Guidebook for Bosham

Valerie
Guidebook for Bosham

Parks & Nature

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Bosham Quay
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Gorgeous walks on the South Downs, with a mix of foresty bits and wide open views of the sea to the Isle of Wight.
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Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve
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Gorgeous walks on the South Downs, with a mix of foresty bits and wide open views of the sea to the Isle of Wight.
From the Fishbourne Pond, behind the Bull's Head Pub, stroll along the shore (a flat, 45-minute walk) to the Crown & Anchor for lunch. Combined with a morning at the Roman Palace, this is a great itinerary for one of your days in the area.
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Fishbourne
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From the Fishbourne Pond, behind the Bull's Head Pub, stroll along the shore (a flat, 45-minute walk) to the Crown & Anchor for lunch. Combined with a morning at the Roman Palace, this is a great itinerary for one of your days in the area.
Beautiful, unspoilt beach with dunes and shallow water for a long way out. It's essential to book your parking in advance, or you'll be turned away and parking in the village is nigh on impossible!
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Plaja West Wittering
Pound Road
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Beautiful, unspoilt beach with dunes and shallow water for a long way out. It's essential to book your parking in advance, or you'll be turned away and parking in the village is nigh on impossible!

While you're in the neighbourhood, don't miss...

Here are our favourite sightseeing destinations...the ones we take our friends when they visiting from out of town!
King Canute's daughter is buried in the church, it's one of the oldest sites of Christianity in Sussex and it's gorgeous.
Holy Trinity Church
Bosham Lane
King Canute's daughter is buried in the church, it's one of the oldest sites of Christianity in Sussex and it's gorgeous.
Chichester is the county town of West Sussex, and has much of interest to history lovers, high street shoppers and diners, too. See individual listings for Chichester.
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Chichester
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Chichester is the county town of West Sussex, and has much of interest to history lovers, high street shoppers and diners, too. See individual listings for Chichester.
The raising of the Mary Rose is a pretty remarkable story, and it's well told in this fascinating exhibit about this ship - one of the earliest examples of a sailing warship - and Henry VIII's favourite in his fleet. You can also visit the Victory, Lord Admiral Nelson's vessel, and the Warrior, the world's first iron-clad warship. None of these ships are involved in any warring anymore, but their stories are really very special. Check out https://www.historicdockyard.co.uk/
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Muzeul Mary Rose
Main Road
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The raising of the Mary Rose is a pretty remarkable story, and it's well told in this fascinating exhibit about this ship - one of the earliest examples of a sailing warship - and Henry VIII's favourite in his fleet. You can also visit the Victory, Lord Admiral Nelson's vessel, and the Warrior, the world's first iron-clad warship. None of these ships are involved in any warring anymore, but their stories are really very special. Check out https://www.historicdockyard.co.uk/
Opened in 2012, The Novium Museum is an award-winning museum built over the remains of a Roman bathhouse. It looks after 500,000 artefacts, and also features some fascinating temporary exhibits. https://www.thenovium.org/home
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The Novium Museum
1 Tower St
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Opened in 2012, The Novium Museum is an award-winning museum built over the remains of a Roman bathhouse. It looks after 500,000 artefacts, and also features some fascinating temporary exhibits. https://www.thenovium.org/home

Fresh food, yummy drink & other essentials

A selection of grocery stores and independent suppliers.
Good discounts on wine and beer, and a decent range of groceries. There is also a bakery on site and the organic, free range eggs are the freshest around. There is also a post office counter at the back of the store.
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The Co-operative Bosham
Delling Lane
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Good discounts on wine and beer, and a decent range of groceries. There is also a bakery on site and the organic, free range eggs are the freshest around. There is also a post office counter at the back of the store.
If you love Waitrose (and we do), you'll want to know there's one 3 miles from the house!
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Waitrose & Partners
Via Ravenna
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If you love Waitrose (and we do), you'll want to know there's one 3 miles from the house!
If you're looking for freshly caught, local fish, you can pop down to Emsworth (Tuesday through Saturday, hours vary) and get the freshest there is. https://freshfromtheboat.co.uk/
Fresh From The Boat
Thorney Road
If you're looking for freshly caught, local fish, you can pop down to Emsworth (Tuesday through Saturday, hours vary) and get the freshest there is. https://freshfromtheboat.co.uk/
A gorgeous farm shop, with a great range of local produce, traditional breed meats and poultry and some mouth-watering dine in options. Situated in Stansted Park, 6.5 miles from the house.
Stansted Park Garden Centre
Broad Walk
A gorgeous farm shop, with a great range of local produce, traditional breed meats and poultry and some mouth-watering dine in options. Situated in Stansted Park, 6.5 miles from the house.
Well! Isle of Wight tomatoes are reason enough to shop here, but there are many others...good produce, quality local meats, artisan bread and a bulk buy freezer selection of frozen fruit, veg and ready to bake pain au chocolat !
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Southbourne Farm Shop
Main Road
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Well! Isle of Wight tomatoes are reason enough to shop here, but there are many others...good produce, quality local meats, artisan bread and a bulk buy freezer selection of frozen fruit, veg and ready to bake pain au chocolat !

