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List of places of worship in Worthing

January 01, 1970

The borough of Worthing, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex, has 43 extant, operating churches and other places of worship. Twenty-one other former places of worship are still in existence but are no longer in religious use. The district, on the south coast of England, is mostly urban:[3] it consists of the seaside resort of Worthing, established in the 19th century, and its residential suburbs, ranging from ancient villages absorbed by the growing town to housing estates built after World War II.[4]

St Paul's Church was Worthing's first Anglican church. Built in 1812, it endured budget overruns, criticism of its distinctive Classical architecture and its pew rent policies, and structural problems; the last caused its closure in 1995.[1][2]
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Although not forming a majority, the largest proportion of the borough are Christians, and there is only one non-Christian place of worship, a mosque. The Church of England, the country's officially established church, is represented by more churches than any other denomination, but Worthing's first church was an Independent chapel. Protestant Nonconformism flourished in the early 19th century during the town's early development, while Roman Catholic worship (after the Catholic Emancipation) took root somewhat later.

English Heritage has awarded listed status to 12 of Worthing's extant churches and two former church buildings. A building is defined as "listed" when it is placed on a statutory register of buildings of "special architectural or historic interest" in accordance with the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990.[5] The Department for Culture, Media and Sport, a Government department, is responsible for this; English Heritage, a non-departmental public body, acts as an agency of the department to administer the process and advise the department on relevant issues.[6] There are three grades of listing status. Grade I, the highest, is defined as being of "exceptional interest"; Grade II* is used for "particularly important buildings of more than special interest"; and Grade II, the lowest, is used for buildings of "special interest".[7]

Overview of Worthing and its places of worship edit

 
Worthing's location within West Sussex

The borough covers 8,030 acres (3,250 ha)[8] of the English Channel coast and its hinterland in West Sussex, a county in southeast England. It is bordered to the west and north by the district of Arun, to the east by the district of Adur, and to the south by the English Channel.[9]

The town of Worthing began as a development in the south of the parish of Broadwater, a manor of Saxon origin which at the time of the Domesday survey in 1086 was held by the Norman nobleman William de Braose, 1st Lord of Bramber.[10] What began as a modest fishing village[11] quickly grew into a popular residential area, helped by the concurrent development of fashionable Brighton further along the coast.[10] Worthing absorbed Broadwater and other ancient centres such as Goring,[12] Heene[13] and West Tarring[14] during the 19th century, and was incorporated as a borough in 1890.[4]

The old villages had their own Anglican churches; Worthing itself was served by St Mary's Church in Broadwater until a chapel of ease, St Paul's, was built in 1812.[1] It quickly became "the spiritual and social centre around which ... the town developed",[15] despite financial difficulties and complaints that it failed to serve Worthing's poor.[16] Several other Anglican churches were founded in the town centre during the 19th century, starting with Christ Church—which also started as a chapel of ease to St Mary's before it received its own parish.[17] Declining congregations have resulted in overcapacity, and Christ Church was threatened with closure in 2006.[18]

The first place of worship in Worthing, however, was an Independent chapel on the present Montague Street[19] (formerly Cross Lane).[20] Long since demolished and now the site of a shop, it was founded in 1804, and was rebuilt and re-established as a Congregational church in 1842 by Reverend L. Winchester, the founder of Congregationalism in the town.[19][21] Nonconformism thrived in the early town. Various Independent and Evangelical congregations became established; Wesleyan Methodism was first recorded in 1811, and Primitive Methodism in 1865; Baptist meetings were held from 1878, and a Strict Baptist chapel existed from 1907; Brethren registered their first place of worship in 1892, and subsequently occupied various buildings; and many other denominations have been—and in some cases still are—represented.[22] Roman Catholicism took until the middle of the 19th century to become established. The first permanent church, St Mary of the Angels, was opened in 1864; before that, Mass was celebrated in a local resident's private chapel and in the Sisters of Notre Dame de Sion's convent.[23] St Mary of the Angels was parished from 1918, and the ministry grew substantially under the leadership of Canon James Purdon, its priest for 53 years.[23][24] Other parishes were established in 1927 (Durrington; later moved to High Salvington), 1958 (East Worthing)[23] and 1970 (Goring-by-Sea). The latter church, dedicated to the English Martyrs, is of little architectural merit but has one remarkable feature: a two-thirds scale replica of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, hand-painted by an untrained artist in six years.[25][26][27]

Mission halls edit

Worthing's Anglican churches established many mission halls—rudimentary chapels of ease administered by the founding church and serving newly developed residential areas—during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The town's haphazard, piecemeal, intermittently rapid residential development meant that such structures, which could be erected quickly, were needed to provide worship facilities until a more permanent arrangement could be made.[3][28][29] All fell out of use or were replaced by a permanent church, but some of the buildings still stand.

Founding church Mission hall In use Extant? Status Refs
Christ Church Anglesea Street Mission 1880–1930s Yes Now used as a Scout hut [17][30]
Crescent Road Mission 1900s–1920s Yes Now part of a shop [30][31]
St Andrew's Church Victoria Road Mission c. 1900 No Demolished [30][31]
St Botolph's Church St John's Mission Room 1900 No Replaced by St John the Divine's Church [13]
St George's Church Emmanuel Mission 1911–1976 No Replaced by permanent church, which was in turn demolished without replacement in 2008 [30][31]
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Ham Arch Mission 1885–1914 Yes Now used as a workshop [30][31]
Newland Road Mission 1883–1936 Yes Became a hall, then a school; now a photographic studio [30][31]
St Mary's Church Broadwater Mission Hall 1903–c. 1993 No Replaced by Queen Street Church Centre [17][33]
St Paul's Church Church of the Good Shepherd 1906–1963 No Demolished in 1973 [30][31]

Religious affiliation edit

According to the 2021 United Kingdom census, 111,336 people lived in the borough of Worthing. Of these, 43.92% identified themselves as Christian, 1.72% were Muslim, 0.66% were Hindu, 0.63% were Buddhist, 0.25% were Jewish, 0.11% were Sikh, 0.7% followed a religion other than these, 45.71% claimed no religious affiliation and 6.3% did not state their religion.[34] The proportion of Christians was slightly lower than the 46.32% in England as a whole; Buddhism and other religions were also practised more widely in Worthing than nationally. Islam, Hinduism, Judaism and Sikhism had significantly fewer followers than average: in 2021, 6.73% of people in England were Muslim, 1.81% were Hindu, 0.92% were Sikh and 0.48% were Jewish. The proportion of people with no religious affiliation was higher than the national figure of 36.67%.[35]

Administration edit

All Anglican churches in the borough of Worthing are part of the Diocese of Chichester, whose cathedral is at Chichester in West Sussex.[36] The Rural Deanery of Worthing—one of five deaneries in the Archdeaconry of Chichester, which is in turn one of three archdeaconries in the diocese[37]—covers the borough in its entirety and includes some churches in neighbouring districts.[38]

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton, whose cathedral is at Arundel,[39] administers the four Roman Catholic churches in Worthing. Worthing Deanery, one of 13 deaneries in the diocese,[40] includes the parishes of Goring (Church of the English Martyrs), East Worthing (St Charles Borromeo Church, and a church in Lancing in the neighbouring district of Adur) and Worthing (St Mary of the Angels Church in central Worthing and St Michael's Church in High Salvington), as well as other parishes outside the borough.[41]

