Walks from Chichester

Flat tidal harbour shoreline, raised sea walls, mudflats, fields, light woodland, duck pond and pedestrianised historic city centre.

Time: 5h

Warnings: Can be muddy. Best at high tide.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Recommended: Lovely views of the harbour inlets. A coastal walk incorporating several sections beside the shore of Chichester Harbour, on a mix of footpaths and minor roads with mainly arable fields and several stiles and kissing gates. The footpath at Fishbourne is tidal at peak high tides. Easy to follow and well-signed. Parallels the Chichester Cathedral Mini Pilgrimage from Bosham to Chichester.

Coastal: four fifths along the coast.

Chichester Harbour

Time: 4h–8h

Lunch: Refreshments at Bosham, roughly halfway.

Warnings: Two sections of eroded coastal defence after winter storms are officially marked closed (passable with care at personal risk). The Fishbourne footpath floods at spring high tides. Stiles and kissing gates.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

A flat route opening along the seafront promenade and then heading inland across mainly arable field paths and quiet country lanes through low farmland. Kissing gates but no stiles; some paths narrow and overgrown in summer. Can get boggy in winter. Following the Chichester Canal path from Hunston makes a nicer route into or out of the city than the residential streets through Whyke.

Time: 3h30–7h

Lunch: A parade of shops at Rose Green near Aldwick, but no facilities after Aldwick before Chichester.

Warnings: Do not try to cross the A27 directly; follow the path to the bridge. There is a railway bridge with about 20 steps each side. Fields around Pagham Rife can get very soggy and muddy in winter.

Walk details: Slow Ways.