Councillor suggests cocktail bar for Look & Sea Centre

A councillor has suggested the Look & Sea Centre could be turned into a cocktail bar after urging Arun District Council to offer it to private operators.
The Look and Sea centre, Surrey Street, Littlehampton. Picture: Liz PearceThe Look and Sea centre, Surrey Street, Littlehampton. Picture: Liz Pearce
The Look and Sea centre, Surrey Street, Littlehampton. Picture: Liz Pearce

The popular tourist attraction in Surrey Street, which included the Harbour Lights café, visitor centre and heritage exhibition, shut suddenly on Friday afternoon after the board of directors informed staff they would be losing their jobs.

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But in a statement, the Littlehampton Liberal Democrats, which controls Littlehampton Town Council, called on Arun ‘to offer the business as soon as possible to a private operator to enable it to reopen quickly’.

Dr James Walsh, chairman of policy and finance at the town council, said: “It came as a complete shock to hear of the closure on Friday.

“It is a very important part of the riverside and town centre regeneration, and increasingly well used by visitors and locals. It is in a prime location, and we want it re-opened as quickly as possible.

“It is ripe for a commercial operator, and some innovation such as using the underused viewing gallery as a cocktail bar in the evenings could well expand the commercial attractiveness. It is important that it does not lose its client base, and be closed for too long.”