Fishing in Lower Willingdon

3.0 miles from Lower Willingdon

A long, open shingle frontage with timber groynes and relatively easy promenade access, Eastbourne Beach is best fished by casting into the gullies and deeper water between banks. It is a seasonal mixed-ground venue: summer brings mackerel, garfish, bass and occasional bream, while autumn and winter favour whiting, pouting, plaice...

3.1 miles from Lower Willingdon

Eastbourne Pier is a central, decked pleasure pier over the shingle beach, offering elevated access to relatively shallow Sussex water when fishing is permitted by pier management. It is mainly a summer float/spinning and light-bottom-fishing venue, with mackerel and garfish showing in clear, settled conditions, while evening and winter bait...

3.3 miles from Lower Willingdon

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...

3.6 miles from Lower Willingdon

A broad shingle beach immediately east of Sovereign Harbour, reached easily from the promenade, harbour-side paths and nearby parking. It is a straightforward open-shore mark with deeper water and a little shelter close to the harbour arm, producing mixed summer species and better whiting, dogfish and ray fishing after dark...

3.6 miles from Lower Willingdon

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...

3.6 miles from Lower Willingdon

Langney Point is a broad shingle beach on Eastbourne’s eastern seafront, fished from the open shore between timber groynes with promenade access and short carries from nearby parking. It is a straightforward mixed-ground Sussex beach mark: daytime summer fishing brings mackerel, garfish and occasional bass, while evening, night and colder-water...