Reader letter: Chichester city centre pavements are a 'nightmare for wheelchair users'

What a nightmare for wheelchair users are the pavements in Chichester town centre.

They may look in keeping with an historic city but there is hardly a flat surface to be found.

South Street adds variety to this with the drainage channels that run from the downpipes across the pavement.

I have to push my wife's wheelchair and although I am, as [Terry] Wogan used to say "stricken in years", I believe even a younger man might struggle, particularly when the shopping expedition passes the second hour.

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