Bracklesham Bay

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Bracklesham Bay
View out to sea from the beach
Shown within West Sussex Coordinates: 50°45′02″N 0°51′03″W / 50.750616°N 0.850964°W / 50.750616; -0.850964
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search	West Sussex
Grid Reference	SZ810952
Interest	Biological & Geological
Area	201.9 ha (499 acres)
Notification	1980 (1980)
Natural England Website

Bracklesham Bay is a coastal bay on the west side of the Manhood Peninsula in West Sussex, England. The bay looks out onto the English Channel and the Isle of Wight is visible from the beach, as is the Nab Tower lighthouse and the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth.

The bay is sandy and backed with shingle. The beach is popular with windsurfers, divers, surfers (mostly longboarders given the nature of the waves), Stand Up Paddle Surfing and fossil hunters, as the Bracklesham Beds, a well known fossil bed is visible at low tide. The bedrock is London clay, and bits of the clay can be found on the sands.

The villages of Bracklesham and East Wittering are found in the centre of the bay and it is bordered by the town of Selsey on the southern/eastern tip and the village of West Wittering on the west side.

The nearest city is Chichester, which is eight miles to the north.

[edit] In popular culture

Bracklesham Bay is mentioned in the track 'Saturdays Kids' (Paul Weller) on the 1979 album by The Jam 'Setting Sons'.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• http://www.shore.co.uk - surf check for people interested in surfing in Bracklesham Bay

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