Pubs in Chichester

Old Cross

65 North Street, Chichester PO19 1LP

Large city-centre pub serving food all day. Popular with diners and a younger crowd in the evening with TVs showing football matches. Beer selection seems to change regularly but often comes from Greene King alongside other national brands with occasionally something interesting.

Park Tavern

11 Priory Road, Chichester PO19 1NS

Popular pub opposite Priory Park. There is a small bar area full of eclectic charm and a larger bar used as a dining area. It a great pub to visit to escape the bustle of the city centre shopping area.

Rainbow

56 St. Paul's Road, Chichester PO19 3BW

A popular Georgian suburban local with a part wood-panelled L-shaped bar and plenty of seating. It is one of only two free houses in the city. The atmosphere is cosy in winter and airy in summer. There is a coal fire at one end and a restaurant area including in a conservatory at the other.  On Wed to Sun, the full menu of reasonably priced home made bar snacks and meals are available lunchtimes and during the evenings when the pub is open. Food typically includes casseroles, mini-roasts, various burgers with home made chips and salad, and puddings. The restaurant area is also available for private functions. Quiz night Weds eves. Well worth the short walk from the busy city centre. See Facebook for longer summer opening hours.

Richmond

9 Stockbridge Road, Chichester PO19 8DT

Single bar sports pub. A low brick building on the main road backs onto an older flint house behind, operating as a separate coffee house, where the ground drops away to the old canal wharf. There is a large patio with wooden picnic tables and a smokers shelter to the front and a smaller walled patio to the rear on the lower level accessed via a narrow stairwell and with a gate out to the public wharf. The main bar has three handpumps with two ales and a cider. The bar area has a pool table, sky sports screens and darts with high wooden furniture. This leads through to a larger area with leather sofas and chairs.

Chichester Harbour Hotel

57 North Street, Chichester PO19 1NQ

Chantry

27-28 South Street, Chichester PO19 1ES

Former Slug & Lettuce.

Trents

50 South Street, Chichester PO19 1DS

This former hogshead stopped selling real ale when it became Trents. Now under Greene King ownership it has begun selling a single real ale with the installation of an additional handpump planned. It is still a food orientated pub with outdoor seating in the alleyway to the side that leads to a public car park. The pub opens early for breakfasts.

Vestry

21-23 South Street, Chichester PO19 1ES

Large characterless open plan pub rather dimly lit with a mixture of tables & chairs and some comfy sofas. Smoking area at the front entrance.

Duke & Rye

20 West Street, Chichester PO19 1QU

Large pub occupying an interesting building which was once a Gothic Revival stone church built in 1848. Beers come from the Marstons range and food is served all day.

Wickham Arms

102 Bognor Road, Chichester PO19 7TW

Fullers pub on the outskirts of Chichester on the Bognor Road.

Chichester City Club

13 North Pallant, Chichester PO19 1TQ

Hornet Alehouse

23 The Hornet, Chichester PO19 7JL

Busy split-level micropub with plenty of standing room at the bar in addition to seating both downstairs and upstairs. The upstairs room has board games as well as hosting quiz nights and monthly 'Meet The Brewer' events. Friendly, knowledgeable staff with tasters available. Four ciders always available as well as four craft keg taps. A wonderful addition to the city and is a mecca for an everchanging range of cask ales served from a temperature controlled cool room. Regional Pub of the Year 2019.