Bognor Regis is a seaside resort town and civil parishes in England in the Arun district of West Sussex, in the historic county of Sussex, on the south coast of England. It is south-south-west of London, west of Brighton, and south-east of the city of Chichester. Other nearby towns include Littlehampton east-north-east and Selsey to the south-west. The nearby villages of Felpham, briefly home to the poet William Blake, and Aldwick are now suburbs of Bognor Regis, along with those of North Bersted and South Bersted.