Middleton-on-Sea Beach (Elmer Sands)

The beach at Elmer has an unusual form as the boulder revetments used to prevent erosion make it into a series of small horseshoe shaped coves (see an aerial view to better understand this).
We managed to park and walk about 5 minutes to get there.
One annoyance is that to get to the beach at Middleton from the involves some awkward clambering over see defences as the boundaries of properties leave no proper walkway along that bit of foreshore.

A lovely beach, deserted and quiet…however, there is NO parking anywhere nearby, there are no toilets or a cafe or anything else, it is just a beach… The lack of people is obvious by the lack of rubbish which inconsiderate tourists always leave behind elsewhere.
To get near the beach you would need to be a local or walk a very very long way; this area is all narrow private roads and you are not allowed to park anywhere!!  as such the parking wardens are very vigorous at giving out tickets if you leave your car..You have been warned!!!
The beach is sand at low tide and shingle/stone at high water mark.
If you are on holiday don’t waste your time going here, go to Bognor Regis or Littlehampton where there are facilities.

We have a beautiful unspoilt beach here and hopefully it stays that way !
There are facilities at Bognor fir families and plenty of cafes!

Wonderful walk along Middleton and Elmer beaches - sandy, rock pools, no signs at all of palm oil, some seaweed but spacious and met lots of friendly people too.

Having read some comments, I would like to say that Elmer beach is beautiful….it is unspoilt by Cafes/toilets etc,  and is how nature intended it to be. ...and wonderful for dogs( palm oil is everywhere, not just Elmer).

Not good at all. No parking, no toilets. To many private estates onto beach with no walk throughs so you have to walk to nearest public footpath, which is hard work with dogs, kids and beach gear after parking 10 mins away. First thing that greeted us was the stench of rotting seaweed covered in flies. Then I spotted my big fear,  PALM OIL,  having lost one dog to it 2 years ago whilst on holiday in Cornwall I was not about to lose another. To my utter dismay there were children playing by a large area of it ??? do these parents not realise it can put a child in hospital.  Quick U turn back to car, drove 5 miles up road to my favourite beach at Rustington. Sorry Middleton / Elmer will not come again

The beach is part stones and some sand. There are no facilities at all - no cafes, no water and no toilets.
Parking is some way from the beach - the public car park is a good 10 minutes from the beach. Side roads are narrow and tend to fill up quickly.

A quiet beach but not great to visit.
There’s no public parking near the beach and when we visited, we risked the double yellow lines on Elmer Road thinking that as it was a quiet road, we’d get away with it, but along with the other cars parked nearby, we were greeted on our return with a parking ticket, making it a rather expensive day out.
We also couldn’t find any toilet facilities on or near the beach which meant we had to leave earlier than we’d planned.