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Chichester
City in West Sussex, England

Chichester

Chichester is a cathedral city and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England.

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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.

Get in

Getting to Chichester

The A27 runs east from Chichester, past Arundel, to Worthing and Eastbourne; and goes the other way west to Portsmouth, where it joins the M27 and goes on to Southampton and the New Forest. The A286 heads north, eventually reaching Guildford. Wikivoyage has a guide to Rail travel in Great Britain

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Chichester Cathedral

    The Royal Chantry, Cathedral Cloisters, PO19 1PX,.

  2. 02
    Chichester Market Cross
  3. 03
    Pallant House Gallery

    9 North Pallant, PO19 1TJ (SE quadrant of city centre),.

  4. 04
    Chichester Canal
  5. 05
    Fishbourne Roman Palace

    The largest Roman home in Britain with the largest collection of mosaics in situ in the UK.

  6. 06
    Novium Museum

    Chichester's new heritage museum opened in 2012, to replace the previous smaller Little London museum; built above a Roman bathouse.

Do

Things to do

Walk the old city walls Take part in the annual Chichester Festivities Chichester Festival Theatre is on Oaklands Way.

  1. 01
    Chichester Heritage Trails
  2. 02
    Goodwood Motor Circuit

    Claypit Lane, PO18 0PH, circuit@goodwood.com.

Eat

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.

  1. 01
    The Kennels

    Kennel Hill, Goodwood, PO18 0PN,.

How locals move

Getting around Chichester the local way

  • 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

From Wikivoyage: Bracklesham Bay, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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