Current places of worship edit

Current places of worship
Name Image Location Denomination/
Affiliation 		Grade Notes Refs
St Mary's Church
(More images) 		  Broadwater
50°49′40″N 0°22′24″W / 50.8278°N 0.3733°W / 50.8278; -0.3733 (St Mary's Church, Broadwater) 		Anglican I Broadwater's parish church has Saxon origins, but the present structure is late Norman. Nairn and Pevsner noted that the cruciform building, of flint with stone dressings, has impressive arches. The chancel was extensively remodelled in the 19th century. [33][42]
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St Mary's Church
(More images) 		  Goring-by-Sea
50°48′47″N 0°25′29″W / 50.8130°N 0.4246°W / 50.8130; -0.4246 (St Mary's Church, Goring-by-Sea) 		Anglican II* Decimus Burton rebuilt this late Norman church in the Gothic style in 1837. Hans Feibusch's mural representing Christ in Majesty, designed in 1954, is above the chancel arch. The exterior is rendered. [44][47]
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St Andrew's Church
(More images) 		  West Tarring
50°49′29″N 0°23′45″W / 50.8247°N 0.3958°W / 50.8247; -0.3958 (St Andrew's Church, West Tarring) 		Anglican II* West Tarring's partly 13th-century parish church, in the Early English style, has Italian mosaic designs by William Butterfield in 1885, when a major restoration took place. Its longstanding ecclesiastical status as a peculier of Canterbury Cathedral may have influenced its design. [14][31]
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Christ Church
(More images) 		  Worthing
50°48′48″N 0°22′25″W / 50.8132°N 0.3737°W / 50.8132; -0.3737 (Christ Church, Worthing) 		Anglican II* Worthing's second Anglican church, built in 1840–1843 as a chapel of ease to Broadwater and parished in 1855, was reprieved from closure in 2006. The flint building also uses artificial stone—an early example of this. The chancel was altered in 1894, when a hammerbeam roof—likened to Bryant and May matchsticks by Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel—was added. [18][30]
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St Symphorian's Church
(More images) 		  Durrington
50°50′11″N 0°24′48″W / 50.8364°N 0.4133°W / 50.8364; -0.4133 (St Symphorian's Church, Durrington) 		Anglican II The ancient parish church was wrecked during the English Civil War, and remained disused until Lacy W. Ridge built a new structure incorporating its remains. It opened in 1916 and was extended (with a chancel) in 1941. [1][60]
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St George's Church
(More images) 		  East Worthing
50°48′51″N 0°21′26″W / 50.8142°N 0.3573°W / 50.8142; -0.3573 (St George's Church, East Worthing) 		Anglican II George Truefitt's Bargate stone, Decorated Gothic-style church was consecrated in 1868 and extended in 1875 and 1884. The chancel and adjacent aisle have large apses, and there is a bell-tower with a spirelet. The interior was refitted in 1990–91. [30][44]
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St Botolph's Church
(More images) 		  Heene
50°48′49″N 0°23′12″W / 50.8136°N 0.3867°W / 50.8136; -0.3867 (St Botolph's Church, Heene) 		Anglican II The ancient chapel at Heene was ruined by the 18th century and partly dismantled in 1766. A fragment remains near the present church flint and stone church, built in the Early English style in 1873 by Edmund Scott and enlarged in 1905. [13][44]
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St John the Divine Church
(More images) 		  West Worthing
50°48′53″N 0°24′01″W / 50.8147°N 0.4004°W / 50.8147; -0.4004 (St John the Divine Church, West Worthing) 		Anglican II In 1937, N.F. Cachemaille-Day built a brick and flint church to replace a mission chapel linked to St Botolph's. This building of 1900 was incorporated into the new structure, which was extended in 1965 when the short, broad tower and spire were added. [44][66]
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St Andrew the Apostle's Church
(More images) 		  Worthing
50°48′55″N 0°22′39″W / 50.8153°N 0.3774°W / 50.8153; -0.3774 (St Andrew the Apostle's Church, Worthing) 		Anglican II Worthing's first "High Church" Anglican church was so controversial that it stood unused for six years while liturgical differences were thrashed out. Arthur Blomfield's Early English church, eventually consecrated in 1888, uses flint and stonework extensively. [30][66]
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Queen Street Church Centre
(More images) 		  Broadwater
50°49′26″N 0°22′34″W / 50.8240°N 0.3760°W / 50.8240; -0.3760 (Queen Street Church Centre, Broadwater) 		Anglican – This combined church and community centre was built in 1993–1994 on the site of the former Broadwater Mission Hall, administered from St Mary's Church. The present church is part of St Mary's parish. [17][33]
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St Stephen's Church   East Worthing
50°49′23″N 0°21′37″W / 50.8231°N 0.3604°W / 50.8231; -0.3604 (St Stephen's Church, East Worthing) 		Anglican – Between 1929 and 1959, this was a mission chapel to St Mary's Church in Broadwater; but it was consecrated in 1959 and became a separate church in its own right. It remains within the parish of St Mary's. [1][33]
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All Saints Church
(More images) 		  Findon Valley
50°51′01″N 0°23′45″W / 50.8504°N 0.3959°W / 50.8504; -0.3959 (All Saints Church, Findon Valley) 		Anglican – A church hall, erected in 1936, was used for services in this interwar housing estate until Leonard Keir Hett's brick church of 1956 was consecrated on 22 February of that year. The congregation chose the dedication. The church was parished in 1989, and St Peter's Church at High Salvington was added to the parish in 2010. [17][82]
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St Laurence's Church
(More images) 		  Goring-by-Sea
50°48′32″N 0°24′27″W / 50.8090°N 0.4074°W / 50.8090; -0.4074 (St Laurence's Church, Goring-by-Sea) 		Anglican – Part of the parish of Goring-by-Sea, this church was founded in 1936. An attached hall was added in 1962. The interior has a 15th-century altarpiece retrieved from St Mary's Church, Slaugham. [44][84]
St Peter's Church
(More images) 		  High Salvington
50°50′55″N 0°24′29″W / 50.8485°N 0.4081°W / 50.8485; -0.4081 (St Peter's Church, High Salvington) 		Anglican – The vicar of St Symphorian's Church paid for a tin tabernacle to be erected in High Salvington in 1928. It was part of St Symphorian's parish between 1951 and 2010—since when it has been linked to All Saints Church at Findon Valley—and is Worthing's only iron church. [1][60]
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St Richard's Church
(More images) 		  Maybridge
50°49′16″N 0°25′06″W / 50.8210°N 0.4183°W / 50.8210; -0.4183 (St Richard's Church, Maybridge) 		Anglican – This postwar housing estate north of Goring-by-Sea received a permanent church in 1966, when Romilly Craze's brick building opened. A church hall designed by John Leopold Denman had accommodated services since 1954. A parish was created in 1980. [1][66]
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St Matthew's Church
(More images) 		  Worthing
50°49′04″N 0°22′59″W / 50.8179°N 0.3830°W / 50.8179; -0.3830 (St Matthew's Church, Worthing) 		Anglican – R.S. Hyde's Early English-style church has an apse and a narrow flèche, and uses locally quarried flint. It was built in 1899 and extended with vestries and aisles in 1911. [1][30]
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Broadwater Baptist Church
(More images) 		  Broadwater
50°49′37″N 0°21′53″W / 50.8270°N 0.3648°W / 50.8270; -0.3648 (Broadwater Baptist Church) 		Baptist – R.W. Brough's 1968 brick structure is the successor to a church hall used since 1937 by Broadwater's Baptist community, which had first met in 1881 in a former stable. Another building, registered as Baptist School Chapel, on a site on nearby Penfold Road was also used between 1904 and 1937. [22][25]
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East Worthing Baptist Church
(More images) 		  East Worthing
50°48′56″N 0°21′09″W / 50.8156°N 0.3525°W / 50.8156; -0.3525 (East Worthing Baptist Church) 		Baptist – In 1933, an Evangelical community founded a church in East Worthing; it was opened by Worthing's mayor the following year. The Baptist Church acquired the building, a brick structure designed by T.R. Hyde, in 1946. As East Worthing Evangelical Free Church it was registered for worship in December 1934; it was re-registered for Baptists in January 1947. [22][95]
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Findon Valley Free Church
(More images) 		  Findon Valley
50°50′51″N 0°23′48″W / 50.8475°N 0.3966°W / 50.8475; -0.3966 (Findon Valley Free Church) 		Baptist – The present octagonal-shaped building was designed by R.W. Brough in 1958 and registered in October of that year, but this church has its origins in a church founded by Worthing Baptist Church in Findon in 1906, before the Findon Valley estate existed. It moved to a wooden building there in 1939. [82][47]
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West Worthing Baptist Church
(More images) 		  West Tarring
50°49′12″N 0°23′33″W / 50.8199°N 0.3926°W / 50.8199; -0.3926 (West Worthing Baptist Church) 		Baptist – The present building is in three linked parts: Resta Moore's original "school chapel" of 1900, which superseded a hall used by the Baptist community since 1890; Norman Myers's 1938 extension; and an adjacent community and social centre completed in 1988. The church was registered in July 1938, replacing the original building. [62][95]
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Worthing Baptist Church
(More images) 		  Worthing
50°48′57″N 0°22′31″W / 50.8159°N 0.3752°W / 50.8159; -0.3752 (Worthing Baptist Church) 		Baptist – Worthing's first permanent Baptist place of worship opened on this site in 1881. Resta Moore built an extension of brick and flint four years later, and two more enlargements followed as the church's popularity grew. Its members helped to establish several Baptist churches within and outside Worthing. The church was registered for the solemnisation of marriages in April 1886. [22][25]
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Worthing Tabernacle
(More images) 		  Worthing
50°48′53″N 0°22′16″W / 50.8148°N 0.3712°W / 50.8148; -0.3712 (Worthing Tabernacle) 		Evangelical II James Lund's pale stone and dark brick building blends the Gothic and Romanesque Revival styles and has a distinctive rose window. It was built in 1908 to accommodate the Evangelical congregation who had previously worshipped at the Montague Street Tabernacle Chapel (built in 1839), and was registered in July of that year. [22][44]
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Maybridge Community Church
(More images) 		  Maybridge
50°49′08″N 0°25′07″W / 50.8188°N 0.4186°W / 50.8188; -0.4186 (Maybridge Community Church) 		Evangelical – Founded in 1954 on the Maybridge housing estate, this Evangelical church is associated with the Worthing Tabernacle. The original structure, part of a former hospital, was rebuilt here; it has since been extended. As Maybridge Evangelical Free Church it was registered for worship in February 1955 and for marriages in February 1969. [99][118]
