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Two new shops for Shoreham-by-Sea, and one returning trader…

First Look: Coffee Camp Shoreham

A new small coffee shop has opened on the Brighton Road. Here’s our first impression.

Gallery: Paddle-boarding Pirates

As part of the 2023 Shoreham Raft Race, a motley crew of privateers and corsairs took to their SUPs and headed down the Adur. Here's what they looked like.

Gallery: The Santa SUP 2022

Dozens of Santas took to the river Adur on a cold December morning, to form a festive flotilla of stand-up paddleboards.

Christmas is coming — but cycle lanes aren't: this week's Shoreham digest

Your weekly digest of Shoreham by Sea news and events is back after its November break. Let's get ready for some fun Christmas times. Omicron? What's Omicron?

The Halloween Horror edition

Horror in the seas, and Halloween fun in the town. What are you up to this weekend?

New views — and controversial views

The town keeps changing — but the people are trying to take back control. Plus all the news you need and all the events in town in the build up to Halloween.

Once, we were a fishing town

A new book about Shoreham's fishing past, a new crossing for Shoreham's future — and a new group, bringing together the local community. Another busy week in SbS.

Shoreham: a modern historic town?

Could this be the new gateway to East Street from the south? The incoming owners of the Ferry Inn (currently the Ferry Rigg Inn) are looking to move it both into the future and to reclaim its past [https://www.theargus.co.uk/homes/property/news/19622511.shoreham-pub-ferry-rigg-inn-planning-makeover/] . The future

Sussex Underwater: why sea kelp matters to us all

A livestreamed video and notes from the event held by Sussex Underwater at the Church of the Good Shepherd

Shoreham isn't moving — but it's still full of events

The petrol crisis is here, but let's ignore it and concentrate on the incredible range of events this week in Shoreham.

What's the future of Shoreham?

Big new developments? Cycle lanes? What's next for our town? Plus: good news from a local primary school, and a round-up of events over the week to come.

Red Lions, Crabtrees and more: your weekly digest

Rebooting our weekly round-up of news and events for people in Shoreham by Sea and Shoreham Beach.

The Shoreham Star Trail 2021

The centre of Shoreham-by-Sea was full of the stars of the big and small screen, fundraising for the Adur Special Needs Project

Your Shoreham-by-Sea week ahead

The first in a series of weekly newsletters celebrating what's happening in Shoreham-by-Sea and Shoreham Beach.

Regenerating Ropetackle, after the pandemic

Our local community arts venue is raising cash to reopen better than ever.

Shoreham Digest: Covid at Holmbush, cycle lane sabotage and RIP Bramber

Staff at a local supermarket test positive for coronavirus, and other news from Shoreham-by-Sea.

Shoreham Life Digest: 10th October 2020

A week's worth of news from Shoreham by Sea, Shoreham Beach and beyond.

Shoreham Digest: 14th July 2020

Dramatic scenes in the town centre on Saturday night - and a political fight over the future of the Shoreham Beach Neighbourhood Forum

Shoreham Digest: July 2nd

News you might have missed from the week just gone.

Shoreham Reading Digest: 2nd June

A digest of Shoreham-by-Sea news you might have missed in recent weeks.

Health Shack back: another Shoreham café reopens

Another café is open to serve you for delivery and collection during lockdown.

Shoreham news digest - Monday 11th May

The VE Day bank holiday is done - but Shoreham Life goes on in lockdown. Here's the latest stories from around the town.

Bringing back Shoreham Life

Bringing back the blog, as a way of helping with Covid-19.

The Christmas Tree Festival 2018

A video of the Shoreham by Sea Christmas Tree Festival in 2018.

Gales on Shoreham Beach

A stormy morning down on the beach

Queueing for Wildlife Festival tickets

After much controversy, a music festival [http://www.wildlifefestival.com] is going ahead at Shoreham Airport. This morning, early ticket sales went ahead for Shoreham by Sea residents – and the queue was up to two hours long. > Quite a queue already for @WILD_LIFE_FEST [https://twitter.com/WILD_

Stunning photo of Shoreham Power Station at night

Shared by Graham [http://www.captivephotons.co.uk] on Twitter: > Star trails over Shoreham Power Station using the Live Composite feature on the Oly E-M1. @OlympusUK [https://twitter.com/OlympusUK] pic.twitter.com/8E5kNM6QbL [http://t.co/8E5kNM6QbL] — Graham (@CaptivePhotons) December 28, 2014 [https://twitter.com/CaptivePhotons/status/549336365125877760]

What happened to the Sussex Pad?

The Sussex Pad sat just outside Shoreham-by-Sea for centuries. But what happened to it after it closed for good in the 2010s?

