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The newspaper cited the city’s history, culture, and nature as just a few of the reasons Chichester is a great place to live, but that’s no news to us.
In February last year I appeared on national television to defend Chichester after The Times described life in the city as ‘barely worth living’ – a little more than a year later and it appears ‘The Times they are a-changing’ as it placed the city on the highest pedestal in the South East.
So what has changed?
The answer is ‘nothing’.
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Hide AdChichester is still bubbling with rich history from Fishbourne Roman Palace, the Norman cathedral or the city’s ancient centrepiece with the 500-year-old Market Cross. A cultural holy land, few small towns can attest to being home to world-famous centres for the arts with Chichester Festival Theatre and Pallant House Gallery within a short stroll of each other.
Cicestrians are also lucky enough to be a short cycle distance from the beauty of South Downs National Park but also some of the most sought-after (and the sunniest) beaches that this country has to offer.
If you need more proof than that, here’s what others in the community have had to say: