Accommodation, Hotel, Guest House, Bed and Breakfast, Emsworth, Hampshire, England, UK.

Emsworth is a small town in the United Kingdom with narrow streets, Georgian houses, high walled gardens and swans on the mill pond. Emsworth is situated on the south coast on the border between Hampshire and West Sussex. The town lies at the north end of Chichester Harbour, a large but shallow inlet from the Solent. This is now used almost exclusively for recreational sailing, but in the past was the setting for Emsworth's oyster farming industry. In some places the old oyster-beds can still be seen at low tide. The town has a basin for small yachts and a few fishing boats opposite the millpond, an artificial lake which fills at high tide and is emptied through a sluice at low tide. The River Ems, after which the town is named, also flows into the millpond, and although the mill is no longer in use it, now houses one of several local sailing clubs. Fishing vessels are still a familiar sight in Emsworth quay and enhance the nautical atmosphere.

Emsworth has an excellent selection of specialist shops, quality restaurants, public houses, and cafés most of whom serve good wholesome home cooked fare.

Emsworth was the home of PG Woodhouse, who used many of the local place names for the characters in his novels; you can visit the Emsworth Museum in North Street, to find out about the literary connections with the Woodhouse novels.

The nearby coastline is endowed with glorious stretches of beaches to the south. Further a field you'll find many other picturesque towns and villages to explore including the towns and villages of Arundel, Birdham, Bosham, Chichester, Chidham, Dell Quay, Fishbourne, Hayling Island, Itchenor, Littlehampton, Midhurst, Petworth, Selsey, Southbourne, Thorney Island, Warblington and West Wittering.