The Park Tavern, Chichester

A decent Fullers pub with four hand pumps at the bar, serving Pride, Seafarers, HSB and Adnams when I visited. It struck me as a very pleasant, relaxing place to be, and I liked it a lot. I paid £3.10 for an Adnams that was going, and when I returned it one of the locals told me they have a fifth guest ale out the back. They were very happy to change it for me, and gave me a 60p refund as an excellent pint of Hopback GFB only costs £2.50. A secret well worth discovering.

Decent sized pub located right opposite the park and just a minute or two's stroll from the High Street. The room on the left seems the popular one with a large bar area. There's a smaller bar on the right with a long room behind it, partitioned off with some folding doors. Presumably this can if necessary be used for private functions. In a way, this is almost two pubs in one. The front bar has lots of wood panelling and large engraved mirrors reminiscent of a London pub (in fact one of the mirrors even says The Ritz!). The large room at the rear has a completely different feel with whitewashed walls and lots of black and white prints adorning the walls. There's also an interesting stained glass panel in the ceiling depicting some hot air balloons. It seems popular with dog walkers, presumably due to it's location. Might be best to avoid it if you're not a fan of dogs. By the time we left on Monday evening, whilst the pub itself was still fairly quiet there were no less than five dogs in there, and none of them particularly small ones. Beers on offer were Gail's Seafarer and HSB plus London Pride. Ciders were Strongbow and Aspall's Suffolk.

Compact Fullers pub with a nice view across Priory Park towards the East Walls. Looks like the bar area originally comprised two small rooms, now opened out, with a dining room beyond (although a notice on the door said "Sorry no food today"). A refurbishment has left the place with a slightly odd mixture of old and new features, but the old 'joanna' remains. Four handpumps (one with the clip reversed), including HSB as a reminder of the Gales heritage and an excellent pint of Seafarers (£3.00).