Coastal HIDEAWAY

Discover hidden gems on the West Sussex Coast with Wellies & Windbreaks

The promise of summer with its longer days and a warmer temperatures is just around the corner so it is time to start planning some family holiday fun.

Nothing beats a trip to the Great British seaside and to escape London without travelling for hours, the Witterings is an ideal destination. West Wittering beach always seems to grab the headlines as day-trippers flock to its soft white sands as soon as the sun comes out. It is undoubtedly one of the best beaches in Britain, but its lesserknown neighbour, just down the coast at Bracklesham Bay, is a hidden gem which thankfully none of the crowds know about.

Bracklesham Bay lies at the quieter end of this West Sussex coastline, a short walk along the beach to the Medmerry Nature Reserve. Not being well served with public car parks makes it largely inaccessible if you are not staying there, so holidaymakers enjoy the beach to themselves, along with the die-hard watersports enthusiasts who brave the surf all year round.

Whether it’s a still, sunny day or a windy, stormy one, the beach is always popular with families enjoying the shingle, sand and surf and if you take a stroll along the shoreline on a falling tide, you may well find one of the area’s famous sharks tooth fossils. Bracklesham Bay is one of the South Coast's leading centres for windsurfing and other board sports and is a great place to learn to surf or kitesurf. The area is well-served for holidaymakers with shops, takeaways, a great coffee shop called

GOAT and Billys on the Beach, arguably the best beachfront restaurant for miles around. This glass-fronted diner looks out on all the beach action and is as enjoyable on a blissfully sunny day with the doors open as it is when there is a good storm building and the woodburner is blazing. There are some superb self-catering holidays properties along East and West Bracklesham Drive and Wellies & Windbreaks, a small independent holiday rental company, has some of the best. Amanda Pugh, founder of Wellies & Windbreaks says: “Bracklesham Bay is an excellent holiday choice. It has some of the largest and highest quality beachfront properties in the area which enjoy far more privacy than those on the footpaths of East and West Wittering. It’s a real hidden gem”.

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