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Littlehampton sits at the mouth of the Arun, combining harbour, shingle beach and the Climping dune system with the old maritime core of the town. It has an unusually flower-rich coastal landscape, and honey bees here work from March sea-aster to October ivy.

The county is carried by a long, staggered honey flow. Spring opens on the blackthorn and hawthorn of the Downs, followed by field maple and sycamore on the Weald, and the sweet-chestnut coppice still worked around the Arun and Rother valleys. Early summer brings white clover on the grazed chalk, bramble in every hedgerow, and the heavy lime flow that lines the streets of Chichester, Arundel and Horsham. Late summer leans on rosebay willowherb, balsam along the Adur, and a strong ivy flow into October on sheltered south-facing lanes. It is a long season, and hives work hard.