Selsey · East Beach · Est. c.1800

The pub by the sea

The Lifeboat Inn has stood a few streets from Selsey’s shore for more than two hundred years. Home cooked food, well kept real ales, a big sun catching garden, and dogs always welcome. Open every day from noon until 10.30pm.


★★★★★ 4.4 on Google from 284 reviews
The Pub

Selsey’s only pub near the sea, since around 1800

There has been a pub on this spot since around 1800. It appears on Ordnance Survey maps and in Kelly’s Directory as an inn from 1838, and for most of its life it was known as the Albion, the name our road still carries. In 1970 it took the name of the lifeboat crews who have launched from Selsey’s shore for generations, and the bar keeps a collection of lifeboat memorabilia to this day.

Inside you will find two traditional bars, one with the dart board, and a comfortable eating area. Outside, a large paved garden catches the sun from morning to evening. The lifeboat station and East Beach are a couple of minutes’ walk down the road.

Dogs are very welcome, children too, and there is step free access throughout the ground floor.

A cold pint on a table in the garden at the Lifeboat Inn, Selsey
The garden, made for lazy summer days and evenings.
Two pints of St Austell Tribute poured at the bar of the Lifeboat Inn
At the Bar

Well kept ales, two proper bars

The hand pumps carry Fuller’s London Pride and St Austell Tribute as regulars, with a changing guest ale alongside. Recent visitors to the pumps include Sharp’s Doom Bar, Harvey’s Sussex Best and Gales HSB. The cellar is Cask Marque accredited, and we hold the occasional beer festival.

Drink it in the smaller bar with the dart board, in the main bar among the lifeboat memorabilia, or out in the garden with the gulls overhead. Food can be eaten at the bar, and the staff know their ales; just ask what is drinking well today.

Word of Mouth

What Selsey says

★★★★★ 4.4 out of 5 · 284 Google reviews

“Delicious food, which includes generous crab sandwiches and excellent steak.”

Google’s summary of our reviews
Find Us

Down Albion Road, towards the sea

The Lifeboat Inn
26 Albion Road, Selsey
West Sussex PO20 0DJ

Bookings and enquiries

01243 603501

Opening times

Monday to Sunday12 noon until 10.30pm

Food served

Tuesday to Sunday12 until 3pm, 6 until 9pm
MondayNo food service

Food times can vary with the seasons. Booking ahead is recommended at busy times.

Getting here

We are at the sea end of Albion Road, a couple of minutes on foot from East Beach and the Selsey lifeboat station. The Stagecoach 51 bus from Chichester stops nearby, and there is parking close to the beach.

Dogs welcome · Families welcome · Garden · Outdoor seating · Food at the bar · Step free access