48 Hours in Chichester, West Sussex, Chichester, England

There鈥檚 been a plan in my head to go to Chichester since June last year. So the trip has been a year in the making, and I finally made it there this week for a two nights鈥� stay. It鈥檚 not so far聽away聽from me 鈥� merely an hour and half鈥檚 drive (if traffic is good) 鈥� but I鈥檝e never had reason to go before and hadn鈥檛 thought of it as 鈥榮hort break鈥� destination. But then while I was in聽Aldeburgh last June, a volunteer in聽Benjamin Britten鈥檚 house聽who saw me admiring a John Piper painting (the artist was a friend of Britten鈥檚) told me I must go to the Pallant House Gallery in Chichester as they had one of the best collections of Piper paintings. I鈥檝e long admired Piper鈥檚 work and saw that the gallery also had some works of Eric Ravilious, another favourite artist, so this was a reason in itself to go sometime. And when I found myself with a bit of a break between my freelance book editing jobs, I decided to treat myself to a little trip.

Well, as I said above, the Pallant House Gallery is a good reason to head to Chichester if you enjoy fine art, but there鈥檚 plenty more to see and do. Chichester is one of the best preserved Georgian cities in the UK. It鈥檚 one of my favourite architectural periods and I loved walking down roads full of beautiful Georgian houses and cottages. There鈥檚 good evidence of the Romans in the city too. The pedestrianised city centre is enclosed within ancient Roman walls; many of the roads in this part of the city bear the word 鈥榳all鈥� within their name, and there are 鈥榳all walks鈥� with steps leading up onto the walls where you get a good view across parts of the city. It was when walking down Lower Walls Walk that I saw a road sign indicating that it led to Keats Way. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).

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Guide Name: 48 Hours in Chichester, West Sussex
Guide Location: England » Chichester
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Kay Gale
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