{"id":384210,"date":"2025-08-30T04:21:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T04:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/384210\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T04:21:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T04:21:24","slug":"the-charming-and-historic-city-is-one-of-the-best-day-trips-from-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/384210\/","title":{"rendered":"The Charming and Historic City Is One Of The Best Day Trips From London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/news\/one-of-the-most-beautiful-villages-in-england-is-just-one-hour-from-london-081625\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chocolate box villages<\/a>, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/news\/the-best-walking-trail-in-britain-is-just-two-hours-by-train-from-london-082325\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arresting walking trails<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/news\/the-colourful-pretty-seaside-town-that-is-one-of-the-best-day-trips-from-london-081625\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">colourful seaside towns<\/a>, there is so much to choose from when it comes to finding a decent day trip out of London.\u00a0And if that\u2019s not enough for you, there area also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/news\/the-wild-magical-forest-that-is-one-of-the-best-day-trips-from-london-080825\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">magical forests<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/news\/the-hugely-underrated-foodie-seaside-town-that-is-one-of-the-best-day-trips-from-london-080125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">foodie meccas<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/news\/the-historic-english-city-that-is-the-best-day-trip-within-one-hour-of-london-062425\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">historical cities<\/a>\u00a0and even more just a train ride away from the Big Smoke.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Because of the myriad possibilities for a quick sojourn out of the city, we created a ranking of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/travel\/the-best-day-trips-from-london\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the 20 best day trips from London<\/a>, to\u00a0help prospective tourists whittle down where they\u2019d like to visit.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And if you\u2019re still lacking inspiration, may we present to you another fabulous spot\u00a0that can be reached from the capital within just one and a half hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve named <strong>Chichester<\/strong> as one of London\u2019s best day visits. Why? Because the dinky, pastel-coloured city looks like it could be built out of macarons.\u00a0The city 80 miles southwest of the\u00a0capital has oodles of history, having been home to Roman and Anglo-Saxon settlements, and a market town during the Norman period.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how Time Out editors recommend spending a day in Chichester: \u2018Start at the Norman-meets-Gothic cathedral before moving on to the Pallant House Gallery, home to brilliantly curated exhibitions, a first-class bookshop and a courtyard caf\u00e9 that gives Rochelle Canteen a run for its money.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Some of the best bits of Sussex are an easy drive (or, if you\u2019re feeling full of beans, a slightly less easy bike ride) away, from the Goodwood Estate to West Dean Gardens and the gorgeous sandy beach at West Wittering.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>To get the most of your trip,\u00a0we suggest travelling the Chichester by car, which should take around two hours (and maybe less if you step on it). To get there by train, it\u2019s one hour and 30 minutes from\u00a0Victoria.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/travel\/the-best-day-trips-from-london\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See all of the 20 best day trips from London<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Oxford Street is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/news\/oxford-street-is-going-completely-car-free-for-one-day-in-september-082925\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">going completely car-free for one day in September<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Get the latest and greatest from the Big Smoke \u2013 from news and reviews to events and trends. Just\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VabxG0jK0IBqoptkHH3i\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>follow our Time Out London WhatsApp channel<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stay in the loop: sign up for our\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/newsletter?cid=uk~editorial~acquisition~newsletter~contentlink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>free Time Out London newsletter<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0for the best of the city, straight to your inbox.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From chocolate box villages, to arresting walking trails\u00a0and colourful seaside towns, there is so much to choose from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,6419,393,4884,257,6420,83004,6417,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-384210","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-categories-things-to-do","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-london","13":"tag-news-city-life","14":"tag-occasions-good-for-tourists","15":"tag-things-to-do","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115115805479865089","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}