A West Sussex Action Group Committed to Protecting a Valued Local Asset
Project to restore Richard Farrington’s wonderfull Archway Sculpture
The Friends of Centurion Way are delighted to share that we made a successful bid to the UK Shared Prosperity Fund for funds to support our project to restore and reinstate the Arch at the southern end of the path. This Fund provides grants allocated by Chichester District Council for heritage and community projects and…
Anyone wishing to preserve and promote Centurion Way is most welcome to attend the Friends of Centurion Way AGM at 7:00pm on 11th April 2024. We will hold the meeting in the Baptist Hall, 124 Sherborne Rd, Chichester, PO19 3AW. We intend to start the meeting at 7:00 pm and to finish by 9:00 pm.…
New Years Day Update The rain held back on New Years Day while many people joined the Friends of Centurion Way to support Carley Sitwell’s bid to reinstate Richard Farrington’s Archway Sculpture that was originally the gateway to the start of the path. Indeed, Richard Farrington joined us in person and he expressed his appreciation…
South Downs National Park have recently announced they aim to extend Centurion Way to join with the South Downs Way by 2026. They explain: Led by the South Downs National Park Authority working with a range of partners and landowners, the route is currently being extended from West Dean to Cocking to link up with…
Carley & Louise enjoyed the experience of being interviewed by skilled media creator Clare Mansell. Although slightly anxious about how the episode 5 will come out, we are very much looking forward to sharing it as a way to promote reinstatement of the archway. Clare is in the process of publishing Bike Tales Season 2…
Thursday afternoon, 16th February 2023 one of our Facebook supporters let us know that the Arch Sculptures had been moved from its covered storage at the WSCC Depot. We knew that we would have to move it out this spring but not quite yet! After a few desperate phone calls and an early morning site…
The Friends of Centurion Way Committee quest to reinstate the Gateway Arch to Centurion Way has been kick started with the generous award of a grant of £2,500 by Chichester City Council. We are enormously grateful for the grant and the clear message of support from the City Council. The first part of Centurion Way…