A week at the Witterings

1000 foot bench at Littlehampton

Littlehampton

We are staying with relatives in Birdham near Chichester.  West Wittering is the nearest beach and East Wittering is a small village.  

It is a very picturesque area of West Sussex.  There are many beaches and quaint villages to visit within a short drive from here.

We went to Littlehampton, Dell Quay, 

Bognor Regis, Aldwick and Bosham.  Bosham is probably my favourite. It has a fabulous history.

Inhabited by the Romans, Bosham was the sixth most important town in Sussex in the 8th century. Legend has it that the Danish King Canute sat on a chair surrounded by his courtiers and commanded the waves to go back - they did not, an exercise which showed that even the great Canute was mortal; he got his feet wet! King Canute's eight year old daughter was drowned in the Brook Stream and is buried in Bosham Church in a Saxon coffin at the foot of the chancel steps.

It was from Bosham that Harold II set forth in 1064 to negotiate with William of Normandy, a voyage that led to William the Conqueror's return in 1066; Bosham features in the Bayeaux Tapestry.

Bosham

Bosham