People at a Sussex harbour were treated to a special visit over the bank holiday.

A retired lifeboat, built in 1962, visited Littlehampton Harbour and was moored there overnight. 

The Amity ON-963 Lifeboat 4 Lifeboats is a retired Watson-Class lifeboat which has been visiting 31 lifeboat stations along the South East coast of England.

The lifeboat was built in 1962 and served as an RNLI lifeboat until 1989.

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A spokesman for Littlehampton RNLI said the boat was a "very special visitor".

He added: "A beautiful piece of RNLI history, Amity is currently moored alongside Sir William Arnold Lifeboat 5202."

The boat left Littlehampton yesterday morning during high tide.

Nick White, Littlehampton RNLI Lifeboat Station’s lifeboat operations manager, previously said: “The town of Littlehampton has a long and close relationship with the RNLI. Since the 19th century, our men and women have selflessly given up their time to help those in trouble in our local waters."

Littlehampton RNLI’s volunteer crew look after the stretch of the West Sussex coast between Bognor and Worthing. Littlehampton RNLI is independent from the coastguard and receives no government funding. The modern lifeboat station was established in 1969 and was home to the famous Blue Peter I lifeboat for 49 years. Today, Littlehampton is served by two lifeboats, Renee Sherman and Ray of Hope.