During the week, I saw a Twitter post highlighting the City Walls walk around Chichester, West Sussex. I thought it looked and sounded interesting and we opted to make that walk on a sunny Sunday.
The whole circular walk is only around one and a half miles, but there is a lot to see and absorb - history at every turn and quite fascinating. The walls were added in the 3rd century, so around 1800 years old, by the Romans.
I researched online beforehand to work out car parking. It turns out there are lots of options, but those outside the city walls are cheaper than those inside. We also found that Sunday is cheaper than Mon-Sat, so that was a nice bonus.
Having opted to park at Northgate, we crossed the ring road via the underpass and soon found our way to North Walls and the start of our walk.
Soon we were at the Cathedral and then through a gateway into the Bishops' Place Gardens. This was a really beautifully kept and presented garden.
Then, back onto the wall to continue the walk,
which next took us outside the walls but following the route by using by a stream side footpath. The end of that particular footpath meant we had now reached the halfway point of the walk as we arrived at South Street.
Continuing, we arrived at East Walls and resumed on the walk on the actual wall. This soon took us to Priory Park
and then around the outside of the park to North Street and therefore the end of our circular walk.
I had also spotted online that there is an ornate old building called Market Cross, complete with small clock tower, that sits in the middle of the City at the junction of the 4 roads that bear the various compass points in their names.
This spot also yielded some interesting photos, though i am certain I didn't explore the possibilities sufficiently and that a further visit maybe necessary - probably when the Cathedral no longer has scaffolding and plastic sheeting on view.
