Chichester

Chichester is a cathedral city in West Sussex, in South-East England. The city is a hub of several main road routes, and has a railway station, theatre, hospital, schools and museums. The River Lavant runs through, and partly beneath, the city. For a city of its relatively small size, it’s well-rounded, nicely brought up. Every base is covered. It has ancient history – buttercrosses, green men, bell towers, Roman baths, the works – and fine contemporary architecture, including a surprisingly super selection of postwar homes. It has the best seaside, up the road in the dreamy dunes of West Wittering, and the beautiful hills of the South Downs (including – top trivia – Britain’s only yew forest.