Length: 20.9 km (13.0 mi) [shorter walk possible]
Ascent/Descent: negligible
Net Walking Time: ca. 4 ¼ hours
Toughness: 2 out of 10
Take the 09.05 train from Victoria to Portsmouth Harbour &
Bognor Regis (CJ 09.12, EC 09.23), arrives Chichester 10.37.
You need to be in the front part of the train.
[From London Bridge, take
the 09.05 Brighton train and change at East Croydon (09.18/09.23)]
Return: buses 52/53 (xx.01, xx.12, xx.41);
trains: xx.09 and xx.39 (96 minutes journey time).
Buy a Chichester return.
Shorter Walk: cut out the canal stretch at the start by taking bus 52
from Chichester Bus Station (Bay 3) at 10.48 to Birdham, Chichester
Marina.
This is an easy walk along the final section of the New Lipchis Way. It starts
in the historic cathedral town of Chichester and heads south, inland at first
along a quiet canal, then a disused section of canal teaming with wildlife,
then via the shoreline of Chichester's tidal harbour to West Wittering's wide
sandy beach and East Head - a very pretty sand spit at the harbour entrance.
Return to Chichester is by frequent bus.
The New Lipchis Way runs from Liphook to Chichester and is waymarked on
OS maps. This is its final section. It has been adopted by Chichester Council,
and is well waymarked.
Lunch: The Ship Inn (10.1 km/6.3 mi, food to
14.30) or - a little further along - The
Quarterdeck Café both in West Itchenor.
Tea: The Old House at Home, right by the bus stop
for services to Chichester in West Wittering [note: I can’t find any
online reference to say this is still a going concern]; or The Landing Coffee Shop, just around the corner from the
pub (open to 16.00, if still in business). Plenty of options in Chichester, within a few minutes of the bus and train stations.
For walk directions, map, height profile, photos and gpx/kml files click here. t=swc.167
1 comment:
n=1 , so I'm told. w=some-rain-some-sun.
Being a fast walker and a picnicker, he got the 15.40 bus back to Chichester.
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