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West Worthing Evangelical Church
(More images) 		  West Worthing
50°48′58″N 0°23′55″W / 50.8162°N 0.3985°W / 50.8162; -0.3985 (West Worthing Evangelical Church) 		Evangelical – James Lund, designer of the Worthing Tabernacle, adopted a different design—the Queen Anne style—for this church of 1912, built to serve an Evangelical community who had worshipped at a private house since 1900. [22][99]
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River of Life Church   Worthing
50°49′18″N 0°22′25″W / 50.8216°N 0.3735°W / 50.8216; -0.3735 (Broadwater Christian Fellowship) 		Evangelical – This Art Deco building was used by Christian Scientists between 1939 and 1987; it replaced a 1921 structure on the same site. After that congregation moved to West Worthing, the church was acquired by a congregation planted out of the New Life Church at Durrington. Under the name Oasis Centre, it was registered for worship and for marriages in May 1993, and it has also had the name Broadwater Christian Fellowship. [22][115]
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Clifton Community Church
(More images) 		  Worthing
50°48′59″N 0°22′42″W / 50.8164°N 0.3782°W / 50.8164; -0.3782 (Clifton Community Church, Worthing) 		Evangelical – This Gothic-style stone and brick church has been used by several religious groups, including Baptists and Brethren, since it opened in 1905, and has undergone many changes of name. Its present status is Evangelical. [22][111]
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St Mary of the Angels Church
(More images) 		  Worthing
50°48′48″N 0°22′38″W / 50.8132°N 0.3773°W / 50.8132; -0.3773 (St Mary of the Angels Church, Worthing) 		Roman Catholic II Henry Clutton's brick and Portland stone French Gothic-style church—Worthing's oldest public place of Roman Catholic worship—was opened in 1864 and completed in 1939 when Frederick Walters added a chancel. [23][25]
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Church of the English Martyrs
(More images) 		  Goring-by-Sea
50°48′57″N 0°25′40″W / 50.8158°N 0.4277°W / 50.8158; -0.4277 (Church of the English Martyrs, Goring-by-Sea) 		Roman Catholic – The concrete church opened in 1968 to replace Jupp's Barn, the former barn of Jupp's Farm, which dated from 1771: this had been converted into a church in 1934 and registered in 1952. It is now the church hall. In the present "utilitarian concrete" church, parishioner Gary Bevans painted a scale replica of the Sistine Chapel ceiling on the ceiling between 1988 and 1993. [25][26]
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St Michael's Church
(More images) 		  High Salvington
50°50′31″N 0°24′18″W / 50.8419°N 0.4049°W / 50.8419; -0.4049 (St Michael's Church, High Salvington) 		Roman Catholic – This church moved to its present location in 1966 from Durrington, where the parish was formed in 1927 and a chapel was erected in 1938. The modernist design "departs from any conventionality" according to English Heritage. It was registered for worship and for marriages in October 1966. [23][25]
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Offington Park Methodist Church
(More images) 		  Broadwater
50°49′44″N 0°22′51″W / 50.8290°N 0.3808°W / 50.8290; -0.3808 (Offington Park Methodist Church, Broadwater) 		Methodist – The Wesleyan Methodist community acquired this site in 1928; the first church was opened in 1932 and was registered in October that yar, but it was replaced in 1958 with a new 400-capacity brick structure by architect Graeme Highet. The new building was registered in March 1959. Additions were made in the grounds in the 1970s. [22][62]
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Goring Methodist Church
(More images) 		  Goring-by-Sea
50°48′49″N 0°25′48″W / 50.8135°N 0.4301°W / 50.8135; -0.4301 (Goring Methodist Church, Goring-by-Sea) 		Methodist – Methodist worship in Goring-by-Sea started in a local hall in 1945, and a permanent church was built six years later by John Leopold Denman. The long, low brick building has a small bronze spire. It was registered for worship in March 1951 and for marriages in April 1952. [99][136]
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Goring United Reformed Church
(More images) 		  Goring-by-Sea
50°48′58″N 0°24′37″W / 50.8162°N 0.4102°W / 50.8162; -0.4102 (Goring-by-Sea United Reformed Church) 		United Reformed Church – World War II delayed the construction of this church for 11 years until 1949; a school was used for worship instead. The building, which was registered in April 1949, became the church hall in 1961 when a new church, in brick and concrete and with exterior walls forming a series of V-shapes, opened. [19][148]
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Emmanuel United Reformed Church
(More images) 		  Heene
50°48′44″N 0°23′10″W / 50.8122°N 0.3860°W / 50.8122; -0.3860 (Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Heene) 		United Reformed Church – Founded in 1926 as St Columba's Presbyterian Church, the original church (registered in 1932) became the church hall in 1937 when it was replaced by an Art Deco structure with a tower and variegated brickwork to the design of Frederic Lawrence. St Columba's and Shelley Road United Reformed Churches united in 2005 when the building in Shelley Road was closed. [18][22]
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Worthing Christadelphian Church
(More images) 		  Worthing
50°49′00″N 0°22′42″W / 50.8167°N 0.3783°W / 50.8167; -0.3783 (Worthing Christadelphian Church) 		Christadelphians – This community worships in a church used between 1961 and 1969 by Theosophists, who had a presence in Worthing from 1924. The structure was altered in 1989. It was registered for marriages by Christadelphians in September 1971. [22][111]
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St Demiana and Pope Kyrillos VI Coptic Orthodox Church
(More images) 		  Worthing
50°48′42″N 0°21′59″W / 50.8118°N 0.3664°W / 50.8118; -0.3664 (Cornerstone Methodist Church, Worthing) 		Coptic Orthodox – Architect John Wills was commissioned to build a replacement for the Bedford Row Methodist Chapel; his Early English style building, in rag-stone and featuring a corner tower, was completed in 1899 and opened in 1900. The church was reprieved from closure in 2003, at which time it was called Steyne Gardens Methodist Church, but it was announced in July 2015 that it would close at the end of August that year (by which time it had been renamed Cornerstone Methodist Church). It was bought by the Coptic Orthodox Church in Britain and Ireland in 2017 and opened the following year. [19][22]
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Christian Brethren Hall
(More images) 		  West Worthing
50°49′04″N 0°23′42″W / 50.8178°N 0.3951°W / 50.8178; -0.3951 (Christian Brethren Hall, West Worthing) 		Exclusive Brethren – This small hall, built and registered in 1934 but given its present appearance by a 1950s remodelling, is the only extant Brethren place of worship in Worthing; three others are no longer used. It is part of the Exclusive Brethren movement which separated from what is now the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church in 1970. [22][95]
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Kingdom Hall
(More images) 		  West Worthing
50°49′03″N 0°23′43″W / 50.8175°N 0.3953°W / 50.8175; -0.3953 (Kingdom Hall, West Worthing) 		Jehovah's Witnesses – This opened in 2015 on the site of the former Second Church of Christ, Scientist in Grand Avenue near West Worthing railway station. The purpose-built Kingdom Hall replaced a converted house on nearby South Street which had been the fifth Jehovah's Witnesses place of worship in Worthing since the denomination was established locally in 1922. The new building was registered for marriages in July 2015. [22][122]
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Worthing Chapel   Goring-by-Sea
50°49′06″N 0°25′59″W / 50.8182°N 0.4330°W / 50.8182; -0.4330 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Goring-by-Sea) 		Latter-day Saint – The congregation, whose first meetings were held in 1964, numbered more than 300 by the 1980s, so a permanent church was built. The brick building opened in 1984 and was registered for worship and for marriages in August of that year. [122][167]
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Elim Church Worthing   Worthing
50°49′15″N 0°22′21″W / 50.8208°N 0.3725°W / 50.8208; -0.3725 (Elim Church Worthing) 		Pentecostal – Since the Elim Tabernacle in Grosvenor Road closed in 1982, the Pentecostal community has used several venues, including this converted house on Broadwater Road. [22][122]
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Friends Meeting House
(More images) 		  West Worthing
50°48′52″N 0°23′46″W / 50.8144°N 0.3962°W / 50.8144; -0.3962 (Friends Meeting House, West Worthing) 		Quaker – Quakers first met in Worthing in the 1920s and were peripatetic until 1945, when a private house was registered. In 1958 they opened their own meeting house behind Mill Road, bought the previous year for £7,000, and registered it in January 1958. The building was originally a garage and boathouse. The premises have been shared with Spiritualists, Unitarians and others at various times. [22][122]
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Salvation Army Citadel
(More images) 		  Worthing
50°48′37″N 0°22′36″W / 50.8104°N 0.3766°W / 50.8104; -0.3766 (Salvation Army Citadel, Worthing) 		Salvation Army – The Army has a controversial history in Worthing: their arrival in 1883 caused riots, led by a mob called the Skeleton Army. Peaceful relations had been established by the time a permanent citadel replaced temporary barracks accommodation in 1912. The building was registered in 1919. [22][115]
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Worthing Spiritualist Church
(More images) 		  Worthing
50°48′46″N 0°22′26″W / 50.8128°N 0.3738°W / 50.8128; -0.3738 (Worthing Spiritualist Church) 		Spiritualist – This Art Nouveau-influenced building, designed by a local architect, was opened for worship by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1926, although it was built earlier. Its original name, under which it was registered in April 1926, was Spiritualist Mission Church. [22][111]
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Masjid Assalam
(More images) 		  Worthing
50°49′09″N 0°22′12″W / 50.8193°N 0.3700°W / 50.8193; -0.3700 (Masjid Assalam Mosque, Worthing) 		Sunni Islam – Worthing's mosque doubles as a cultural and social centre for the local Muslim population. An early-morning arson attack in 2005 caused substantial damage, but the building has been repaired. The mosque, which was registered in March 1995, had more than 1,000 worshippers in 2003. [179][180]
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Former places of worship edit

