What's the furthest place East and West I could see from the end of the pier?

[Pot noodles for everyone]

You can easily see Worthing and onwards to (presumably) LA but how much further than that? Bognor? Chichester? Is it true you can see the Isle of Wight?

And what about East? It's just Beachy Head innit?

And how far across the channel? 10 miles? 20?

These questions have been bothering me for ages.

 

[sams dad]

I don't think you can see the Isle of Wight from the pier but you can certainly see it from Hollingbury Hill and also from Woodingdean

 

[Notters]

You can easily see Worthing and onwards to (presumably) LA but how much further than that? Bognor? Chichester? Is it true you can see the Isle of Wight?

And what about East? It's just Beachy Head innit?

And how far across the channel? 10 miles? 20?

These questions have been bothering me for ages.

Worthing pier's the furthest directly along the coast you can see, Littlehampton's round the corner.

 

[vegster]

I have it on authority that, on a clear day, you can see forever

 

[Taybha]

You can easily see Worthing and onwards to (presumably) LA but how much further than that? Bognor? Chichester? Is it true you can see the Isle of Wight?

And what about East? It's just Beachy Head innit?

And how far across the channel? 10 miles? 20?

These questions have been bothering me for ages.

Any reason why? i think off the top of my noodle its 22.summat miles to calais from dover. as for the all points east and west it all depends on the type of air pollution on the day viewed.f*** that nearly sounds like i know what im on about.(nearly)

 

[Pot noodles for everyone]

Really Notters. If you look at the coast the Shoreham power station is quite near and that's equidistant from Worthing as from Brighton. I thought you could see much much further than Worthing Pier.

 

[Pot noodles for everyone]

I have it on authority that, on a clear day, you can see forever

Wrong pier. You're thinking Worthing Pier

Any reason why? i think off the top of my noodle its 22.summat miles to calais from dover. as for the all points east and west it all depends on the type of air pollution on the day viewed.f*** that nearly sounds like i know what im on about.(nearly)

Just bothers me. At least at Devils Dyke they have a picture pointing out the landmarks and what they're called. Just quite fancied knowing so I could impress the Spanish student ladies with my expert local knowledge.

 

[clippedgull]

Worthing pier's the furthest directly along the coast you can see, Littlehampton's round the corner.

You can see Butlins (those big white sail thingys!) (Bognor Regis) from my flat, just up from the Palace Pier when the weather condition is clear. I can also see the Isle of Wight when it is backlit.

 

[skipper734]

If your eye is at sea level, and what you are looking at is at sea level, you can see about 4 miles. Curvature of the Earth an all that.

 

[biggles]

from east beach selsey you can see the lights all along the coast to brighton , so from brighton you may be able to see selsey, i think

 

[vegster]

If your eye is at sea level, and what you are looking at is at sea level, you can see about 4 miles. Curvature of the Earth an all that.

I think it may be more than that, on a clear day ( lack of airborne pollutants) I can see the Isle of Wight from the height of the prom on Worthing seafront.

 

[Jahooli]

I think it may be more than that, on a clear day ( lack of airborne pollutants) I can see the Isle of Wight from the height of the prom on Worthing seafront.

Rough guesses here but if a six foot man can see 4 miles from sea level then if you're looking from the prom shouldn't you add another 4 miles for each six foot above sea level? Then, if you're looking at tall things like cliffs that are far away then their height must play a part in the sum too.
Don't know how high Worthing prom is so that mat be a load of old guff.

 

[seagullsslimjim]

If your eye is at sea level, and what you are looking at is at sea level, you can see about 4 miles. Curvature of the Earth an all that.

think its 12 miles to the horizon, and why International waters start 12 miles from land (ie as far as the eye can see)

 

[vegster]

Rough guesses here but if a six foot man can see 4 miles from sea level then if you're looking from the prom shouldn't you add another 4 miles for each six foot above sea level? Then, if you're looking at tall things like cliffs that are far away then their height must play a part in the sum too.
Don't know how high Worthing prom is so that mat be a load of old guff.

Just to confuse things.... i f I leave the prom and walk down the beach as the tide recedes, I can still see the Isle of Wight ( on a pollutant free day etc.) even though I am below the mean High Water Mark ?

 

[skipper734]

The cliffs you can see on the Isle of Wight are about 300ft high.
But going back to the original question, from the end of the Palace Pier, Seaford Head to the east and bits of Littlehampton / Bognor to the West.

 

[Pot noodles for everyone]

The cliffs you can see on the Isle of Wight are about 300ft high.
But going back to the original question, from the end of the Palace Pier, Seaford Head to the east and bits of Littlehampton / Bognor to the West.

Chee-yahs!

 

[Pot noodles for everyone]

Is Chanctonbury the big hill that you can see in the background looking west?

I'm loathe to start another thread on views from Sussex but I am very partial to contemplating my navel and admiring the views from Chanctonbury and Cissbury Rings where you can see the IOW on even a not so sunny day.


Sussex countryside is feckin beautiful.

 

[Theatre of Trees]

Is Chanctonbury the big hill that you can see in the background looking west?.

No that is Highdown Hill a small chalk outcrop to the south of Clapham that lies between Goring and Angmering. Saying that from Highdown Hill you can see the Isle of Wight to the west and Beachy Head to the east.

 

[blackprince]

There is a small difference depending on which internet site you look but the approximate distance for various heights above sea level to the horizon are:

The height above sea level in feet is the first number on each line, followed by the distance in miles.
6, 3.3
10, 4.25
20, 6
50, 9.5
100, 13.5
500, 30

 

[Gav1901]

to be honest ive never even bothered looking but i will next time