Winter Solstice Gathering 2025
Sun 21 Dec
|Beach at end of West Street, Selsey
We reach the point in the year when the axial tilt of the Earth is aligned with the sun, only this time the north pole is tipped away from it and the south pole is tipped towards it. Come and join us to bathe in the sea and sit around the fire as we celebrate the return of the sun. Solstice: 3.03PM
Time & Location
21 Dec 2025, 14:00 – 16:30
Beach at end of West Street, Selsey, West St, Selsey, Chichester PO20, UK
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About the event
Historically this moment has been about gathering and feasting, and lighting fires to celebrate the coming of the light (yes, it starts to get lighter a few days after the 'standstill' of the solstice). If you can't make the gathering in the sea at this time, here are some other ways to mark the Solstice. 1. Make a nature table with pieces of lichen-covered moss, berried holly, ivy, seed heads, pebbles, old man's beard, feathers and whatever else you can find outdoors, then place a white candle(s) among them and light them on this day. 2. It is wonderful to catch the sunrise on the winter solstice, even if it's only from the shoreline or a window - so do it if you can, even if you can't get in the water. As you greet the sun, think about how it will make its lowest arc in the sky today,…