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Sussex Wharf, SHOREHAM-BY-SEA, BN43 5PS

Disused wharf, though mooring posts and rungs to the water have been retained. The wharf now comprises apartment blocks.

Terrace of houses on Harbour Way built in 2006.

Private members bar opened in 1966 after regulars from Waterside decided they didn't like a orthcoming refurbishment. Looking out over Silver Sands, a small beach between Sussex Wharf and Soldier's Point, the club has its own slipway allowing members to park up launch then return for a few victuals at the end of the day. The building to the left is Quay Court.

Social club on Harbour Way: http://www.theharbourclub.org/club-history/

This row of modern terraced houses occupies the delightfully named Sea Spray Avenue. At one time Shoreham Beach was noted for its holiday bungalows, some of them based on old wooden railway carriages, one of which was called 'Sea Spray'. That may have been the inspiration for the name here.

Next to the former timber wharf now a new housing development. Beyond is Railway Wharf which is currently home to a local scrap merchants.

Small sandy beach between Sussex Wharf and Soldier's Point. Viewed from former and looking towards Kingston Wharf which contains Stamco timber yard. The crane in the distance is currently rebuilding Shoreham lifeboat station whilst beyond is the chimney of Shoreham Power Station.

Apartment block on Harbour Way built c.1970.

This wharf has a long history, cross channel packets operated from here between 1788-1847 until the LBSCR, who had recently purchased the service, decided to move to Newhaven after being unable to agree terms with the harbour authorities. The first wharf was built in the 1840s with a set of sidings to join it to the nearby railway line and for many years was the main wharf for coal traffic. It was redesigned in 1938 which involved filling in basins and leaving a straight frontage along the Adur. With goods traffic falling and the council wanting to improve the nearby A259 which crossed the railway on a narrow bridge the sidings were pulled up in 1968 and with it went the coal yard. However in 1981 the wharf began to be used for aggregates and the production of concrete until that too ceased in 1996. Since then there have been growing battles between the residents south of the water in Shoreham Beach and the planners about use of the wharf, in the last few years a concrete batch processing plant, an extension of the breakers yard and a waste facility have all been rejected by vociferous protests of those this side the river. Consequently, much of the wharf remains unused.

Taken from a small sandy area next to the former timber wharf looking downstream.