Chichester — Chichester Map Poster & Print

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Chichester Map Poster & Print

Chichester has kept one of the clearest Roman town plans in England. It was laid out as Noviomagus Reginorum, and its four main streets, named North, South, East and West, still run in from the old gates and meet at the carved Market Cross in the centre. Long stretches of the medieval wall follow the Roman line, so from above the old city looks like a rounded enclosure split into quarters by a simple cross.

Outside the walls the plan loosens into Georgian terraces, Victorian streets and later suburbs, with the green of Priory Park tucked inside the northeast corner. The cathedral fills much of the southwest quarter, and its spire has long been a landmark for sailors coming in from the Channel. To the south the Chichester Canal runs in a straight line toward the harbour, a hard line against the curving lanes nearby.

Past the city the map opens into Chichester Harbour, a broad tidal basin of creeks, mudflats and low peninsulas, while the South Downs rise to the north. A Chichester map poster shows both at once: a compact walled centre and the ragged coastline beyond it. The fine black linework keeps the Roman cross readable at every print size.