Selsey

Selsey is a seaside town and civil parish, about eight miles (12 km) south of Chichester in West Sussex, England. Selsey is at the southernmost point of the Manhood Peninsula, almost cut off from mainland Sussex by the sea. It is bounded to the west by Bracklesham Bay, to the north by Broad Rife (rifeParish. A Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect. pp. 96-97 being the local word for stream or creek), to the east by Pagham Harbour and ends in the south at Selsey Bill. There are significant rock formations beneath the sea off both of its coasts, named the Owers rocks and Mixon rocks. Coastal erosion has been an ever-present problem for Selsey.SCOPAC. Sedimentary Study from East Head to Pagham.  Section 1.1.
  - The Standing Conference on Problems Associated with the Coastline (SCOPAC) was established in 1986 and consists of local authorities, the Environment agency and others. Archaeological evidence demonstrates that the coastline was some 2 to 3km seawards of where it is now at about 5,000 years. Retrieved 5 February 2014

The B2145 is the only road in and out of the town crossing a bridge over the water inlet at Pagham Harbour at a point known as "the ferry". At one time Selsey was  inaccessible at flood tide, and a boat was stationed at the ferry to take horses and passengers to and from Sidlesham.Horsfield. History and Antiquities Vol II p.35.A man and horse paid twopence; a foot passenger one halfpenny. The farmers and renters paid annually a certain portion of corn..
Climate
Selsey's climate is classified as warm and temperate.World Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification updated. Retrieved 15 January 2018 Although Selsey is the sunniest place in the UK,Average Maps Retrieved 15 January 2018 there is rainfall throughout the year and even the driest month still has rain.Selsey Climate Retrieved: 15 January 2018.  Probably the most problematic climatic hazard is wind. Gardiner and Matthews. The Changing Geography of the UK p. 362 The town is in an area where tornadoes and waterspouts are common.Doe. Extreme Weather. pp.73-74 A tornado in 1986 damaged 200 houses and cut a swathe 70 metres wide. Town picks up the pieces after tornado BBC News 9 January 1998 retrieved 19 September 2010 Another tornado in 1998 left an estimated £10m of destruction and damaged Patrick Moore's observatory.

The warmest recorded temperature in Selsey between 1981 and 2010 was 29.0°C on 10 July 1995 and the coldest was -8.6°C on 7 February 1991.	

References

Category:Towns in West Sussex
Category:Civil parishes in West Sussex