East Wittering URC Church

The little red-brick church sitting just off the main street in East Wittering isn't the sort of place you'd stumble into by accident. But if you're staying at West Sands Holidays and fancy a proper walk around the village, it's worth twenty minutes of your time. The United Reformed Church is modest - genuinely modest - with that solid, no-nonsense feel of a working village chapel. The interior is calm and uncluttered. If you're into local history or just appreciate the bones of how communities organised themselves, there's something honest about the place.

It's not a showstopper. You won't need an hour. But it tells you something real about East Wittering beyond the beach caravan parks and fish-and-chip shops. The walk there from West Sands takes you through the quieter bits of the village, past proper houses and gardens, which beats sitting in the holiday park all afternoon. Best visited mid-morning when it's peaceful and you might catch someone tending the churchyard. Given East Wittering's seaside setting near Chichester, this works as a gentle cultural breather between beach days - something to do when the tide's wrong or the weather turns drizzly. Bring the kids if you're after a quiet moment rather than entertainment. Families who like wandering will get more from it than those expecting grandeur.