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The Fox Goes Free Inn – West Dean Stores & Café loop from Bosham

Road cycling routes

South East England

The Fox Goes Free Inn – West Dean Stores & Café loop from Bosham

Moderate

4.7

(3)

81

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The Fox Goes Free Inn – West Dean Stores & Café loop from Bosham

02:09

49.0km

270m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 19, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Chichester Harbour National Landscape

South Downs National Park

Waypoints

A

Start point

Train Station

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1

589 m

The Crate Café Bosham

Highlight • Cafe

The Crate Cafe Bosham. Mid ride stop for coffee and cake. Covered outdoor seating with heating, very much welcomed on a chilly February ride.

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2

11.5 km

Gribble Inn

Highlight • Restaurant

3

31.2 km

East Dean Village Green and Pond

Highlight • Lake

Nestled on the outskirts of Chichester, between the villages of Singleton and Upwaltham, the pretty village of East Dean lies in the scenic Upper Lavant Valley of the South Downs.

This quaint settlement, steeped in history with traces of Celtic fields and Roman artifacts, has a timeless charm. It features a pond on the village green and a distinctive flint-walled pub called The Star and Garter.

Surprisingly, despite its small size, East Dean proudly hosts a football team, a local institution founded over 130 years ago, competing in the West Sussex league.

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4

32.6 km

The Fox Goes Free Inn

Highlight • Historical Site

Far from a standard British pub name, the Fox Goes Free is a great establishment in the little village of Charlton in West Sussex at the foot of Levin Down. Here they offer both food, drinks and rooms, all within the walls of this four hundred year old Inn.

Did you know that the Fox Goes Free hosted the first ever English Women's Institute meeting in 1915? The organisation was actually formed in Canada in 1897 and brought here via Anglesey in Wales.

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5

36.3 km

West Dean Stores & Café

Highlight • Cafe

Great table service from the staff here, decent coffee and a sarnie brought out to the benches. There's a toilet around the back as well as bike docks with maintenance station

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6

36.4 km

The Selsey Arms

Highlight • Restaurant

The Dean Inn closed and the pub has reopened as the Selsey Arms.

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7

40.9 km

The Earl of March Pub

Highlight • Pub

Great country (Harveys) pub with views over countryside towards the South Downs from the outdoor seating area at the rear.

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8

43.9 km

Former Design Vintage Café

Highlight • Other

Design Vintage Cafe is now closed. The company has moved premises to Selbourne.

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45.0 km

Lye Wood

Forest

B

49.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

29.6 km

12.9 km

4.56 km

1.65 km

163 m

120 m

Surfaces

45.1 km

3.24 km

665 m

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