Getting around Chichester

Can you live in Chichester without a car?

Yes, more easily than in most places we cover. Locals say the same. The nearest station for most of its postcodes is Chichester, a median 1.2 km away, with 33% of postcodes within 800 metres. It recorded 2,687,308 entries and exits between April 2024 and March 2025. On the timetable for a term-time weekday (3 November 2026), 60 trains leave Chichester towards Havant and 72 towards Barnham between 7am and 7pm, about five an hour towards Havant and about six an hour towards Barnham; westbound they run to Southampton Central, Portsmouth Harbour and Portsmouth and Southsea, eastbound to Brighton and Horsham. That day, 87% of postcodes have a bus route within 400 metres with at least 12 journeys each way between 7am and 7pm, one an hour on average, on routes including the 707, 56 and 700. The nearest GP surgery for most postcodes is Cathedral Medical Group, a median 0.6 km away; the nearest state primary school is St Richard's Catholic Primary School (0.4 km) and the nearest state secondary Chichester High School (1.0 km), which is not necessarily the catchment school. The nearest food shop for most postcodes is One Stop (0.2 km). Gigabit broadband reaches 82% of premises and superfast 99%, averaged across 881 of Chichester's 1,128 postcodes (Ofcom, January 2026). Distances are straight lines from each postcode's centre point, and every postcode counts once, however many homes it has.

Source: NaPTAN rail stations (Department for Transport) · ORR estimates of station usage · Bus Open Data Service timetables (Department for Transport) · NHS Organisation Data Service GP surgeries · Get Information about Schools (Department for Education) · OpenStreetMap shops, © OpenStreetMap contributors · Ofcom Connected Nations broadband coverage.