Chichester station has direct trains from London Victoria (about 90 minutes) and from Brighton (50 minutes), Portsmouth (30 minutes), and Southampton (an hour). The station is a five-minute walk south of the city centre.
By road, Chichester is on the A27 between Brighton and Portsmouth and roughly two hours from central London via the A3 and A286. There are park-and-ride options on the edge of town; parking in the centre is metered and limited.
The nearest airports are Gatwick (an hour by road or rail) and Southampton (45 minutes).