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West Wittering sits at the entrance to Chichester Harbour, tucked into the southwestern corner of the Manhood Peninsula. Historically, the village began as a small farming community and a landing point on the East Channel, and that coastal character still defines the place today. The geography is dominated by the extensive sandy beach and the shifting dunes of East Head, a fragile spit of land managed by the National Trust that offers views across the water to Bembridge on the Isle of Wight. While many know it for the summer day-trippers, the permanent village remains centred around the flint-walled houses near the 12th-century Church of St Peter and St Paul. Life here is dictated by the tides and the narrow lanes that connect the village to Chichester, about seven miles to the north. It is a landscape of salt marshes and big skies, where the practical realities of coastal living - like the brisk southwesterlies and the single access road - map the rhythm of the seasons.