West Wittering Beach

West Wittering Beach is in a beautiful location overlooking the Solent and Chichester Harbour and has the South Downs as a stunning backdrop. This makes it one of the busiest beaches in West Sussex, and although the beach is dog-friendly, from the 1st of May to mid-September, dogs are excluded from the bathing zone between groynes numbered 14a to 18, which corresponds to the area in front of the beach huts.

This is an excellent family destination with a sandy beach and a large grassy area for parking and sunbathing. There are tidal pools ideal for children to explore and go crabbing in. Although it is primarily a sandy beach, you get about a quarter of a mile of sand at low tide, and there are shingle patches and some dunes.

This beach is popular with windsurfers and kite surfers, while shallow lagoons are left on extensive sandy flats at low tide.

The area is internationally recognised for its wildlife, birds and unique beauty.

Back in the 1950s, locals purchased this area of beach and grassland to protect it from developers. Facilities include toilets, cafe, restaurant, beach huts, deckchair hire, surfboard hire, pay parking and lifeguards in summer months.