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Adur Estuary

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Adur Estuary is one of 67 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in West Sussex. It lies within the South Downs National Park. Shoreham-by-Sea (Sussex) Station is under a kilometre away. The nearest other SSSI is Beeding Hill to Newtimber Hill, 3.1 km to the north.

More places to visit near Adur Estuary

Photo of the South Downs, a National Park in south east England.Iconic

South Downs

You’re inside itNational Park near Fittleworth

A chalk ridge rolling from Winchester to the sea cliffs at Beachy Head.

Photo of St Nicolas, Old Shoreham, a church in West Sussex, south east England.

St Nicolas, Old Shoreham

Church near Old Shoreham

A Saxon-founded cruciform church remodelled by the Normans, with richly carved arches and a weathered timber interior.

0.1 km NW

Photo along the King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,700-mile National Trail in England.

King Charles III England Coast Path

National Trail

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

1.2 km SE · spans 24 counties

Photo along the Monarch's Way, a 625-mile long-distance path running from Worcester to Shoreham-by-Sea, England.Highlight

Monarch's Way

Long-distance path

England's longest inland waymarked trail, tracing Charles II's escape route from defeat at Worcester in 1651 to the ship waiting at Shoreham.

3.1 km SE · spans 14 counties

Photo along the South Downs Way, a 100-mile National Trail running from Winchester to Eastbourne, south east England.

South Downs Way

National Trail

A hundred miles of chalk ridge from Winchester to the sea at Eastbourne, walkable in a week.

3.6 km N · West Sussex, East Sussex & Hampshire

Photo of Steyning, a village in West Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Steyning

Village

A market town of timber-framed houses and a long high street, set below the Downs at the foot of the Adur gap.

6 km NW · West Sussex