West Wittering
West Wittering is a village and civil parish situated on the Manhood Peninsula in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England.
West Wittering is a village and civil parish situated on the Manhood Peninsula in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It lies near the mouth of Chichester Harbour on the B2179 road 6.5 miles (10.5 km) southwest of Chichester close to the border with Hampshire. The sandy beach was described as having excellent water quality in 2017.
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Worth seeing in and around West Wittering
One place 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 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.
3 km · church in Chichester, UK · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Earnley Butterflies Birds and Beasts
- 02Medmerry RSPB Reserve
PO20 7NE (OS Grid ref:SZ 857 966), pagham.harbour@rspb.org.uk.
- 03National Trust East Head
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Things to do
This area of the coast area is particularly known for Windsurfing and Kitesurfing. Other shoreline activities include scuba diving with a Valentine Tank and the submarine HMS A1 being among the noted wrecks off the shore. Diving permits are required for protected wrecks.
- 01Foreshore office RYA yacht training
Chichester district council assists with boat launches - excluding personal craft and jetskis - runs Royal Yacht Association (RYA) accredited training courses and generally manages the beach.
- 02West Wittering Beach
- 03Solar Heritage Boat Trip
- 04Fossil Hunting on Bracklesham Bay
Common finds include sharks' teeth and bivalve shells.
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Where to eat
- 01Dom ristorante
- 02Pond Barn
- 03Drifters
59 Shore Road, East Wittering, PO20 8DY (at south end of Shore Road opposite the Shore Inn), info@drifters-ew.co.uk.
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Getting to West Wittering
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 64 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 83 km · London Luton (LTN), 127 km
- Stations
- Chichester Harbour, 2.3 km
- London → West Wittering97 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · £13–17
- Luton, Luton → West Wittering127 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · £16–21
- Bristol → West Wittering140 km · quickest by road, 3h 23m · £20–26
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for West Wittering
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 West Wittering. 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 West Wittering
- East Witteringvillage in West Sussex, England, UK2 km
- Earnleyvillage in Chichester District, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom3.9 km
- West Itchenorvillage in West Sussex, England, UK3.4 km