The Crab & Lobster

Local restaurants

Up the dining stakes a notch with a Modern British and French tasting menu in the art-hung restaurant at West Stoke House (+44 (0)1243 575226) on Downs Road, West Stoke, Chichester; ask for a window table overlooking the gardens.

Local cafes

In nearby Bosham, have a wander round the village harbour and poke your nose into the Bosham Walk Art & Craft Centre, where you'll find The Captain's Table (+44 (0)1243 574554), a sweetly unassuming tea room, for warming cuppas and home-made cake or soup and savoury snacks:

For a full list of eating and drinking recommendations in West Sussex, check out our West Sussex eating & drinking guide

Worth getting out of bed for

You're spoilt for choice here; go for a lazy amble round Pagham Harbour, spotting fantastically named birds such as wigeon, ruff, godwits and knots (plus a few common or garden gulls). For a bit of fresh sea air, a short drive will get you to the shingly shores of Selsey and the Witterings, to Chichester Harbour, or little village harbours, including Bosham.

Goodwood Estate is only 20 minutes by car; as well as a year-round events programme (horse power of all kinds being a theme), there's a golf course and spa. Petrol heads and adrenalin junkies are also catered for, with flying lessons (+44 (0)1243 755066) and track days. Check out the Breakfast Club motor meetings on the first Sunday of the month from March to November, and follow up with a peek into the Duke of Richmond's Regency pile.

Diary

June All things wheeled and wonderful at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Late July/early August Thundering hooves at Glorious Goodwood, the races held on arguably Britain's most beautiful track. September It's all about bobby socks, lindyhop, pencil skirts and classic cars during the Goodwood Revival.

For a full list of recommended activities in West Sussex, check out our West Sussex destination guide