to the city, Chichester Harbour and marina.
0 m · church in Chichester, UK · Wikipedia - 02St Mary Our Lady Sidlesham
St Mary Our Lady is the parish church of Sidlesham in West Sussex, England. The family friendly church is down a short lane off the Chichester to Selsey road, by some thatched cottages.
3.4 km · Grade I listed church in Sidlesham, Chichester, West Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St Nicholas' Church, West Itchenor
St. Nicholas Church is the Anglican parish church of West Itchenor, a village in the Chichester district of West Sussex, United Kingdom.
2.4 km · church in Chichester, UK · Wikipedia - 04Chandler's House
The Old Town Hall is a historic building on Shore Road in Bosham, a town in West Sussex, in England. The structure, which has been converted into a private house, is a Grade II listed building.
4 km · house in Bosham, Chichester, West Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Birdham
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 60 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 79 km · London Luton (LTN), 124 km
- London → Birdham93 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · £12–16
- Luton, Luton → Birdham124 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · £15–21
- London, Essex → Birdham93 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · £12–16
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No local-transport research exists yet for Birdham
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Birdham. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inAccess to West Itchenor is also possible from a small pedestrian and cycle ferry from Old Bosham.
- Go nextChichester Selsey West Itchenor for foot ferry to Bosham and harbour boat trips Bognor Regis
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Next door to Birdham
- Apuldramvillage in West Sussex, United Kingdom3.4 km
- Earnleyvillage in Chichester District, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom3.5 km
- Sidleshamvillage in West Sussex, England, UK3.2 km
- West Itchenorvillage in West Sussex, England, UK2.6 km
- Donningtonvillage and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex in England, UK3.5 km
- Bosham Hoevillage in West Sussex, England, UK1.8 km