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Chichester Harbour has won £250,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to plan new bird islands and saltmarsh, and to bid for a bigger grant to build them.
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Food & Drink
Brunch in Chichester: The Best Breakfast and Brunch Spots
17 Grams serves brunch until 4.30pm; The Ivy's breakfast special is £13.95 with coffee. 10 Chichester brunch spots with prices and hours, checked October 2026.
Food & Drink
Afternoon Tea in Chichester: Where to Book
The Ship's autumn tea is £29.95, the Ivy's £35.95 and the Spread Eagle's £31. Nine afternoon teas around Chichester with prices, times and booking rules.
Families
Soft Play and Rainy-Day Places Near Chichester
Flip Out's soft play is £5.50 for three hours and Little Street's role play town £7.95. Eight soft play and rainy-day places near Chichester, prices checked.
Food & Drink
Chichester Cafes and Coffee Shops: Where to Go
Trading Post, 17 Grams, Robin's Nest and the Cathedral cloisters cafe lead 12 Chichester cafes, with hours, dogs and hygiene ratings checked 26 October 2026.
Parks
Chichester Playgrounds and Parks for Children
Oaklands Park's zip wire, Priory Park's castle and Whyke Oval's farm lead 12 Chichester and Selsey playgrounds, with toilets, parking and dog rules checked.
Walks
Walks Near Chichester: Circular Routes, Harbour and Downs
The canal towpath runs 4 miles to the harbour and Centurion Way 5.5. 12 walks near Chichester, with distances, tides, parking, dog rules and toilets checked.
Business
Graylingwell Cow Shed Opens: Organic Milk at the Pavilion
Woodhorn Farm has opened its third Cow Shed at Graylingwell Pavilion: unhomogenised organic milk, six milkshakes and local produce, self-service.
Council
Chichester Council on Munya Chawawa: Abuse 'Has No Place'
Chichester District Council says it is 'deeply saddened' by Munya Chawawa's account of racism and homophobia in the city. What it said, and what police have on record.
Food & Drink
Sunday Roast in Chichester: Where to Book
Roasts from £17.95 at the Hole in the Wall to £25 at the Horse & Groom: nine Chichester pubs with Sunday menus, times and booking rules, checked October 2026.
Selsey
Selsey Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Selsey weather today: overcast, 15°C by day and 10°C overnight, with a 22% chance of rain and winds up to 10 mph. Seven-day forecast, updated every morning.
Christmas
Chichester Festive Family Day: free, Sat 12 Dec, 10am to 4pm
Chichester's free Festive Family Day is Saturday 12 December, 10am to 4pm: five free activity stops, a stamp passport, a samba band at noon and stilt walkers.
Food & Drink
Chichester Restaurants: The Best Places to Eat
Cassons at Tangmere is the area's Michelin Guide pick: 13 Chichester restaurants and pubs, with menu prices, hours and hygiene ratings checked 24 October 2026.
Between the South Downs and the sea there is a strip of West Sussex with a cathedral city at one end of it and a seaside town at the other. Chichester has the Roman street plan, the cathedral and the theatre. Bognor Regis, seven miles east, is a different sort of place entirely. Arundel sits inland under its castle, and the Manhood peninsula runs south to Selsey and the Witterings with the harbour on one side.
Chichester Live covers all of it. Planning here is unusually complicated, because the northern part of the district falls inside the South Downs National Park, where the park authority decides applications rather than the council, and Chichester and Arundel are in different districts again. We name the responsible body every time and link to its own record.
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