Ropetackle becomes Basepoint

Basepoint Business Centres bought the Ropetackle building a couple of years ago, and have rebranded it under their name, as you can see in the above video. Some people are up in arms, and Mike Mendoza has started a petition to have the change reversed [http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/

Repairing the Adur Ferry Bridge

* * * * Workmen are busy replacing some of the shattered panels on the Adur Ferry Bridge.

Video: WWII filming at Shoreham Airport

Bloomfield Digital [http://www.bloomfieldigital.co.uk] shot this short video of filming underway on The Woman in Gold at Shoreham Airport on Thursday.

It's Adur Art trail time

We’re right in the middle of the annual Adur Art Trail [http://www.adurarttrail.co.uk/art-trail], which runs until June 15th. Well worth checking out this weekend, if you have the time. I had the chance to pop into St Mary de Haura on Thursday, and enjoy some

The Nazis conquer Shoreham Airport

[http://shorehamlife.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/wwii-shoreham-airport-2.jpg] Today, Shoreham Airport has become part of the Third Reich. The main public parts of the building have been redressed to make it look like a small German airport of the World War II period, as Dame Helen Mirren descends

Tom Foolery, Shoreham-by-Sea's new coffee shop

A first look at Shoreham’s new coffee shop, Tom Foolery

First smashed glass panel on the Adur Ferry Bridge

Well, I suppose we all knew it would happen. I wonder how long it will take to be repaired?

Around the farmers market

* * * * * * * * * * * * It was a gorgeous winter’s day for the market yesterday…

The Footbridge falls

The old Shoreham footbridge is being demolished. Here's some photos of its final day.

Shoreham Beach hut turned high-tech by Virgin Media

[http://shorehamlife.wpengine.com/2012/08/shoreham-beach-hut-turned-high-tech-by-virgin-media/virgin-media-pimps-gadget-beach-hut-1/] Virgin Media’s gadget-filled beach hut on Shoreham Beach Virgin Media have taken one of the Beach Huts on Shoreham Beach – and filled it with gadgets. The Virgin Media site is a l [http://www.virgin.com/media-and-mobile/news/pimp-my-beach-hut-with-virgin-media] ittle sketchy

Rockpooling on Shoreham Beach

[http://shorehamlife.wpengine.com/2012/08/rockpooling-on-shoreham-beach/dscf2662/] Rockpooling on Shoreham Beach Steve Savage has written up last weekend’s tidepooling event on Shoreham Beach [http://sussexmarinejottings.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/friends-of-shoreham-beach-annual-tide.html] .

Work starts on the new Shoreham footbridge

Work is finally underway on the new footbridge. By Thursday, the carpark on Riveside Road is closed, as is most of Lower Beach Road. Instead, there’s a new path through the car park: [http://shorehamlife.wpengine.com/2012/08/work-starts-on-the-new-shoreham-footbridge/the-new-path-to-the-shoreham-footbridge/] The new, temporary path to the Shoreham footbridge

New shops for Shoreham-by-Sea

New opening ahoy on East Street and Ferry Road.

Sussex Pad acquired by Lancing College

The closed hotel has been acquired by the local private school.

The Lost Buoy

An impressively large buoy washed up on Shoreham Beach over the weekend.  I can’t help wondering what it was marking, which it isn’t any more…

Shoreham Coastguard on the web

[http://shorehamlife.wpengine.com/2012/04/shoreham-coastguard-on-the-web/coastguardsite/] The Shoreham-by-Sea Coastguard website Our local coastguard have a rather lovely website under development. Check out the Shoreham Coastguard [http://shorehamcoastguard.yolasite.com/].

So that's what Thursday's footbridge closure was about:

Wolfeeboy’s blog [http://wolfeeboy.wordpress.com/2012/03/09/shoreham-beach-goings-on/]: > I had a phone call from a friend, Ben Coe, this week, informing me that a photo op would be presenting itself today, (Thursday), with the Footbridge being opened to allow what will be the latest riverbank houseboat

Boardwalk Update

[http://shorehamlife.wpengine.com/2012/03/boardwalk-update/img_2572/] Boardwalkin' There’s a post on the Shorehambysea.com [http://www.shorehambysea.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4148&st=0] forums from a beach resident claiming that the Land Registry have found for the complainants in the issue of

The poetry of Shoreham Beach

[http://shorehamlife.wpengine.com/2012/02/the-poetry-of-shoreham-beach/c5753a005be211e1abb01231381b65e3_7/] Sunset over Shoreham Beach Lovely poem about Shoreham Beach [http://carolinespoetryblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/sunrise-on-shoreham-beach.html] . Here’s a taster: > I am alone. The beach is mine. Only one other solitary dog walker in the distance.

