Emsworth
Emsworth is a town in the Borough of Havant in the county of Hampshire, on the south coast of England near the border with West Sussex.
Emsworth is a town in the Borough of Havant in the county of Hampshire, on the south coast of England near the border with West Sussex. It lies at the north end of an arm of Chichester Harbour, a large and shallow inlet from the English Channel, and is equidistant between Portsmouth and Chichester.
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Worth seeing in and around Emsworth
10 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.
- 01Stansted Park
Stansted Park is an Edwardian country house in the parish of Stoughton, West Sussex, England. It is near the city of Chichester, and also the village of Rowlands Castle to the west over the border in Hampshire.
4.5 km · park in Stoughton, Chichester, West Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02The Parish Church of the Holy Trinity, Bosham
Holy Trinity Church is a Grade I listed Anglican church, a parish church in Bosham, West Sussex. There was a church on this site in Saxon times, and the oldest parts of the building date from that period.
6 km · church in Chichester, UK · Wikipedia - 03Warblington Castle
Warblington Castle or Warblington manor was a moated manor near Langstone in Havant parish, Hampshire. Most of the castle was destroyed during the English Civil War, leaving only a single gate tower, part of a wall, and a gateway.
2 km · castle in Hampshire, UK · Wikipedia - 04St John the Baptist's Church, Westbourne
The Anglican Church of St John the Baptist, Westbourne is situated in the village of Westbourne, West Sussex. The church is part of the Diocese of Chichester and is dedicated to John the Baptist.
1.5 km · church in Chichester, UK · Wikipedia - 05St Thomas à Becket Church
St Thomas à Becket Church, sometimes referred to as St Thomas of Canterbury's Church and known until 1796 as the Church of Our Lady, is the Church of England parish church of Warblington in Hampshire, England. It was founded in the Saxon era, and some Anglo-Saxon architecture survives.
2 km · church in Warblington, Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06St Albans Church
St Alban's Church is a Church of England parish church situated in West Leigh, Hampshire, England.
3.2 km · church building in West Leigh, Hampshire · Wikipedia - 07The Old Rectory
Chidham and Hambrook is a civil parish in the Chichester district in West Sussex, England located approximately five miles west of Chichester, south of the A27 road, near Bosham. In 2011 the parish had a population of 1356.
4.5 km · house in Chidham, West Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Keydell House
Keydell House was situated in 45 acres of land near Lovedean Corner, in the village of Horndean, part of the ecclesiastical parish of Catherington Hampshire from Georgian times until its demolition to make way for houses in 1968.
5.3 km · country house in Bedhampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09South Downs College
HSDC is a Further education college located in Waterlooville, Hampshire, England. The college was formed on 1 August 2017 following a merger of South Downs College and Havant Sixth Form College.
6 km · further education college in Waterlooville, Hampshire, England · Wikipedia - 10Havant Thicket Reservoir
Havant Thicket Reservoir is a reservoir currently under construction to the north of the town of Havant in Hampshire, England. It is the first reservoir to be built in Britain in over 30 years.
5.1 km · reservoir in Hampshire, England · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Emsworth Museum
10b North St, PO10 7DD (above the fire station on North Street),.
- 02St James' Church
20 Church Path, Emsworth PO10 7DP,.
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Things to do
Emsworth Arts Trail. Annual event that occurs over one or two spring weekends each year. Walk around the town seeing artists' work in their studios.
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Where to eat
Oysters are the traditional speciality of Emsworth; it even supplies them to the King. Sausages O'Haglans on the main square produces award winning sausages, you can sample them at the excellent Sussex Brewery.
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Getting to Emsworth
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 62 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 77 km · London Luton (LTN), 121 km
- Stations
- Emsworth railway station, 300 m · Southbourne railway station, 2.1 km · Warblington railway station, 2.1 km · Rowlands Castle railway station, 5 km · Nutbourne railway station, 3.9 km
- London → Emsworth93 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · £11–14
- Luton, Luton → Emsworth120 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · £14–18
- Bristol → Emsworth134 km · quickest by road, 3h · £18–23
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Emsworth
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 Emsworth. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inAlight at for the Historic Dockyard, Gunwharf Quays, the Spinnaker Tower and ferries to the Isle of Wight.
- Get inThere are ferry services from four ports in Normandy and Brittany.
- Get inCross Channel ferry services operate out of the Portsmouth International Port located at the end of the M275 motorway Caen Brittany Ferries, up to 3 a day, 5 hr 45 min Cherbourg Condor Ferries, 1 Sunday service, 5 hr Brittany Ferries, 1 a day, 3-hr fast service Le Havre Brittany Ferries 1 a day, 8 hr 15 min overnight Saint-Malo Brittany Ferries, up to 2 a day, 9 hr overnight or in the daytime There are services from two ports in northern Spain (the Basque Country and Cantabria).
- Get inBilbao Brittany Ferries, 'cruise style' 2 a week (W: 24 hr, and Su: 32 hr), 'économie' 1 a week (Tu: 28 hr).
- Get inSantander Brittany Ferries, 3 a week (Tu F Su: 24 hr).
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Next door to Emsworth
- Havanttown in Hampshire, England, UK3 km
- Boshamvillage in West Sussex, England, UK5.9 km
- Westbournevillage and civil parish in West Sussex, United Kingdom1.6 km
- Rowlands Castlevillage in Hampshire, England4.9 km
- Southbournevillage in West Sussex, England, UK2.1 km
- West Thorneyvillage and civil parish in West Sussex, England4.2 km