Former places of worship
Name Image Location Denomination/
Affiliation 		Grade Notes Refs
Holy Trinity Church
(More images) 		  Worthing
50°48′41″N 0°22′43″W / 50.8113°N 0.3786°W / 50.8113; -0.3786 (Holy Trinity Church, Worthing) 		Anglican II Late 19th-century housing development in the Gratwicke area west of the town centre resulted in the building of this church in 1882–1883. It was parished almost immediately. Henry Coe and S. Robinson's Early English design, in dark red brick, lacked the present tower; this was added in 1888. The church has been disused and empty since 2014. [30][31]
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St Paul's Church
(More images) 		  Worthing
50°48′49″N 0°22′17″W / 50.8137°N 0.3714°W / 50.8137; -0.3714 (Former St Paul's Church, Worthing) 		Anglican II An 1809 Act of Parliament allowed St Paul's to be built as a chapel of ease to St Mary's Church in Broadwater; it remained in force until 1893, when a parish was formed. It thrived as Worthing's reputation as a fashionable seaside resort grew, and the sale of pews to visitors brought in much money. John Rebecca's stuccoed brick building with Doric columns and cupola became structurally unsound and was closed in 1995. [1][30]
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Anglesea Street Mission   Worthing
50°49′01″N 0°22′44″W / 50.8169°N 0.3789°W / 50.8169; -0.3789 (Former Anglesea Street Mission, Worthing) 		Anglican – Christ Church's first mission hall was opened in the 1880s, originally under the name Clifton Road Mission Hall. Under its present name, Verrall Hall, it is a Scout headquarters. [17][30]
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Crescent Road Mission
(More images) 		  Worthing
50°48′37″N 0°22′34″W / 50.8102°N 0.3761°W / 50.8102; -0.3761 (Former Crescent Road Mission, Worthing) 		Anglican – Originally a non-denominational mission chapel, this was taken over by Christ Church and used as a mission hall. It is now part of an adjacent shop. [30][31]
Newland Road Mission
(More images) 		  Worthing
50°49′06″N 0°22′07″W / 50.8184°N 0.3686°W / 50.8184; -0.3686 (Former Newland Road Mission, Worthing) 		Anglican – Built in 1883 by St George's Church to serve new housing near the railway, this red-brick chapel, designed by George Hewer, was used until 1936. Under the new guise of Forester's Hall, it has been a school and a photographic studio. [30][31]
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Ham Arch Mission   East Worthing
50°49′10″N 0°21′14″W / 50.8194°N 0.3538°W / 50.8194; -0.3538 (Former Ham Arch Mission, East Worthing) 		Anglican – Named after a nearby railway bridge, and ironically known as "The Cathedral" locally, this tiny hut—now a workshop—was served from St George's Church for 29 years from 1885. [30][31]
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Bedford Row Methodist Chapel
(More images) 		  Worthing
50°48′41″N 0°22′08″W / 50.8114°N 0.3690°W / 50.8114; -0.3690 (Former Bedford Row Methodist Chapel, Worthing) 		Methodist II Worthing's first Wesleyan Methodist chapel, the Providence Chapel of 1822, was replaced by this pedimented, stuccoed, Neoclassical building, with tall, tapering windows, in 1840. It passed into secular use in 1900 when the church in Steyne Gardens (now Cornerstone Methodist Church) replaced it, and is now the function room of the Vintners Parrot pub. [22][62]
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Lyndhurst Road Methodist Church
(More images) 		  East Worthing
50°49′01″N 0°21′20″W / 50.8169°N 0.3556°W / 50.8169; -0.3556 (Former Lyndhurst Road Methodist Church, Worthing) 		Methodist – An iron chapel for Primitive Methodists opened in Chapel Road in 1880, moved to Lyndhurst Road in 1893 and was superseded by H.K. Armitage's Perpendicular Gothic church in 1929. The Methodist Church declared it redundant in 2005, and permission was granted to establish a children's centre in it. [22][62]
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Methodist Providence Chapel
(More images) 		  Worthing
50°48′39″N 0°22′09″W / 50.8109°N 0.3691°W / 50.8109; -0.3691 (Former Methodist Providence Chapel, Worthing) 		Methodist – This chapel was built in 1822 in a Neoclassical style using flint cobblestones on the exterior. After the new chapel in nearby Bedford Row was built in 1840, it was unused until 1852, when an independent Christian group took it on. It was subsequently registered by the Old Baptist Union between 1896 and 1906. The building now houses a youth club. [19][22]
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Tarring Road Methodist Church
(More images) 		  Worthing
50°49′04″N 0°22′46″W / 50.8179°N 0.3795°W / 50.8179; -0.3795 (Tarring Road Methodist Church, Worthing) 		Methodist – This Wesleyan chapel, completed in 1884, cost £735 (£97,000 as of 2024).[199] The brick and flint building was designed by R. Hollands. Latterly known as Cornerstone Hall, its registration for marriages and worship was cancelled in August 2015, and it is now a Montessori nursery school. [19][22]
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Montague Street Tabernacle Chapel   Worthing
50°48′37″N 0°22′15″W / 50.8104°N 0.3707°W / 50.8104; -0.3707 (Former Montague Street Tabernacle Chapel, Worthing) 		Independent – This 1839 building had many uses (hall, theatre, temporary church) until 1888, when it became the non-denominational Worthing Free Church. The Worthing Tabernacle was founded in 1895, and the building was re-registered under that name the following year. It moved to its new premises in 1908, after which it was renamed St James's Hall and used as an entertainment venue. It is now a shop. [22][111]
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New Street Chapel   Worthing
50°48′36″N 0°22′32″W / 50.8101°N 0.3755°W / 50.8101; -0.3755 (Former New Street Chapel, Worthing) 		Independent – This was built in the Classical style in 1861 for Independent Evangelicals to the design of Charles Hide. It declined after its founder, John Adams, died, and closed in 1906. The building, including the prominent pediment, survives behind a shop façade. [22][95]
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Bedford Row Gospel Hall
(More images) 		  Worthing
50°48′37″N 0°22′08″W / 50.8103°N 0.3688°W / 50.8103; -0.3688 (Former Christian Brethren Hall, Worthing) 		Open Brethren – This stuccoed building of around 1850 was in religious use by 1908, when it was registered by the Old Baptist Union. They moved out in 1928 and Open Brethren took it on. From 1977 it was described as an Evangelical church. It has fallen out of use and is unoccupied as of 2024. [22][95]
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Brethren Gospel Hall   West Tarring
50°49′31″N 0°23′35″W / 50.8253°N 0.3931°W / 50.8253; -0.3931 (Former Brethren Gospel Hall, West Tarring) 		Open Brethren – This tiny chapel, now in residential use, is set back from Tarring's ancient high street. It is in a simple Classical style with a pediment and oeil de boeuf. Services were held from 1860 until 1992, although the premises were not formally registered until May 1923 (with the name Tarring High Street Chapel). [14][95]
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Elim Tabernacle
(More images) 		  Worthing
50°48′49″N 0°22′25″W / 50.8135°N 0.3737°W / 50.8135; -0.3737 (Former Elim Tabernacle, Worthing) 		Elim Pentecostal – George Jeffreys, founder of the Elim Pentecostal Church in the United Kingdom, established this church in 1931. The small building, opposite Christ Church, was registered for worship in May 1932 and was used until 1982; a nursery school now occupies it. [22][122]

