Phil Sutters' photos with the keyword: breakwater

This snap has been added to illustrate the size of this breakwater. In days gone by there were railway tracks along it. At low tide there is a lovely sandy beach, which, unfortunately the Port Authority will not allow access to, as they say that the structure is not safe. Local residents have had it officially declared a protected 'village green', but that seems to have changed nothing.

A trio of shots of the entrance to Newhaven harbour, on the Sussex Coast, as storm Aurore blows up the English Channel.

A trio of shots of the entrance to Newhaven harbour, on the Sussex Coast, as storm Aurore blows up the English Channel.

A trio of shots of the entrance to Newhaven harbour, on the Sussex Coast, as storm Aurore blows up the English Channel.

This is a cropped version of a long-distance photo, taken from the seafront at Seaford about a mile and a half away.

When the prevailing south-westerly winds are blowing, this is the sheltered side of the breakwater. This Victorian structure at one time had railway track running along the left side. There are now no railway tracks to the west of the river. The breakwater, and indeed the whole of the West Bay beach to the left, are currently fenced off as the Port Authority claims the breakwater's condition is not safe for public use. Local residents have had the beach declared their village green. So one could ask 'When is a village green not green? When it's a sandy beach!' There is an old postcard on the Our Newhaven website, photographed from a very similar location shewing the tracks as in 1902 at www.ournewhaven.org.uk/page_id__2195.aspx?path=0p69p74p