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 Worthing
Beach
This beach has a low-key feel to it and is lovely at any
time. It's a stony, pebbly beach but when the tied is out
it's fine for sand castles and digging or crab spotting
among the many shallow pools. Hours of playing, creating,
exploring and paddling.
The Lido offers fun fair type rides, two cafes, beach shops and an ice cream
kiosk. Walk down the beach or along the promenade to Splash
point and have an ice cream and play on the beach or in the grassy
area just beyond the beach shops. Worthing beach is an
absolute gem for families with little ones.
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Worthing
Lido
Fancy a tea, coffee or ice cream whilst your little ones
have a go on the roundabout or the bouncy slide? There
are tables and chairs dotted around these low-key attractions,
perfect for a cheap 'fun' fix right off the beach.
Toilets are available to the side of the Lido.
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Worthing
Pier
A magical place for little ones! The size is overwhelming
and the height from the water is both fascinating
and incredible. Kids love walking around
it peering out to sea, down at the water or watching
the fishermen pull in their catch. Lots of benches
for resting, snacking and breastfeeding! There
is an amusement room which is more suited to older
kids. Check out the Lido for attractions geared
for younger children.
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The Pavilion located on the pier is a terrific venue for children's
theatre and musical productions and there are toilet facilities
and ice cream kiosks and beach shops.
Eco
Garden Beach (between Worthing
beach and Goring beach)
This unique and fun eco garden, situated right on the
beach, is designed to demonstrate how to create a water-saving
garden and to encourage the conservation of water. It's
on a lovely stretch of beach with the sailing club just
a short walk away. The garden also has benches
and wooden sculptures and sometimes there is an ice cream
van on the road.
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Located just past Grand Avenue (from Worthing town centre)
with parking on the road. Is only about a 15 mintue walk down
the beach from the Pavilion.
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Lancing
Green Beach
"Clean and safe. Shingle at
high tide. Long flat sands at low tide with no rocks.
Parking by the Green (only £1 a day) Public
conveniences on the Green. Small cafe for chips,
coffee, ice-creams and buckets and spades. New building
for a cafe/restaurant being built very slowly (and
quietly!) next to the cafe. Beach huts run
to the east along the cycle path that takes you to
Shoreham.
On a sunny day you can see along
the coast to the west to Worthing pier and to the
east to Shoreham Harbour arm and further to the cliffs
of Beachy Head. At high tide the beach is good
for swimming and body-boarding, low tide is good
for paddling, sand drawings and castles and, as it
is so flat, shrimping, if you have a shrimping net.
The beach is used by many kite surfers when the wind
is right but they have a designated area so it is
safe for other users. Brilliant to watch 20+
kite sails skimming by. I have been using this beach
for 21 years with children of varying ages and I
love it still."
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From Worthing, drive along the seafront and there is free parking
on the left just before you get to the cafe car park. |
Littlehampton
Beach
This beach has a touristy and beachy feel to it in the
summer. Very crowded and lots of seaside amenities like
fish n chips, BBQ type food, beach shops and toilets.
There is also an outdoor shower facility. You can go
on a boat trip from this beach and there is always a
duty watchman in the tower during the summer months who
often makes announcements over the loudspeaker, giving
the beach a holiday atmosphere.
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Just in front of the tower the beach is sandy and fab for playing and swimming.
There is also a large fun park just behind the sea front and lots of open grassy
areas for ball games and picnics and kite flying. There is a playground
area as well. Parking is pay and display.
West
Beach at Littlehampton
With sand dunes and vegetated shingle, this beach is a treasure for little
explorers. West beach is the last stop on the 'Look & Sea!' visitor centre's
nature trail. This is a terrific beach for spotting whelk shell and egg
cases, cuttlebones, oyster and mussel shells along the tideline.
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'Look & Sea!' visitor centre is on Surrey street in Littlehampton, just
along the river Arun.
Car park charges
vary depending on the day and time. High season weekend day is £6
and mid season weekend day is £4. Please ring 01243 514143 for car
park charge details or email office@westwitteringbeach.co.uk.
Located off the A286 (accessible
from the A27, south side of Chichester), at the small roundabout in Birdham
village take the right fork brown signposted West Wittering Beach. Follow
the brown tourist signs to the car park.
Widewater
beach, Shoreham
"Beautiful beach, always clean, sandy
at low tide, small cafe which sells a few toys and ice cream
etc. clean toilets and a walk and cycle path to Worthing."
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Located just inland from Shoreham beach, Widewater beach is a pebbly beach
with both fresh and salt water. The lagoon attracts swans and other types
of birds and has interesting plant life. Great for spotting unusual fish
and plants.
Felpham
beach, Felpham (nr Bognor Regis)
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"The beach
is a combination of pebbles and sand like most the west Sussex beaches except
that it has some excellent rock pools. These rock pools are abundant with crabs,
shrimp and small fish ect.
There is medium size café and shop selling
beach paraphernalia so don't worry if you forget your bucket and spade. There
is a large toilet block conveniently located just off the main beach.
Felpham beach tends to attract more locals that tourist as it located behind
the village. Parking can be tricky in the height of summer but you can park
either in the side roads or there is a large car park in the village." |
Ferring
beach, Ferring
Located just beyond Goring, Ferring beach is
a pebbly beach set back from the road, so very
quiet. Ideal for rock-pooling at low tide and
swimming at high tide. Very pretty and feels
more secluded than Goring or Worthing beach.
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The Blue Bird Cafe is nearby and has toilets and a
children's menu. A bit tight for pushchairs but there is
also seating outside. There is also a toilet block outside
behind the cafe.
"I love this beach, every time
I'm here, it feels like I'm on holiday! And then I can
go back to my home in Worthing - it's the best."
Climping
beach, Climping, nr Littlehampton
This is a quiet beach with shallow waters at
low tide.
Perfect for little ones to splash and play.
Leave the A27 at the A284 turnoff, then head south towards Lyminster. As you
enter Littlehampton, turn right onto the A259 towards Bognor Regis. Keep along
here until you cross the river, and then cross the next roundabout (Climping).
Turn left into Climping Street (signposted ‘Climping Beach and The Sea’) and
follow this down to the beach. There is parking
(pay
but is cheap).
"Feels secluded and in the countryside rather than
just off the main road. Kiosk with drinks and ice cream, toilets, parking and
open green space for ball and frisbee. Lovely!"
Which beach or seafront do you enjoy taking the kids to?
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a beach now >> |
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