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St James's Evangelical Free Church   Worthing
50°48′45″N 0°22′03″W / 50.8124°N 0.3674°W / 50.8124; -0.3674 (Former St James's Evangelical Free Church, Worthing) 		Evangelical – T.H. Winney's Perpendicular-style building was used as an Evangelical church from 1926 until 1988, when it became a restaurant and bar. Its original name, under which it was registered between 1926 and 1949, was St James's Hall in reference to the building in Montague Street where the congregation previously met, although when its registration was finally cancelled in February 1989 it was called Worthing Evangelical Free Church. [22][62]
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Kingdom Hall   West Tarring
50°49′16″N 0°23′32″W / 50.8211°N 0.3922°W / 50.8211; -0.3922 (Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, West Tarring) 		Jehovah's Witnesses – This converted house was the fifth Jehovah's Witnesses place of worship in Worthing. The denomination, which was first established in the town in 1922, registered it in 1980. It was used by three Worthing-based Congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses: Broadwater, Durrington and Tarring. In 2013, a planning application was submitted to construct a purpose-built Kingdom Hall on the site of the disused Second Church of Christ, Scientist on nearby Grand Avenue. This was approved, building work was completed in 2015, and the old building's marriage registration was cancelled in July 2015. [22][122]
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Gospel Hall
(More images) 		  Durrington
50°49′58″N 0°24′46″W / 50.8327°N 0.4127°W / 50.8327; -0.4127 (Former Gospel Hall, Durrington) 		Plymouth Brethren Christian Church – Planning permission for this meeting hall on Birkdale Road was granted in 1990. It had a capacity for about 60 worshippers and was part of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. In June 2011 the charity Scope stated that they had "recently" bought it and converted it into a social and activity centre. Now, with the name Ashdown Club, it is now used for similar purposes by the charity Guild Care. [222][223]
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St Charles Borromeo Church
(More images) 		  East Worthing
50°49′15″N 0°21′17″W / 50.8208°N 0.3546°W / 50.8208; -0.3546 (St Charles Borromeo Church, East Worthing) 		Roman Catholic – A dolphin sculpture above the door of this Neo-Romanesque, cruciform, artificial Cotswold stone church alludes to the earlier use of the Dolphin Inn for services. Henry Bingham Towner's building opened in 1962 and was registered in April of that year. It closed at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and in June 2021 the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton decided to sell the church and its site for redevelopment and combine the remaining churches in Worthing and Lancing into one parish. [23][25]
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Ebenezer Strict Baptist Chapel
(More images) 		  Worthing
50°48′46″N 0°22′22″W / 50.8129°N 0.3729°W / 50.8129; -0.3729 (Former Ebenezer Strict Baptist Chapel, Worthing) 		Strict Baptist – In 2005, planning permission was granted for the conversion of this Strict Baptist chapel into a house. The congregation formed in 1887 worshipped elsewhere until 1907, when the chapel was built. It was registered for worship six years later. [22][95]
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Shelley Road United Reformed Church
(More images) 		  Worthing
50°48′40″N 0°22′29″W / 50.8112°N 0.3746°W / 50.8112; -0.3746 (Former Shelley Road United Reformed Church, Worthing) 		United Reformed Church – This brick and terracotta Early English-style building served the Congregational (later United Reformed Church) community from 1903 until 2005, when the congregation moved to the renamed Emmanuel Church—formerly St Columba's. Its registrations for worship and marriages, granted in November 1903, were cancelled in January 2006. [18][19]
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Notes edit