The West Street Loft opening

A video of the opening of the West Street Loft arts venue in Shoreham-by-Sea.

Shoreham-by-Sea Farmers Market - Jan 2012

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There's a hole in my boardwalk…

Life’s a (Shoreham) Beach has returned from its six month hiatus, and touches on the mysterious “hole” in the beach boardwalks [http://lifeon-shorehambeach.blogspot.com/2012/01/now-where-were-we.html]: > Now when I say, “links” I’m telling a white lie because there is no link.  Instead there is

More on the Shoreham Beach Boardwalk

Looks like people aren’t delighted with the new boardwalk on Shoreham Beach [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-15937902]: > Mr Nicholson said: “It is a path right outside the back of our house, people will be able to see inside our house. “My main gripe is not the

Shoreham Beach Boardwalk

Walking home last night, I headed along the beach for the first time since I came back from holiday, and found a boardwalk under construction: [http://shorehamlife.wpengine.com/2011/12/shoreham-beach-boardwalk/boardwalk1/] Boardwalk junction [http://shorehamlife.wpengine.com/2011/12/shoreham-beach-boardwalk/boardwalk2/] The beginning of the boardwalk from the

Sunday Snaps

Nice set of photos taken in and around Shoreham-by-Sea [http://nickpackhamonline.wordpress.com/2011/09/18/sunday-night-shoot-in-shoreham-the-a27/]

The Haunting of Shoreham-by-Sea…?

Did you know that Shoreham Beach is reputed to have its own ghost [http://www.british-paranormal.co.uk/the-burned-man-shoreham-by-sea/]? I didn’t: > The burned man is a roamingspirit, said to inhabit a large stretch ofShoreham Beach, as well as areas around the town’s footbridge and high street. Sightings

The Adur by evening light, towards the Beach

Troubled bridge over Adur water

The Shoreham Herald is reporting that the council has a new bridge design in mind [http://www.shorehamherald.co.uk/news/local/shoreham_footbridge_design_submitted_by_west_sussex_county_council_1_3019191] : [http://shorehamlife.wpengine.com/2011/09/troubled-bridge-over-adur-water/attachment/3357479390/] Yes, in future, short people will have a

Shoreham doesn't exist #2: the cycle shop

Number two in an occasional series [http://shorehamlife.wpengine.com/2011/08/the-ropetackle-of-hove/] where people misplace Shoreham-by-Sea places: > Giant Concept Store opens in Brighton > It’s in Shoreham, really, but Jo who lives there knows everyone goes “Oh, you mean Brighton?” Read more cycling-related geographical displacement [http://road.

Ed teaches me about Shoreham Beach

This I did not know: > The Friends of Shoreham Beach do a lot of work to help look after Shoreham Beach and to show people how special the vegetated shingle habitat is. They raise awareness about the damage people do to the plants without realising. For example, people throw

The Ropetackle of Hove?

Oh, dear. The Ropetackle’s normal “hmm, tickets left” e-mail for this Thursday’s Ropetackle Folk Club [http://www.ropetacklecentre.co.uk/products/the-shee/19352] evening dropped into my in-box over lunch. I poked around the website of the performers, The Shee [http://www.theshee.com/], and followed that to

Shoreham Beach (plant) Life

Sunday on Shoreham Beach

Telling Shoreham's Stories

The Brighton Future of News Group is spending the day in the Agora Shop on New Road. [http://shorehamlife.wpengine.com/2010/10/telling-shorehams-stories/img_4723/] Judith Townend interviewing Christine [http://shorehamlife.wpengine.com/2010/10/telling-shorehams-stories/img_4732/] Adam Oxford conducting an interview You can see the result of

Kitesurfers on Shoreham Beach

[http://shorehamlife.wpengine.com/?attachment_id=50]Kite surfing on Shoreham Beach

Shoreham Airshow 2010: The Battle of Britain

Despite some drizzly weather and the fact that I couldn’t attend ( 😉 ), the Shoreham Airshow seems to have gone well over the weekend. Some good videos are starting to emerge: More as I find them…

Shoreham-by-Sea Farmers Market

[http://shorehamlife.wpengine.com/2010/08/shoreham-by-sea-farmers-market/above-the-market-2/] The marquees covering the stallholders at Shoreham-by-Sea Farmers Market [http://shorehamlife.wpengine.com/?attachment_id=45]Watching the market band [http://shorehamlife.wpengine.com/?attachment_id=46]A band playing at Shoreham's Farmers Market A few images from the Shoreham-by-Sea

A New Shoreham Life

A new life and a new blog.