Oving sits in that quiet category of English village that doesn't announce itself — no parade of shops to signal what it is, just lanes, hedgerows and the sense that you've left the main road behind on purpose. It's the kind of place people find because they already know Chichester and want the version of it without the traffic. There isn't enough here in the way of hard numbers to walk you through schools, crime, or transport links with any confidence, and I'd rather leave those gaps honest than dress them up. What can be said is where it sits on price: the wider Chichester district carries a median house price of £415,000, well above the national median of £281,000, and villages like Oving in this orbit typically track at or above that district figure rather than below it. That tells you the story before any survey does — this is South East commuter-and-retirement territory, not a bargain corner of the country, and the money here is older and steadier than it is speculative. What you're weighing up, then, isn't affordability against amenity in the way you might in a town — it's quiet against convenience. If Oving suits you, it's because you've already decided that a short drive to Chichester for the shops, the schools, and the station is a fair trade for coming home to somewhere with no through-traffic and no queue for anything. If that trade doesn't appeal, or you need the day-to-day detail spelled out before you commit, this is a place to visit and ask around in rather than one to judge from a distance.