Fishing in East Dean and Friston

1.6 miles from East Dean and Friston

Birling Gap is a steeply shelving shingle-and-sand beach beneath the Seven Sisters chalk cliffs, reached from the National Trust car park via the beach access. It fishes as a mixed-ground open-coast mark, with rougher chalky patches and gullies close by, producing summer bass, mackerel, bream and wrasse, while rays, dogfish...

2.4 miles from East Dean and Friston

A demanding low-water chalk-ledge mark below the Beachy Head cliffs, reached by a steep coastal approach and only fishable with careful tide, swell and weather planning. The broken gullies, kelp and rough ground suit close-range float, lure and bait fishing, with summer bream and wrasse a main draw and larger...

2.5 miles from East Dean and Friston

Holywell Ledges is a tide-sensitive chalk-rock mark below the western end of Eastbourne, reached from the seafront and then on foot across uneven foreshore ledges. It fishes best with enough water over the rough ground, producing summer pelagic fish and wrasse by day, with bass, pouting and occasional larger rock-dwelling...

2.6 miles from East Dean and Friston

Cow Gap is a relatively quiet shingle beach beneath the chalk cliffs west of Eastbourne, reached via the Cow Gap car park and a steep stepped path. It fishes as a mixed rough-and-clean ground mark, with broken chalk and reef close in, deeper water on a rising tide, and useful...

2.7 miles from East Dean and Friston

Holywell Beach is a steep shingle shore at the western end of Eastbourne, backed by chalk cliffs and reached via the seafront/Promenade and nearby paths. It is mainly a clean beach-casting mark, with groynes and scattered rougher ground adding interest; summer daylight brings pelagic fish close, while dusk and darkness...

2.9 miles from East Dean and Friston

Cuckmere Haven is a tidal river-mouth and shingle beach mark beneath the Seven Sisters, reached on foot from the Cuckmere Valley/Seven Sisters car parks via the riverside path. Fishing is best around the estuary mouth and adjoining beach on a flooding or ebbing tide, with bass, flounder and mullet the...