The low shingle point where the Manhood Peninsula runs out into the Channel, the southernmost tip of West Sussex
There’s no dramatic cliff at Selsey Bill, just a broad sweep of shingle and a wide, open horizon, with the Isle of Wight low to the west on a clear day. The sea has been wearing this coast away for centuries, and old Selsey now lies somewhere out under the waves. At low tide the foreshore uncovers beds of clay and gravel that turn up fossils, though the tide covers them again quickly, so time any fossil-hunting for the ebb. A walk south along the shingle from the town brings you out to the point, where the King Charles III England Coast Path runs close by. The beaches at Selsey and the birdlife around Chichester Harbour are both an easy trip to the north.