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  90. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 41047; Name: Baptist School Chapel; Address: Penfold Road, Broadwater, Worthing; Denomination: Baptists; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 28 April 1905; Date deregistered (as recorded on original certificate): 13 January 1940). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/83)
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  92. ^ "No. 34776". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 January 1940. p. 400.
  93. ^ "No. 44632". The London Gazette. 12 July 1968. p. 7803.
  94. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 71440; Name: Broadwater Baptist Church; Address: Dominion Road, Worthing; Denomination: Baptists; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 8 July 1968). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/143)
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  96. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 55643; Name: East Worthing Evangelical Free Church; Address: Pendine Avenue, Worthing; Denomination: Evangelical Free Churchmen; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 6 December 1934; Date deregistered (as recorded on original certificate): 19 October 1954). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/112)
  97. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 61588; Name: East Worthing Baptist Church; Address: Pendine Avenue, Worthing; Denomination: Baptists; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 6 January 1947). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/124)
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  101. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 59335; Name: Findon Valley Free Church (Baptist); Address: Off Vale Drive, Findon Valley, Worthing; Denomination: Baptists; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 31 May 1940; Date deregistered (as recorded on original certificate): 13 October 1958). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/119)
  102. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 66947; Name: Findon Valley Free Church (Baptist); Address: Lime Tree Avenue, Worthing; Denomination: Baptists; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 13 October 1958). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/134)
  103. ^ "No. 41529". The London Gazette. 21 October 1958. p. 6441.
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  105. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 38411; Name: Baptist School Chapel; Address: Canterbury Road, West Tarring; Denomination: Baptists; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 25 May 1901; Date deregistered (as recorded on original certificate): 11 July 1938). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/77)
  106. ^ "No. 33055". The London Gazette. 9 June 1925. p. 3900.
  107. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 58185; Name: West Worthing Baptist Church; Address: Canterbury Road, Worthing; Denomination: Baptists; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 11 July 1938). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/117)
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  109. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 26837; Name: Worthing Baptist Church; Address: Christchurch Road, Worthing; Denomination: Particular Baptists). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/54)
  110. ^ "No. 25579". The London Gazette. 20 April 1886. p. 1908.
  111. ^ a b c d e f Elleray 1998, p. 56.
  112. ^ Historic England. "The Worthing Tabernacle, 64 Chapel Road, Worthing, Worthing, West Sussex (Grade II) (1250845)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  113. ^ Elleray 1985, §63.
  114. ^ Elleray 1977, §156.
  115. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Elleray 2004, p. 59.
  116. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 43179; Name: Worthing Tabernacle; Address: Chapel Road, Worthing; Denomination: Independent Evangelical Free Church; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 22 July 1908). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/87)
  117. ^ "No. 28166". The London Gazette. 11 August 1908. p. 5930.
  118. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 64828; Name: Maybridge Community Church; Address: 77 The Strand, Worthing; Denomination: Evangelical Free Church; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 21 February 1955). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/130)
  119. ^ "No. 44794". The London Gazette. 21 February 1969. p. 2032.
  120. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 45471; Name: West Worthing Evangelical Church; Address: Rugby Road, Worthing; Denomination: Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 18 November 1912). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/91)
  121. ^ a b Williamson et al. 2019, p. 745.
  122. ^ a b c d e f g Elleray 1998, p. 55.
  123. ^ "No. 53308". The London Gazette. 20 May 1993. p. 8829.
  124. ^ . River of Life Church. 2013. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  125. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 78762; Name: River of Life Church (Worthing); Address: Sanctuary, 19a Broadwater Road, Worthing; Denomination: Christian Fellowship; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 10 May 1993). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/158)
  126. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 41499; Name: Baptist Chapel; Address: Clifton Road, Worthing; Denomination: Baptists; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 16 January 1906; Date deregistered (as recorded on original certificate): 9 March 1908). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/83)
  127. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 67368; Name: Clifton Hall; Address: Clifton Road, Worthing; Denomination: Christians Not Otherwise Designated; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 17 July 1959). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/135)
  128. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 77770; Name: Clifton Hall; Address: Clifton Road, Worthing; Denomination: Lyndhurst Christian Fellowship; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 7 December 1988). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/156)
  129. ^ "No. 51807". The London Gazette. 12 July 1989. p. 8145.
  130. ^ "Worthing – St Mary of the Angels". Catholic Trust for England and Wales and English Heritage. 2011. from the original on 14 August 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  131. ^ Historic England. "St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Richmond Road (south side), Worthing, Worthing, West Sussex (Grade II) (1263214)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  132. ^ Elleray 1977, §146.
  133. ^ a b c Williamson et al. 2019, p. 730.
  134. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 16235; Name: St Mary of the Angels; Address: Crescent Road, Worthing; Denomination: Roman Catholics). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/33)
  135. ^ "No. 23550". The London Gazette. 29 October 1869. p. 5806.
  136. ^ a b c Williamson et al. 2019, p. 748.
  137. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 63672; Name: Church of the English Martyrs; Address: Goring Way, Worthing; Denomination: Roman Catholics; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 10 November 1952). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/128)
  138. ^ "No. 39698". The London Gazette. 18 November 1952. p. 6091.
  139. ^ "Worthing – St Michael". Catholic Trust for England and Wales and English Heritage. 2011. from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  140. ^ "No. 44161". The London Gazette. 3 November 1966. p. 11909.
  141. ^ Williamson et al. 2019, pp. 750–751.
  142. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 70693; Name: St Michael's Church; Address: Hayling Rise, Worthing; Denomination: Roman Catholics; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 25 October 1966). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/142)
  143. ^ Elleray 1998, pp. 53–54.
  144. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 54020; Name: Offington Park Methodist Church; Address: South Farm Road, Worthing; Denomination: Methodist Church; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 12 October 1932; Date deregistered (as recorded on original certificate): 3 March 1959). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/109)
  145. ^ "No. 34095". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 October 1934. p. 6481.
  146. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 67169; Name: Offington Park Methodist Church; Address: South Farm Road, Worthing; Denomination: Methodist Church; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 3 March 1959). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/135)
  147. ^ "No. 41650". The London Gazette. 6 March 1959. p. 1566.
  148. ^ a b Elleray 2004, p. 26.
  149. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 62954; Name: Goring Methodist Church; Address: Bury Drive, Worthing; Denomination: Methodist Church; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 12 March 1951). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/126)
  150. ^ "No. 39518". The London Gazette. 8 April 1952. p. 2125.
  151. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 62289; Name: Goring United Reformed Church; Address: Shaftesbury Avenue, Worthing; Denomination: United Reformed Church; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 20 April 1949). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/125)
  152. ^ "No. 38923". The London Gazette. 26 May 1950. p. 2640.
  153. ^ Elleray 1998, pp. 54–55.
  154. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 53698; Name: Presbyterian Church; Address: Heene Road, Worthing; Denomination: Presbyterian Church of England; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 19 April 1932; Date deregistered (as recorded on original certificate): 11 October 1937). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/108)
  155. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 57668; Name: Emmanuel United Reformed Church; Address: St Michael's Road, Worthing; Denomination: United Reformed Church; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 11 October 1937). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/116)
  156. ^ "No. 34444". The London Gazette. 15 October 1937. p. 6388.
  157. ^ "Worthing". thisisyourbible.com. 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
  158. ^ "No. 45478". The London Gazette. 24 September 1971. p. 10368.
  159. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 68393; Name: Theosophical Hall; Address: 38 Clifton Road, Worthing; Denomination: Theosophists; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 10 October 1961; Date deregistered (as recorded on original certificate): 16 October 1969). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/137)
  160. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 72681; Name: Christadelphian Hall; Address: 38 Clifton Road, Worthing; Denomination: Christadelphians; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 17 September 1971). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/146)
  161. ^ . Worthing Herald. Johnston Publishing Ltd. 24 July 2015. Archived from the original on 30 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  162. ^ "New Coptic church in Brighton (sic)". Watani International. 14 March 2018. from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  163. ^ a b Elleray 1985, §57.
  164. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 37714; Name: Cornerstone Methodist Church; Address: Steyne Gardens, Brighton Road, Worthing; Denomination: Methodist Church; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 28 May 1900). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/76)
  165. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 54999; Name: Meeting Room; Address: Tarring Road, Worthing; Denomination: Christians not otherwise Designated; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 23 February 1934). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/110)
