From Stagecoach to Stagecoach – 300 Years of Travel in the Lavant Valley

This illustrated talk by local historian Alan Green explores the importance of the Lavant Valley as a transport link north from Chichester towards London – from the rough route over the Trundle, through stagecoach services over the turnpike, and a short lived railway to the modern Stagecoach buses.

Alan Green is by profession a chartered civil engineer, but in retirement he has fulfilled a long ambition, that of writing and lecturing on his passions for local history, transport and the art and architecture of Georgian Britain.

He serves on the committees of Chichester Local History Society and Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society and for 15 years was Chairman of the Chichester Conservation Area Advisory Committee on which he also represented the Georgian Group.

Published works include nine full-length books and several shorter monographs on the history of his native Chichester.

The talk will be held at West Sussex Record Office in Chichester (and online) on Monday 23 March 2026 at 3pm. Booking essential on www.wsro.org.uk/events