"Save up their money for a holiday/To Selsey Bill, or Bracklesham Bay." Selsey is also mentioned in Ben Jonson's play 'Volpone' in Act 2 Scene 1 in reference to 'Selsey cockles'. In the opening scene of the Lerner and Loewe musical My Fair Lady, Professor Higgins correctly identifies one of the characters as coming from Selsey. Selsey is further referenced in the Madness song "Driving in My Car": "I drive up to Muswell Hill, I've even been to Selsey Bill". Climate Selsey's climate is classified as warm and temperate. Although Selsey is in one of the sunnier areas of the UK, there is rainfall throughout the year and even the driest month still has rain. Probably the most problematic climatic hazard is wind. The town is situated in an area where tornadoes and waterspouts are common. A tornado in 1986 damaged 200 houses and cut a swathe 70 metres wide. Another tornado in 1998 left an estimated £10m of destruction and damaged the late Patrick Moore's observatory. Nature In 2015, around 50 Smooth-hound sharks were observed near the beach at Selsey. See also Baron Selsey Bishops of Selsey Selsey (electoral division) Selsey South (UK electoral ward) Selsey North (UK electoral ward) St Peter's Church, Selsey West Sussex Railway Notes Sources - The author was simply described as A Gentleman of Chichester. Not clear why his identity was hidden! External links West Sussex County Council Selsey Photo Archive Towns in West Sussex Cricket in Sussex English cricket in the 14th to 17th centuries Civil parishes in West Sussex Submerged places Chichester District Populated coastal places in West Sussex Seaside resorts in England