Chichester Tour Guides

08/12/2024

It may not be the best weather to enjoy a guided walk around the beautiful city of today, thanks to , but have you thought about arranging a future tour or talk for you, your friends, family, group or organisation?

Take a look at our website and get in touch to discuss the possible options to enjoy on a more peaceful day. ☺️ 👇

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01/12/2024

Join us for this week's Sunday Morning City Highlights Walking Tour! 🚶‍♀️🏙️

Explore the city with your qualified Green Badge guide, starting at 11:30am by the Chichester Cathedral Bell Tower in West Street PO19 1RP. 📍

Discover the city's history and hidden gems, then stay in the city for brunch, lunch, or a reviving cuppa. 🍳🍲🍵 Book now and let us know you'll be there! 📞📱💻



Pre-Booking essential October - March.
More local Tours & Talks can be booked all year round.

☎️ 01243 850533

📩 [email protected]

24/11/2024

🚂 The Selsey Tramway 🚂

Discover the captivating yet ill-fated story of the Selsey Tramway! This fascinating display follows the ambitious vision to connect the village of Selsey with Chichester, and how, by August 1897, the Selsey Tramway came to life under The Hundred of Manhood and Selsey Tramway Company.

Spanning seven-and-a-half miles with 11 stops, the line linked the rural villages of the Manhood Peninsula, stopping at Chichester, Hunston, Sidlesham, Selsey, as well as private farms and Selsey Golf Club. The grand opening on August 27, 1897, drew eager crowds—but the excitement was quickly dampened when the first train arrived an hour late. Delays and breakdowns soon became the tramway’s hallmark, leading it to be remembered as perhaps the most problematic railway in the area.

After nearly four decades, the Selsey Tramway’s final journey took place on January 19, 1935. Visit our exhibition, open now, to explore this unique chapter in local history.

Entry is free, with donations welcome. Find out more: https://buff.ly/3AN33qE

24/11/2024

TODAY - Come and join us this afternoon - TODAY

24/11/2024

24/11/2024

Here's a ringing endorsement and a good read about our Cathedral's unique Bell Tower. 😊🔔🔔

🔔 Bellringing is an ancient tradition, with the earliest reference to bells being rung at Chichester in 1232, with our current Bell Tower built around the year 1400, with the oldest of the existing bells dating back to 1587.

Today we give thanks to our band of bellringers during a special service of Choral Mattins.

If you're interested in trying your hand at the art of bellringing, visit our website to find out more: https://loom.ly/hM-f0XA

24/11/2024

We are open today, come on down and blow the cobwebs away !

24/11/2024

⚠️ Due to high winds Petworth House and Park, the Servants’ Quarters (including the shop and cafe) and the Pleasure Garden are all closed for the safety of visitors, volunteers and staff.

We apologies for any disappointment.

23/11/2024

may make the decision for a tour this weekend. 🌬

If you're interested in taking a chance on the weather by booking a Chichester City Highlights tour for 11.30 on the 24th November, please let us know before 10.00 on Sunday morning.

Alternatively, we're happy to book a bespoke City Group tour at a time to suit you, when hopefully the weather is a little calmer.

☎️ 01243 850533

📩 [email protected]

🌐 www.chtg.co.uk

16/11/2024

In Chichester this Sunday?

Looking for something to do? Enjoy a pre Christmas treat and discover more about this lovely city.

Contact us before 10.30 on Sunday morning to pre-book your - Meet your guide by the Bell Tower for an 11.30 start.

Pre-booked group tours are available on other dates too, all year round. Please contact us for group rates and to arrange your bespoke tour.

Links in our bio.

📞 01243 850533

💻 [email protected]

💻 www.chtg.co.uk















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The Great Sussex Way
Visit Arundel
Sussex by the Sea
Experience Sussex
Love Bognor Regis
Chichester City Council
British Guild of Tourist Guides
South East England Tourist Guides Association
Chichester BID
Chichester District Council
Chichester Cathedral

09/11/2024

Looking for something to do this Sunday?

Contact us before 10.30 on Sunday morning to pre-book your - Meet your guide by the Bell Tower for an 11.30 start.

Pre-booked group tours are available on other dates too, all year round. Please contact us for group rates and to arrange your bespoke tour.

Links in our bio.

📞 01243 850533

💻 [email protected]

💻 www.chtg.co.uk

















The Great Sussex Way
Visit Arundel
Sussex by the Sea
Experience Sussex
Love Bognor Regis
Chichester City Council
British Guild of Tourist Guides
South East England Tourist Guides Association
Chichester BID
Chichester District Council
Chichester Cathedral

09/11/2024

09/11/2024

🎁 Have you started your Christmas shopping yet?

Our Shopping & Gifting Guides are live on the Christmas in Chichester website, featuring the latest stores in town and a Spotlight Series on our brilliant independent businesses! 🎄✨

Stop scrolling, head to our website to explore the guides and get ready for some retail therapy in the city centre this weekend! 🛍

Visit: Chichesterbid.co.uk/christmas

09/11/2024

As the nation remembers members of the armed forces lost during military service, HM Coastguard laments the tragic loss of more than 1,000 sailors on 22 September 1914.

09/11/2024

Tune in to BBC One at 9pm for the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance as we come together to honour the service of past and present military personnel, and pay tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

This year’s event will celebrate the remarkable men and women who fought in WW2 in 1944.

We will welcome veterans from campaigns in Normandy and Monte Cassino to Kohima and Imphal in East Asia into the Royal Albert Hall, and also hear stories from those that fought in more recent conflicts a decade since UK forces ended combat operations in Afghanistan.

Hosted by Adrian Lester, there will be inspiring displays of military music from RAF Music and the The Bands of HM Royal Marines, along with performances from Tom Jones, Jack Savoretti, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, Samantha Barks, Alexandra Burke and Jake Isaac .

Who will you be thinking of as you watch this evening?

📺 Watch at 9pm on BBC One
▶️ Stream on BBC iPlayer

09/11/2024

Remarkable 😔

A WW1 painting of the Tower of London 🎨 Did you know that the Tower remained open to the public throughout the First World War?

One visitor at this time was Canadian soldier and artist William George Storm Jr, who had moved to London to pursue a career as an artist 🖌️

After painting the Tower of London on his visits, Storm left for the Western Front and, sadly, he was later killed at the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917. His painting of the Byward Tower survives as a record of visitors seeking comfort and hope at the Tower during the war.