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An exciting £800,000 project to refurbish and enhance several council-run play areas in Chichester will begin next month.

Residents in the Chichester District who want to make their homes more energy efficient can now access a new website that allows them to develop a free personalised home improvement plan.

Chichester Roman Week's most popular event makes a welcome return this May half term, as the live Roman re-enactment takes over Priory Park on Thursday 29 May.

There's plenty to look forward to over the next couple of weeks! Already underway is this year's archaeological dig in Chichester's Priory Park, which will look to uncover more secrets about our city's Norman castle!

Our offices will be closed from 4pm on Friday 23 May 2025 and will reopen at 9am on Tuesday 27 May 2025. We hope you have a lovely bank holiday.

Chichester District Council has launched a new online booking system for its trusted and independent MOT service.

Homelessness is an issue across the country - and the district is no different.

Further work to find out more about Chichester's Norman Castle will take place during an archaeological dig later this month.

Vintage motorcycle riders from across West Sussex will gather in Chichester city centre at the finish of an annual charity ride on Sunday 18 May.

A psychoanalyst who fled Nazi Germany, a suffragist fighting for women rights and an award-winning author will be just a few of the of the fascinating individuals to be included in a major women's history exhibition being planned by The Novium Museum thanks to a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

None of us like littering, fly tipping and dog fouling, and that is why, with your help, we have been working hard to make sure that our area continues to be one of the most beautiful places to live and work in the country.

In 1924, Queen Mary visited the Shippam's factory in Chichester and left with an unusual royal gift — one of a series of miniature jars of Anchovy Paste, specially made for display in her famous dolls house. Over a century later, The Novium Museum is on the hunt to track one down.