Chichester

Chichester is the only city in West Sussex, in southern England, and it serves as the county town. It is a cathedral city and a civil parish within the Chichester district, and in 2021 the parish had a population of 29,407. The settlement has Roman and Anglo-Saxon origins and has remained an important market town through the Norman and medieval periods into the present day. It is the seat of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester, and its 12th-century cathedral is the centre of the city's religious life. Two watercourses run through the city, the Chichester Canal and the River Lavant; the Lavant is a winterbourne that flows south of the city walls and is carried mostly in culverts close to the city centre.