Littlehampton Museum

13/10/2026

This October half term, a FREE Victorian silhouette making activity, Tuesday to Friday 10.00am to 12 midday. Pop in event, no need to book. Parents/guardians please stay to join in.


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09/10/2026

Have you worked for The Body Shop in Littlehampton, or are you currently still employed? Do you have stories, photographs or objects from your time with the company that you’d like to share? If so, Littlehampton Museum needs your help!

We’re inviting you to share your stories with us, to help paint a fuller picture of this part of Littlehampton’s exciting story. We are hosting a workshop (the first of 2 or 3) on Saturday 7th November, at 11:30am. This is your chance to bring your objects and their stories, to create a community display case for the public to come and see. Taking part could also lead to giving an oral history interview and to donating some of your items to the Museum; help us shape Littlehampton Museum for the future!

If this is something you are interested in, please let us know in the comments, email us on [email protected] or call us at 01903 738100

Made possible thanks to the The National Lottery Heritage Fund



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07/10/2026

Please note that the Museum will be closed on Tuesday 13 October in the morning for staff training, but we would love to see you at any other time!
Mondays to Fridays 9 to 4.30 and Saturdays 10.30. to 4.30pm
Hope to see you soon! 🌞

06/10/2026

FREE talk at the Museum on Saturday 7 November

A talk from Dave Roberts about the 30 Assault Unit, a group of Royal Marine Commandos working under the command of Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond novels. Primarily an intelligence unit, with the motto “attain, by surprise”, the 30AU spent time living and training in Littlehampton in the lead up to D-Day in 1944. Want to know more? Sign up to come to the talk! Everyone welcome, but due to limited seats, BOOKING is ESSENTIAL .


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05/10/2026

Here at Littlehampton Museum, we're celebrating digitally cataloguing our 45,000th object! This is a significant achievement, as this work has been taking place behind-the-scenes since 2018. We estimate we have around 50,000 items in our collection, so this milestone marks a big step closer to finishing this project. The item is a map of Sussex from 1778, which you can see three of our volunteers studying hard.

Alongside this, we have launched an Annual Visitor Survey as part of our current project, Transforming Littlehampton Museum. Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the survey gives you the opportunity to share your views on the Museum and help shape our future. The questionnaire should take less than 10 minutes to complete, and you can enter a prize draw to win a £100 supermarket voucher. To take part, you can use this link: https://bit.ly/4hvLz3B or visit the link in our bio.



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01/10/2026

On your bike! Littlehampton Bicycle Club, 1899 🚲

Take a closer look at this remarkable photograph from the Museum’s collections, showing members of Littlehampton Bicycle Club in 1899. The names recorded with the image reveal more than a cycling club: they offer a glimpse into the shops, trades and working lives that shaped the town at the end of the 19th century.
Photo legend, from left to right:
Back row: Billy White — watchmaker, Harwoods; H. F. Barton — ironmonger, Surrey Street; Ted Saunders — clerk, J. E. Buttsons; George Redman — proprietor, Terminus Hotel; Alf Bishop — cycle and engineer, Ockenden Bros; Len Grinstead — draper, Port & Jarrat; Percy Clayton — butcher, High Street; Sidney Jones — cycle manager, Ockenden Bros.
Front row: Walter Rewel — engineer, Dando; Jim Preston — builder’s clerk, WS Walter Wallis; Fred Warner — clerk; Arthur Shelley; Howard Ockenden — ironmonger, High Street; Fisher — assistant, Ockenden Bros; Charlie Hopkins — tinsmith, Ockenden Bros; Harry Pritchard — baker, High Street; Squires — clerk, Ockenden Bros; Dick Silverster — marine store dealer, Silverster & Sons.
Come and discover more photographs, objects and stories from Littlehampton’s past at Littlehampton Museum. Explore the collections and see the people, places and everyday lives that made our town what it is today.
Do you recognise a family name, a local business or one of the riders? Tell us what you know in the comments — your memories can help us build Littlehampton’s story.

Don't forget to visit the Museum's current exhibition: Victorians, to find out more about the inhabitants of the Town during this period.

You can also have your say about the Museum in our annual survey, using the link below to our website and enter the draw to win £100 supermarket voucher:
https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/wWm55Aanrz



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22/09/2026