When you think of Sussex beaches, a few obvious ones spring to mind. Busy Brighton and Worthing, or the famous West Wittering and Camber Sands.
But Littlehampton, with its beach huts and sand dunes, can sometimes be forgotten.
Camera club snapper Nicola Cunningham reminded us of its beauty, and how peaceful it can be, when she took some pictures of it over the weekend.
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She captured the glorious soft sand revealed at low tides and the vibrant beach huts at the East Beach.
Littlehampton beach is much quieter than others nearby (Image: Nicola Cunningham/The Argus Camera Club)
Arun District Council owns the 60 beach huts in Littlehampton, which it says are “bright, cheery and convenient” and make a great base from which to enjoy the coastline.
Nicola also snapped a beautiful shot of the River Arun, which bisects the West and East beaches.
The River Arun separates the West and East beaches in Littlehampton (Image: Nicola Cunningham/The Argus Camera Club)
Over at the West Beach, there are rolling sand dunes. It is actually a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) with a local nature reserve.
The beach is also home to quite a few fossils and the Littlehampton Museum has organised fossil hunting walks in the past.
The flints which make up the beach are formed by silica from sea sponges and diatoms from around 60 to 95 million years ago. Some of the creatures become fossilised and can be seen as patterns on the outside of the flint.
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