Climping and Littlehampton West Beach walk
Climping and Littlehampton West Beach is an undeveloped, largely undiscovered section of West Sussex and one of the strategic rural gaps. Arun District Council has a guided walk of 4.5 miles, perfect if you are in the area and want to get away from it all for a couple of hours. Alternatively, grab an OS Explorer series 121 – Arundel and Pulborough map and plan your route or just park and explore.
This is a pebble beach backed by sand dunes and is a Site of Nature Conservation (SNCI ) because of the important vegetated shingle habitat, a great place for wildlife: Oystercatchers, Mermaid’s Purse, Sea Kayle, Yellow Horned-Poppy, Ringed Plover, Common Lizards.
The dunes area of the beach is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and is part of the West Beach Local Nature Reserve. The Littlehampton end of the dunes has been fenced to protect some rare plants which are sensitive to trampling. There are areas of unfenced dunes closer to Climping.
This stretch of the coast has two parking points, Climping Beach and Littlehampton West Beach, but the guided walk starts at West Beach. In the summer, although the beach is never busy the Climping car park is a lot bigger than the Littlehampton end, although you can park in Littlehampton itself and cross the Arun River by bridge.
You have a cafe and toilets at both ends, Littlehampton West beach cafe and the Climping cafe.
Planning your visit to Climping and Littlehampton West Beach walk
Climping and Littlehampton West Beach walk, Climping to Littlehampton coast, Littlehampton, West Sussex , United Kingdom
No Records Found
Sorry, no records were found. Please adjust your search criteria and try again.
Maps failed to load
Sorry, unable to load the Maps API.
(Get directions)
Climping and Littlehampton West Beach walk 7 Day Weather Forecast
Littlehampton weather forecast from Yr, delivered by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and NRK
You may also like ...
In this 'you may also like' section we attempt to answer what else can do near Climping and Littlehampton West Beach walk? Here you have a list by order of being the closest some more beaches, things to see and do, places to eat and upcoming events.
Beach: West Beach, Littlehampton View: Situated at the mouth of River Arun on West Beach, great views across unspoilt beach, area of Specific Scientific Interest What’s on the menu?: Fish & chips, snacks, local ice cream And something else….The café was designed by Asif Khan and is a sister to the East Beach Café.
Read more…
Beach: East Beach, Littlehampton View: Spectacular views across shingle beach to the sea What’s on the menu?: English Classics, locally sourced food, fresh fish caught daily, fully licensed. And something else….. An award-winning building designed by Thomas Heatherwick, the café is made from rusted mild steel, inspired by a piece of driftwood. Note: dogs are not permitted inside the restaurant,
Read more…
Climping Beach Cafe sits on the grass area directly behind the beach, the cafe sells ice creams, a great selection of home cooked cakes and limited hot food. Cafe only has outdoor seating and Climping beach’s toilet blocks located by the side. The grass area is large although does double up as a car park. Dogs welcome but need to be
Read more…
The Black Horse Inn Welcome is a country pub offering traditional food and refreshments including real ales. Located just a little back upon the road from Climping Beach.
Read more…
Littlehampton West Beach is on the opposite side of the River Arun from Littlehampton town centre. The beach is much quieter in the summer than the main Littlehampton coastguards beach as it has limited facilities. To access this beach you can either walk across the bridge from the main Littlehampton family beach or use the small local car park. Littlehampton
Read more…
Climping Beach, as with many along the Sussex coast, has pebbles at high tide and is divided by wooden groynes. But at low tide, a huge expanse of dark, fine, hard-packed sand is exposed, making it an ideal spot for families and shallow swimming. Very popular with kitesurfers and windsurfers with large car park grass areas for setting up. Climping
Read more…
Littlehampton beach is the main beach for Littlehampton, also known as East beach or Coastguards beach. The beach is a clean, safe and large shingle beach, overlooked by the coastguard tower. At mid to low tide the shingle gives way to a large sandy beach. The Littlehampton East beach is 10 minutes flat walk through the riverside walkway to the
Read more…
Rustington beach is a shingle beach with compact sand at low tide and the beach forms part of a long stretch of beach adjoining to Littlehampton East beach. On a windy day, you will always find many kitesurfers although care should be taken with kites as there is a road at the top of the beach. Car parking on the road
Read more…
Littlehampton lifeboat station was first established in 1884 and now in a new station with two inshore boats. Located in the twon centre with a shop and next door to the Littlehampton Look & Sea centre.
Read more…
The stretch of beach at Littlehampton is known as Littlehampton West Beach and Rustington Beach. This part of the coast provides excellent kitesurfing conditions and has a large kitesurfing community. Arun council have designated this as a Kite Surfing location. The tide needs to be mid to low or you are going to start to fight with the many wooden
Read more…
Kite surfing at Elmer and Middleton-on_sea. Tide and wind is good, you have an excellent learning zone as very gradual beach slope. This allows instructor and trainee to stand. You can get some unusual wave and winds due to the sea rock islands.
Read more…
Elmer Sands and Middleton-on-sea beaches are an excellent location for kite buggies. The beach has excellent compact flat sand at mid to low tide. When the tide is low you have a long flat beach that basically stretches from Bognor Regis in the West to Littlehampton in the East. The more experienced kite handler can use the shingle banks to
Read more…
