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Southbourne sits on the flat coastal plain of West Sussex, positioned between the busy market town of Chichester to the east and the harbour town of Emsworth just across the Hampshire border to the west. Historically, it was a small agricultural hamlet, but it has grown into a substantial village defined by its proximity to the upper reaches of Chichester Harbour. The landscape here is characterized by the tidal inlets of Nutbourne and Prinsted, where a short walk south from the village centre leads to quiet shoreline paths and saltmarshes. Most of the practical life of the village is centered around the A259, which hosts the local shops and the primary school, while the Southbourne railway station provides a direct link on the West Coastway line to Portsmouth, Brighton, and London Victoria. It is a functional, settled community that benefits from being slightly set back from the busier tourist hubs nearby, while remaining very much tied to the geography of the Solent.