Getting Around

Trains run fairly regularly from Bosham to Havant (connections to London) and Portsmouth to the west and Chichester (connections to London) and Brighton to the east. There is an hourly train to Chichester; the journey takes 6 minutes.
Bosham Train Station - Southern Railway
Station Road
Trains run fairly regularly from Bosham to Havant (connections to London) and Portsmouth to the west and Chichester (connections to London) and Brighton to the east. There is an hourly train to Chichester; the journey takes 6 minutes.
The company that picks you up. What more need we say?
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Enterprise Car & Van Hire - Chichester
Unit 7 Terminus Rd
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The company that picks you up. What more need we say?

Eat, Drink & Be Merry!

We love this seaside pub. They have real ales, a good selection of wine and very fresh fish. If you're going to eat inside, call ahead (well ahead if you can) and book a table in the bay window.
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Crown & Anchor
Dell Quay Road
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We love this seaside pub. They have real ales, a good selection of wine and very fresh fish. If you're going to eat inside, call ahead (well ahead if you can) and book a table in the bay window.
A beautiful waterside pub with tables front and back, and an upstairs dining room with a view of the harbour. Good, fresh food, ales and wines. If you're booking lunch, try to go for high tide (but don't park on the shore road)!
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The Anchor Bleu
High Street
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A beautiful waterside pub with tables front and back, and an upstairs dining room with a view of the harbour. Good, fresh food, ales and wines. If you're booking lunch, try to go for high tide (but don't park on the shore road)!
High-end restaurant in the charming town of Emsworth. http://www.fatolives.co.uk/
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Fat Olives
30 South St
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High-end restaurant in the charming town of Emsworth. http://www.fatolives.co.uk/
Seriously, the best fish and chips around. They even make their tartar sauce in-house. Other fish on the menu is also wonderful. Usually three real ales on the hand pumps, and a good selection of wines.
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The Blue Bell Inn
29 South St
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Seriously, the best fish and chips around. They even make their tartar sauce in-house. Other fish on the menu is also wonderful. Usually three real ales on the hand pumps, and a good selection of wines.
If you want an Indian meal, you'll be in good hands here! We generally get a takeaway ourselves, but the real takeaway here is: they have delicious food!
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Memories of India
Old Bridge Road
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If you want an Indian meal, you'll be in good hands here! We generally get a takeaway ourselves, but the real takeaway here is: they have delicious food!
This is our nearest pub, but it's changed hands recently so I can't give you my opinion. It's a 2-minute walk away, so that's a plus! Perhaps you'll tell me whether you think we should consider it our "local!"
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The White Swan
Station Road
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This is our nearest pub, but it's changed hands recently so I can't give you my opinion. It's a 2-minute walk away, so that's a plus! Perhaps you'll tell me whether you think we should consider it our "local!"

City/town information

Chichester has something for everyone, really, from history buffs to high street shoppers, real ale enthusiasts to fine wine lovers. The Cathedral is beautiful. Among its treasures are a Chagall window, the tomb monument of Richard Fitzalan (and accompanying poem by Philip Larkin) and a section of Roman mosaic floor (the original monastery, built in 681, was itself built on Roman ruins).
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Chichester
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Chichester has something for everyone, really, from history buffs to high street shoppers, real ale enthusiasts to fine wine lovers. The Cathedral is beautiful. Among its treasures are a Chagall window, the tomb monument of Richard Fitzalan (and accompanying poem by Philip Larkin) and a section of Roman mosaic floor (the original monastery, built in 681, was itself built on Roman ruins).

Sightseeing

Remains of the lavish Roman Palace of Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus, the 1st-century king of Roman Britain.
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Palatul Roman Fishbourne
Roman Way
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Remains of the lavish Roman Palace of Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus, the 1st-century king of Roman Britain.