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Events relating to Centurion Way
Join the Friends of Centurion way on the 15th Dec to celebrate the Christmas season and help raise awareness to the threat to our pathway posed by development plans. The event will be held between 2 Pm & 4 Pm. We aim to provide any one passing by with some mulled cranberry juice and various…
This spooky story is now also covered by the Chichester Post. A ghoulish group The Fiends of Centurion Way gathered on Saturday 27th Oct for a Halloween event to raise awareness of threats to the path. Carley Sitwell created some fantastic cakes, apparently made entirely out of real spiders. We had some terrifying leaflets to…
Richard’s podcast/interview about Centurion Way is now available by following this link!!! Richard Vobes is a film maker and amateur historian. He frequently makes short films and audio recordings that explore Britain’s great heritage, traditions and legends. He has a website https://baldexplorer.com/ where his videos and podcasts can be easily accessed. On the 20th September 2018,…
Vélo South promises to be a huge local event with apparently 15,000 cyclists taking part. Centurion Way is a wonderful route you can follow up to Lavant if you wish to watch the event but need to avoid issues with the event road closures on the day! More details of the event can be found…
MP and the Friends of Centurion Way enjoyed record April temperatures and glorious sunshine when exploring the pathway on Friday 20th April.
Tying in with the South Downs National Park “Dark Skies” Festival, on Saturday 24th February at 6 pm at the north end of the path – near the Road Gang or Surveyors at the “amphitheatre”. Join us to experience the path at night and look at the stars. (This event is subject to cancellation if…
We had hundreds of signatures collected on our Giant Valentines Card even though there was occasional rain and snow on the path last weekend while they were being collected. The Department of Transport is only a short walk from Victoria station and fortunately the address was clearly marked on the postcard so we could find…
Virtually the whole section of path shown in these two videos is threatened! Only a short short section shown is likely to remain. That is the stretch from the bridge over Newlands lane, to where the path dips slightly to the western side of the original embankment to join a path running under the old…
1st Prize (visit for two to the Weald & Downland Living Museum) Emma Richards’ Memories of Centurion Way text and some lovely photos. “Thoughts of Centurion Way I used to walk home along the Centurion Way from my secondary school (Bishop Luffa) and cycle along it with my family and friends. After being cooped up…
Chichester Observer review of the FOCW January exhibition This article includes many of the vital issues we are trying to raise awareness of in the community about the potential re-routing of the path.