Chichester
Chichester is a cathedral city and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England.
Chichester is a cathedral city and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It is the only city in West Sussex and is its county town. In 2021 the parish had a population of 29,407. It was a Roman and Anglo-Saxon settlement and a major market town from those times through Norman and medieval times to the present day. It is the seat of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester and is home to a 12th-century cathedral.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Chichester Cathedral
The Royal Chantry, Cathedral Cloisters, PO19 1PX,.
- 02Chichester Market Cross
- 03Pallant House Gallery
9 North Pallant, PO19 1TJ (SE quadrant of city centre),.
- 04Chichester Canal
- 05Fishbourne Roman Palace
The largest Roman home in Britain with the largest collection of mosaics in situ in the UK.
- 06Novium Museum
Chichester's new heritage museum opened in 2012, to replace the previous smaller Little London museum; built above a Roman bathouse.
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Things to do
Walk the old city walls Take part in the annual Chichester Festivities Chichester Festival Theatre is on Oaklands Way.
- 01Chichester Heritage Trails
- 02Goodwood Motor Circuit
Claypit Lane, PO18 0PH, circuit@goodwood.com.
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Where to eat
The Fat Fig is a pleasant cafe at 42 South St near the station, open daily 8AM-5PM. Brasserie Blanc on The Square serves upmarket French cuisine, open M-Sa noon-11PM, Su noon-9PM. Purchases is a slick place at 31 North St, open M-Sa 11:30AM-11PM, Su 11:30AM-5PM. Smith & Western, Station Approach, PO19 8DN (at railway station),. Mon-Sat 11AM-11PM, Sun noon-10PM. American diner.
- 01The Kennels
Kennel Hill, Goodwood, PO18 0PN,.
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Getting to Chichester
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 54 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 74 km · London Luton (LTN), 119 km
- London → Chichester88 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · £11–14
- Luton, Luton → Chichester119 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · £14–19
- London, Essex → Chichester88 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · £11–14
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No local-transport research exists yet for Chichester
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 Chichester. 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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