Selsey Bill

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Selsey Bill is a headland into the English Channel on the south coast of England in the county of West Sussex.

It is the easternmost point of Bracklesham Bay and the westernmost point of the Sussex Coast. The headland is occupied by the town of Selsey.

Selsey Bill is a boundary for two areas of the Met Office's Inshore Water forecast. The area to the west extends to Lyme Regis and to the East to North Foreland.

Ælle and three of his sons are reported to have landed near what is now Selsey Bill.

[edit] References in popular culture

• Madness drove to Selsey Bill in their 1982 song Driving in My Car -

"I drive up to Muswell Hill,

I've even been to Selsey Bill"

• Selsey Bill is also mentioned in the track 'Saturdays Kids' (Paul Weller) on the 1979 album by The Jam 'Setting Sons'. This may have been influenced as Paul Weller was on a caravan holiday there as he wrote the song.

[edit] External links

• Numerous photographs
• Speculation about a Roman Britain settlement there
• Selsey Bill Lifeboat Museum
• Map sources for Selsey Bill

Coordinates: 50.72223° N 0.78871° W