  166. ^ a b "No. 61330". The London Gazette. 21 August 2015. p. 15706.
  167. ^ "No. 49842". The London Gazette. 17 August 1984. p. 11299.
  168. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 76633; Name: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Worthing Chapel; Address: Goring Street, Worthing; Denomination: Church of Jesus of Latter Day Saints; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 7 August 1984). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/154)
  169. ^ . Elim Church, Worthing. 2009. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
  170. ^ Roethe, Johanna (2015). "Quaker Meeting House, Worthing" (PDF). Quaker Meeting Houses Heritage Project. Quakers in Britain and Historic England. (PDF) from the original on 14 November 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  171. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 61078; Name: Friends' Meeting House; Address: Ground Floor, 47 Downview Road, Worthing; Denomination: Friends; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 20 April 1945; Date deregistered (as recorded on original certificate): 31 January 1958). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/123)
  172. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 66531; Name: Friends' Meeting House; Address: 34 Mill Road, Worthing; Denomination: Friends; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 30 January 1958). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/134)
  173. ^ Elleray 1998, pp. 124–125.
  174. ^ Elleray 1985, §58.
  175. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 47438; Name: Salvation Army Citadel; Address: Crescent Road, Worthing; Denomination: Salvation Army; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 7 February 1919). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/95)
  176. ^ "No. 31180". The London Gazette. 14 February 1919. p. 2304.
  177. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 50242; Name: Spiritualist Mission Church; Address: Grafton Road, Worthing; Denomination: Spiritualists; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 15 April 1926). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/101)
  178. ^ "No. 33275". The London Gazette. 17 May 1927. p. 3222.
  179. ^ . Worthing Islamic Cultural Centre. 2008. Archived from the original on 3 July 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  180. ^ "Police probe broken gas pipe at Worthing mosque". Worthing Herald. Johnston Press Digital Publishing. 17 March 2005. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  181. ^ "Appeal to upgrade mosque". The Argus. 28 April 2003. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  182. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 79177; Name: Masjed Assalam Worthing Islamic Cultural Centre; Address: Ivy Arch Road, Worthing; Denomination: Muslims; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 1 March 1995). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/159)
  183. ^ Elleray 1977, §150.
  184. ^ Historic England. "Holy Trinity Church, Shelley Road, Worthing, Worthing, West Sussex (Grade II) (1393419)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  185. ^ Historic England. "St Paul's Church, Chapel Road (west side), Worthing, Worthing, West Sussex (Grade II) (1250172)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  186. ^ Elleray 1977, §§142, 143.
  187. ^ . Worthing District Scouts. 2006–2008. Archived from the original on 11 November 2007. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  188. ^ "Planning Application Property Related Information for: Foresters Hall 75 Newland Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 1LB". Worthing Borough Council planning application. Worthing Borough Council/CAPS Solutions Ltd. 2005. Retrieved 29 September 2009.[permanent dead link]
  189. ^ . Online copy of St George's Church Centenary brochure (published 1968) at www.achurchnearyou.com. Archbishops' Council. 2009. Archived from the original on 30 September 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
  190. ^ Elleray 1985, §49.
  191. ^ Williamson et al. 2019, p. 734.
  192. ^ Elleray 1977, §154.
  193. ^ Historic England. "Bedford Hall, Bedford Row (west side), Worthing, Worthing, West Sussex (Grade II) (1025806)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  194. ^ Robinson, Bryan; Back, Robert; White, Richard (June 2007). (PDF). Report FR30(06/07) by West Sussex County Council County Treasurer et al. West Sussex County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  195. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 52756; Name: Methodist Church; Address: Lyndhurst Road, Worthing; Denomination: Methodist Church; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 29 October 1930). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/106)
  196. ^ "No. 33660". The London Gazette. 11 November 1930. p. 7196.
  197. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 35521; Name: Providence Chapel; Address: Marine Place, Worthing; Denomination: Old Baptist Union; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 04 July 1896; Date deregistered (as recorded on original certificate): 16 January 1906). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/72)
  198. ^ "No. 27876". The London Gazette. 19 January 1906. p. 487.
  199. ^ a b UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  200. ^ "No. 61322". The London Gazette. 13 August 2015. p. 15107.
  201. ^ "The New Montessori Pre-School". The New Montessori Pre-School, Worthing. 2023. from the original on 11 November 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  202. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 30927; Name: Worthing Free Church; Address: Montague Street, Worthing; Denomination: Undenominational Christians; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 08 June 1888; Date deregistered (as recorded on original certificate): 22 April 1896). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/62)
  203. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 35398; Name: Worthing Tabernacle; Address: Montague Street, Worthing; Denomination: Undenominational Christians; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 22 April 1896; Date deregistered (as recorded on original certificate): 6 August 1908). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/71)
  204. ^ Williamson et al. 2019, p. 736.
  205. ^ Elleray 1985, §45.
  206. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 42950; Name: Old Baptist Assembly Hall; Address: South End of Bedford Row, Worthing; Denomination: Old Baptists; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 9 March 1908; Date deregistered (as recorded on original certificate): 18 October 1928). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/86)
  207. ^ "No. 33431". The London Gazette. 19 October 1928. p. 6714.
  208. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 51546; Name: Bedford Row Gospel Hall; Address: Bedford Row, Worthing; Denomination: Brethren; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 22 October 1928). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/104)
  209. ^ "No. 33855". The London Gazette. 16 August 1932. p. 5316.
  210. ^ Elleray 1985, §43.
  211. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 48855; Name: Tarring High Street Chapel; Address: West Tarring, Worthing; Denomination: Christian Brethren; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 10 May 1923). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/98)
  212. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 53748; Name: Elim Tabernacle; Address: Grosvenor Road, Worthing; Denomination: Elim Foursquare Gospel Alliance; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 18 May 1932). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/108)
  213. ^ "No. 34123". The London Gazette. 11 January 1935. p. 322.
  214. ^ "No. 51656". The London Gazette. 27 February 1989. p. 2448.
  215. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 50138; Name: St James' Hall; Address: High Street, Worthing; Denomination: Evangelical Free Church; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 26 January 1926; Date deregistered (as recorded on original certificate): 27 April 1949). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/101)
  216. ^ "No. 32251". The London Gazette. 8 March 1921. p. 1283.
  217. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 62297; Name: Worthing Evangelical Free Church; Address: High Street, Worthing; Denomination: Evangelical Free Church; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 27 April 1949; Date deregistered (as recorded on original certificate): 6 February 1989). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/125)
  218. ^ Williamson et al. 2019, p. 735.
  219. ^ "Application for Planning Permission, Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (AWDM/0137/13)" (PDF). Adur & Worthing Councils. 4 February 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013. Demolition of existing building and construction of a new single storey place of worship D1 with 26 parking spaces: Christian Science Church 117 Grand Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN11 5BE
  220. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 75415; Name: Kingdom Hall; Address: 140 South Street, Tarring, Worthing; Denomination: Jehovah's Witnesses; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 4 March 1980; Date deregistered (as recorded on original certificate): 30 July 2015). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/151)
  221. ^ "No. 48129". The London Gazette. 17 March 1980. p. 4127.
  222. ^ "Design and Access Statement" (PDF). Worthing Borough Council planning application AWDM/0294/11. Planning Services, Adur and Worthing Councils. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2012. Proposed single storey rear extension and alterations to front elevation including proposed porch. Deletion of condition 7 and 8 of planning permission WB/0273/90 relating to occupancy of the premises. Meeting Hall 1 Birkdale Road Worthing West Sussex BN13 2QY[permanent dead link]
  223. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 82312; Name: Gospel Hall; Address: On the East Side of 5 Birkdale Road, Worthing; Denomination: Brethren). Retrieved 2 November 2012. (; subsequent updates)
  224. ^ "Ashdown Club". Guild Care. 2023. from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  225. ^ "Worthing – St Charles Borromeo". Catholic Trust for England and Wales and English Heritage. 2011. from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  226. ^ Elleray 1985, §61.
  227. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 68630; Name: Catholic Church of St Charles; Address: Junction of Ham Road and Chesswood Road, Worthing; Denomination: Roman Catholics; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 25 April 1962). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/138)
  228. ^ "No. 42663". The London Gazette. 1 May 1962. p. 3528.
  229. ^ Holden, John (10 June 2021). "Worthing Catholic church to be closed and sold in parish shake-up". Sussex Express. National World Publishing Ltd. from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
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  231. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 45720; Name: Ebenezer Strict Baptist Chapel; Address: Portland Road, Worthing; Denomination: Calvinistic Strict Baptists; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 17 May 1913). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/92)
  232. ^ Elleray 1977, §152.
  233. ^ Elleray 1985, §44.
  234. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 40038; Name: United Reformed Church; Address: Shelley Road, Worthing; Denomination: United Reformed Church; Date registered (as recorded on original certificate): 26 November 1903; Date deregistered (as recorded on original certificate): 24 January 2006). Retrieved 24 October 2023. (; subsequent updates; original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70/81)
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  236. ^ "No. 57888". The London Gazette. 31 January 2006. p. 1370.

