A meeting was held on Monday 7th March at Chichester City Council’s offices in North Street to discuss a plan of action for the Friends of The Brewery Field and agree the next steps required to bring about setting up the new Friends group in time for the Summer social programme, but including how the… Continue reading First Meeting of the Friends of The Brewery Field, March 2016
Author: Colin Hicks
Site Admin - Westgate Residents' Association Chichester
The Tannery development fails
With all the fuss being made about the Whitehouse Farm development, it is easy to forget the possible impacts of the proposed development of the Tannery site. Your committee is keeping its eye on this as part of its brief, with grateful thanks to committee member Brian Bird. The Background The Tannery was one of… Continue reading The Tannery development fails
The Northern By-Pass is back
Highways England (as the Agency is now called) have been given £250M to upgrade the five junctions of the A27 as it makes its way round the South side of Chichester. As part of that, active consideration is being given once again to the building of a new by-pass around the Northern side. Professional consultants… Continue reading The Northern By-Pass is back
The Best of Chichester
The Top 10 Local Attractions Chichester Cathedral Tangmere Military Aviation Museum Chichester Festival Theatre Weald and Downland Museum Bishop’s Palace Gardens Bosham Quay Fishbourne Roman Palace West Dean Gardens Tinwood Estate Vineyard Kingley Vale Top 10 Eateries Thyme and Chillies, Apuldram The Old Greenhouse, Fishbourne The Fox Goes Free, Charlton Wahaca, South Street Billy’s on… Continue reading The Best of Chichester
Who’s Who?
2022/23 Committee Following the AGM in November 2022, the following people have been elected to serve you: Sarah Quail (Chair) 44 Westgate Bebette Jones (Secretary) 6 Tannery Close Vince Waldron (Treasurer) 72 Westgate Clare Heath 21 Westgate Kathryn Kellagher 25 Westgate Brian Raincock 4 Mount Lane Julia Smith 66 Westgate
Newsletter No 1 December 2015
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The Brewery Field Update – Dec 2015
The Brewery Field is the new community open space that lies at the heart of Orchard Street, Westgate and Parklands. The Westgate Residents’ Association is happy to devote this part of its web space to a joint venture designed to support the creation of the Friends of The Brewery Field, following the successful public meeting… Continue reading The Brewery Field Update – Dec 2015
Prehistoric Westgate
This article forms the first in a series on the archaeology of Westgate and is adapted with their permission from an archaeological desk-based assessment prepared by SLR Consulting Ltd on behalf of Chichester College in 2013. The numbers on the above map refer to objects mentioned in the text below that have been found and registered in the Historic… Continue reading Prehistoric Westgate
Current Traffic on Westgate
Click on each image for a closer look. Once upon a time there were horses on our streets. Here is the current state of the traffic on Westgate (with thanks to Paul Wreyford) The state of the carriageway in the conservation area after that lot has driven over it Return
Historical images
Click on each image for a closer look. The olde West Gate itself? According to the caption, looking down West Street in 1782 from outside the walls, or is it? Historians are of the view that this is in fact Eastgate with the City prison on top, demolished in 1783. The other gates were demolished… Continue reading Historical images