Your Seafront Base: East Beach Guest House

A restored Victorian retreat right on the esplanade, East Beach Guest House offers nine beautifully styled rooms with crisp linen, sea views, and home-baked pastries at breakfast. It’s the ideal base for guests who love stylish simplicity, personal touches, and a slower pace. Free parking and local insider tips make it effortlessly relaxing from the moment you check in.

Day 1 – Friday: Littlehampton to Climping Beach (3.1 miles loop)

Estimated time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Set out from the guest house and stroll east past the River Arun to the West Beach Nature Reserve. This path follows soft dunes and flowering shingle, leading to Climping Beach, a wild stretch of coast shaped by tides and time. This gentle loop is the perfect way to shake off city pace.

Wildlife to look for:

• Ringedplovers and little terns diving for fish
• Yellowhorned poppies and viper’s bugloss along the dunes
• Kestrelshovering over grasslands
• Commonblue butterflies fluttering in summer sunlight

Our advice: Return to East Beach Guest House, pour a sea-view cup of tea in the guest lounge, and enjoy the quiet comfort of your surroundings.

Dinner suggestion:
East Beach Café – A sculptural masterpiece by Heatherwick Studio. Unwind with crab linguine or grilled sea bass and watch the sky change colour as day fades to night.

Day 2 – Saturday: Littlehampton to Worthing Coastal Walk (9.5 miles one way)

Estimated time: 4–5 hours (with breaks)

After breakfast, begin a full day of seafront walking. Head west through Rustington’s pastel beach huts, onto the shell-strewn rock pools of Elmer Sands, and through the palm-lined promenade of Ferring. The final stretch leads you through the dunes of Goring-by-Sea until Worthing Pier glimmers in the distance.

Wildlife to look for:

• Curlews,oystercatchers, and sandpipers along the tide line
• Greyseals surfacing off the coast
• Rockpools teeming with anemones, shrimp, and tiny crabs
• Coastalplants like sea thrift and wild lavender blooming across the shingle

Return journey:
Hop on a Southern Rail train from Worthing back to Littlehampton (22 mins), giving you time to refresh and enjoy your evening in comfort.

Dinner & Sundowners:
Wander over to The Beach Club Littlehampton, right on the promenade. With its beachfront deck, friendly atmosphere, and delicious food, it’s the perfect place to toast the day.

Evening magic: If you’re lucky, you might witness the Strawberry Moon rising—a dusky pink full moon that fills the coastal sky with light and wonder. It’s the kind of moment that makes you stop and simply take it all in.

Day 3 – Sunday: Middleton on Sea Loop (7 miles return)

Estimated time: 2 hours 45 minutes

Leave your luggage at the guest house and head out on one final coastal wander. This walk leads east toward Middleton on Sea, through peaceful beachfront paths and quiet sandy stretches. Return via a hidden footpath that drops you onto the raw, low-tide beauty of Elmer Sands Beach.

Wildlife to look for:

• Brentgeese and shelducks in the cooler months
• Sandpipersand plovers darting across the beach
• Seabindweed, samphire, and rocket blooming in the dunes
• Shells,shore crabs, and sun-warmed pebbles scattered along the shore

Lunch before departure:
Head to 47 Mussel Row, overlooking the River Arun. With big windows and laid-back charm, it’s perfect for steaming mussels, fresh fish and chips, or a Sunday roast.

Final tip: With your bags stored safely, enjoy one last shoreline stroll. You’ll leave refreshed, recharged, and full of memories.

Hidden Gems Around Littlehampton

• LittlehamptonFort (Redoubt) – 10 minutes from East Beach, thishidden heritage site has grassy ramparts and harbour views
• WestBeach Nature Reserve – A protected dune ecosystem teemingwith coastal flora
• ElmerSands – Rock islands appear at low tide,revealing hidden tidal treasures

Why Littlehampton Is Your Ideal Coastal Retreat

If you’re seeking authentic charm, walkable adventures, calm moments, and a dash of seaside magic, Littlehampton is the answer. East Beach Guest House gives you a restful home base, with personal service, seaside views, and easy access to Sussex’s best-kept coastal secrets.

Getting Here

No car? No problem. Trains from London Victoria reach Littlehampton in just 1 hour 42 minutes. No traffic, no parking—just step off the train and into the sea breeze.