🏴 Lancing Beach
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Best directionSW
Wind speed15–25kt
SeasonYear-round
Skill levelIntermediate
WaterChop + waves
Ridden forKitesurfing
A shingle-and-sand beach on the West Sussex coast, an easy day trip from Brighton with a steady southwesterly off the Channel.
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Getting thereWest Sussex, about 45 minutes south of London Gatwick Airport (LGW) via the A23 and A27. A car is preferred for gear; a large paid municipal lot at the Lancing…
HazardsThe launch is entirely steep shingle bordered by wooden groynes built into the sand — no room for downwind errors. Use the regulated summer kite…
Best time of dayAfternoon, when regional SW wind gets reinforced by a thermal off the coastal downs. Summer afternoons are…
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