Walking in England - Where to Stay along The South Downs Way

Where to Stay in Chichester - Cathedral City and The Prettiest Harbor in Britain

And they're off! Thoroughbred racing at Goodwood in Chichester. Horses pass the Sussex Stands during Glorious Goodwood one of the British racing season's top social events.

Photo courtesy of Goodwood

Chichester is also home to the Chichester Festival Theatre and to Goodwood where, depending upon the season, you can sample thoroughbred racing, motor circuits and golf. Some say that Goodwood, on the grounds of the Goodwood Estate - home of the Dukes of Richmond for 300 years, is one of the prettiest racetracks in the world.

Certainly the little boat haven of Bosham (pronounced Buzum)is one of the prettiest reaches of the lovely Chichester Harbour.

If you stay here, try...

• The Millstream Hotel in Bosham Harbour. A small, homey and very English hotel at the waters edge in a hamlet that, at high tide is virtually underwater. Storybook pretty, but careful where you park.
• Suffolk House Hotel is the foot of the South Downs yet in the center of Chichester. It's convenient for the Festival Theatre, Goodwood Racecourse and Motor Circuit and within sight of the beautiful Cathedral.
• The Marriott Hotel and Country Club for golf fans, the hotel has access to Goodwood's 18-hole golf course.

• Where to Stay along on the South Downs Way - - Hotels Near the South Downs
• Where to Stay in Winchester - - Winchester Site of the Legendary Round Table
• Where to Stay in Portsmouth - - Portsmouth Historic Home of the Royal Navy
• Where to Stay in Chichester - Cathedral City and The Prettiest Harbor in Britain
• Where to Stay in Amberley and Arundel - - Stay in One Castle, Visit Another
• Where to Stay in Brighton - - See the Royal Pavilion in this Regency Seaside Town
• Where to Stay in Eastbourne - - Seaside Eastbourne on England's White Cliffs