Walks you can reach from Bosham by train
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Fishbourne Station Circular via Chichester Harbour (Sussex)
3m direct from Bosham.
Easy: 11km, flat terrain. 3h–5h.
Beginner-friendly: Just follow the coast and come back along a straight walk. It’s almost too simple! Flat, short and plenty of choices for lunch.
Chichester Harbour is a little-known National Landscape. Its protected saltmarsh landscape feeds an abundance of birdlife. It’s a major recreational harbour but somehow has a romantically melancholy and isolated air — you can imagine sea shanties being composed here.
Highlights: Chichester Harbour, Bosham, and Fishbourne Roman Palace & Gardens.
Lunch stops in Bosham (1h30–2h30 in): the Anchor Bleu, Timberley's, the Berkeley Arms, or Marwick's.
End-of-walk rewards: the Bull's Head Pub, or the Woolpack Inn.
Southbourne Station to Emsworth Station (Sussex)
6m direct from Bosham.
15km.
Flat coastal sea wall, tidal harbour, salt marsh, sand dunes, beach, mudflats, tidal lake, and historic village high street. Check tide timings.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Southbourne Station to Chichester Station (Sussex)
6m direct from Bosham.
18km. 5h.
Flat tidal harbour shoreline, raised sea walls, mudflats, fields, light woodland, duck pond, and pedestrianised historic city centre. Can be muddy. Best at high tide.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Portsmouth Harbour Station to Havant Station (Hampshire)
15m direct from Bosham.
20km.
Flat coastal walk, seafront promenade, sandy beaches, short ferry crossing, disused railway path, and harbourside shore path.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Balcombe Station to Horsham Station (Sussex)
45m direct from Bosham.
27km.
Wealden woods, farmland fields, streams, ponds, riverside nature reserve, and old market town. Can be very overgrown.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Ockley Station to Horsham Station (Surrey)
45m direct from Bosham.
20km.
Fields, oak woods, gentle hills, farmland, suburban Horsham, and parkland. Can be muddy.
A longer variant of Ockley to Warnham – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.