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January 01, 1970
list, places, worship, worthing, borough, worthing, seven, local, government, districts, english, county, west, sussex, extant, operating, churches, other, places, worship, twenty, other, former, places, worship, still, existence, longer, religious, district, . The borough of Worthing one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex has 43 extant operating churches and other places of worship Twenty one other former places of worship are still in existence but are no longer in religious use The district on the south coast of England is mostly urban 3 it consists of the seaside resort of Worthing established in the 19th century and its residential suburbs ranging from ancient villages absorbed by the growing town to housing estates built after World War II 4 St Paul s Church was Worthing s first Anglican church Built in 1812 it endured budget overruns criticism of its distinctive Classical architecture and its pew rent policies and structural problems the last caused its closure in 1995 1 2 Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as KML GPX all coordinates GPX primary coordinates GPX secondary coordinates Although not forming a majority the largest proportion of the borough are Christians and there is only one non Christian place of worship a mosque The Church of England the country s officially established church is represented by more churches than any other denomination but Worthing s first church was an Independent chapel Protestant Nonconformism flourished in the early 19th century during the town s early development while Roman Catholic worship after the Catholic Emancipation took root somewhat later English Heritage has awarded listed status to 12 of Worthing s extant churches and two former church buildings A building is defined as listed when it is placed on a statutory register of buildings of special architectural or historic interest in accordance with the Planning Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas Act 1990 5 The Department for Culture Media and Sport a Government department is responsible for this English Heritage a non departmental public body acts as an agency of the department to administer the process and advise the department on relevant issues 6 There are three grades of listing status Grade I the highest is defined as being of exceptional interest Grade II is used for particularly important buildings of more than special interest and Grade II the lowest is used for buildings of special interest 7 Contents 1 Overview of Worthing and its places of worship 2 Mission halls 3 Religious affiliation 4 Administration 5 Current places of worship 6 Former places of worship 7 See also 8 Notes 8 1 References 8 2 BibliographyOverview of Worthing and its places of worship edit nbsp Worthing s location within West Sussex The borough covers 8 030 acres 3 250 ha 8 of the English Channel coast and its hinterland in West Sussex a county in southeast England It is bordered to the west and north by the district of Arun to the east by the district of Adur and to the south by the English Channel 9 The town of Worthing began as a development in the south of the parish of Broadwater a manor of Saxon origin which at the time of the Domesday survey in 1086 was held by the Norman nobleman William de Braose 1st Lord of Bramber 10 What began as a modest fishing village 11 quickly grew into a popular residential area helped by the concurrent development of fashionable Brighton further along the coast 10 Worthing absorbed Broadwater and other ancient centres such as Goring 12 Heene 13 and West Tarring 14 during the 19th century and was incorporated as a borough in 1890 4 The old villages had their own Anglican churches Worthing itself was served by St Mary s Church in Broadwater until a chapel of ease St Paul s was built in 1812 1 It quickly became the spiritual and social centre around which the town developed 15 despite financial difficulties and complaints that it failed to serve Worthing s poor 16 Several other Anglican churches were founded in the town centre during the 19th century starting with Christ Church which also started as a chapel of ease to St Mary s before it received its own parish 17 Declining congregations have resulted in overcapacity and Christ Church was threatened with closure in 2006 18 The first place of worship in Worthing however was an Independent chapel on the present Montague Street 19 formerly Cross Lane 20 Long since demolished and now the site of a shop it was founded in 1804 and was rebuilt and re established as a Congregational church in 1842 by Reverend L Winchester the founder of Congregationalism in the town 19 21 Nonconformism thrived in the early town Various Independent and Evangelical congregations became established Wesleyan Methodism was first recorded in 1811 and Primitive Methodism in 1865 Baptist meetings were held from 1878 and a Strict Baptist chapel existed from 1907 Brethren registered their first place of worship in 1892 and subsequently occupied various buildings and many other denominations have been and in some cases still are represented 22 Roman Catholicism took until the middle of the 19th century to become established The first permanent church St Mary of the Angels was opened in 1864 before that Mass was celebrated in a local resident s private chapel and in the Sisters of Notre Dame de Sion s convent 23 St Mary of the Angels was parished from 1918 and the ministry grew substantially under the leadership of Canon James Purdon its priest for 53 years 23 24 Other parishes were established in 1927 Durrington later moved to High Salvington 1958 East Worthing 23 and 1970 Goring by Sea The latter church dedicated to the English Martyrs is of little architectural merit but has one remarkable feature a two thirds scale replica of the Sistine Chapel ceiling hand painted by an untrained artist in six years 25 26 27 Mission halls editWorthing s Anglican churches established many mission halls rudimentary chapels of ease administered by the founding church and serving newly developed residential areas during the 19th and early 20th centuries The town s haphazard piecemeal intermittently rapid residential development meant that such structures which could be erected quickly were needed to provide worship facilities until a more permanent arrangement could be made 3 28 29 All fell out of use or were replaced by a permanent church but some of the buildings still stand Founding church Mission hall In use Extant Status Refs Christ Church Anglesea Street Mission 1880 1930s Yes Now used as a Scout hut 17 30 Crescent Road Mission 1900s 1920s Yes Now part of a shop 30 31 St Andrew s Church Victoria Road Mission c 1900 No Demolished 30 31 St Botolph s Church St John s Mission Room 1900 No Replaced by St John the Divine s Church 13 St George s Church Emmanuel Mission 1911 1976 No Replaced by permanent church which was in turn demolished without replacement in 2008 30 31 32 Ham Arch Mission 1885 1914 Yes Now used as a workshop 30 31 Newland Road Mission 1883 1936 Yes Became a hall then a school now a photographic studio 30 31 St Mary s Church Broadwater Mission Hall 1903 c 1993 No Replaced by Queen Street Church Centre 17 33 St Paul s Church Church of the Good Shepherd 1906 1963 No Demolished in 1973 30 31 Religious affiliation editAccording to the 2021 United Kingdom census 111 336 people lived in the borough of Worthing Of these 43 92 identified themselves as Christian 1 72 were Muslim 0 66 were Hindu 0 63 were Buddhist 0 25 were Jewish 0 11 were Sikh 0 7 followed a religion other than these 45 71 claimed no religious affiliation and 6 3 did not state their religion 34 The proportion of Christians was slightly lower than the 46 32 in England as a whole Buddhism and other religions were also practised more widely in Worthing than nationally Islam Hinduism Judaism and Sikhism had significantly fewer followers than average in 2021 6 73 of people in England were Muslim 1 81 were Hindu 0 92 were Sikh and 0 48 were Jewish The proportion of people with no religious affiliation was higher than the national figure of 36 67 35 Administration editAll Anglican churches in the borough of Worthing are part of the Diocese of Chichester whose cathedral is at Chichester in West Sussex 36 The Rural Deanery of Worthing one of five deaneries in the Archdeaconry of Chichester which is in turn one of three archdeaconries in the diocese 37 covers the borough in its entirety and includes some churches in neighbouring districts 38 The Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton whose cathedral is at Arundel 39 administers the four Roman Catholic churches in Worthing Worthing Deanery one of 13 deaneries in the diocese 40 includes the parishes of Goring Church of the English Martyrs East Worthing St Charles Borromeo Church and a church in Lancing in the neighbouring district of Adur and Worthing St Mary of the Angels Church in central Worthing and St Michael s Church in High Salvington as well as other parishes outside the borough 41 Current places of worship editCurrent places of worship Name Image Location Denomination Affiliation Grade Notes Refs St Mary s Church More images nbsp Broadwater50 49 40 N 0 22 24 W 50 8278 N 0 3733 W 50 8278 0 3733 St Mary s Church Broadwater Anglican I Broadwater s parish church has Saxon origins but the present structure is late Norman Nairn and Pevsner noted that the cruciform building of flint with stone dressings has impressive arches The chancel was extensively remodelled in the 19th century 33 42 43 44 45 46 St Mary s Church More images nbsp Goring by Sea50 48 47 N 0 25 29 W 50 8130 N 0 4246 W 50 8130 0 4246 St Mary s Church Goring by Sea Anglican II Decimus Burton rebuilt this late Norman church in the Gothic style in 1837 Hans Feibusch s mural representing Christ in Majesty designed in 1954 is above the chancel arch The exterior is rendered 44 47 48 49 50 St Andrew s Church More images nbsp West Tarring50 49 29 N 0 23 45 W 50 8247 N 0 3958 W 50 8247 0 3958 St Andrew s Church West Tarring Anglican II West Tarring s partly 13th century parish church in the Early English style has Italian mosaic designs by William Butterfield in 1885 when a major restoration took place Its longstanding ecclesiastical status as a peculier of Canterbury Cathedral may have influenced its design 14 31 51 52 53 Christ Church More images nbsp Worthing50 48 48 N 0 22 25 W 50 8132 N 0 3737 W 50 8132 0 3737 Christ Church Worthing Anglican II Worthing s second Anglican church built in 1840 1843 as a chapel of ease to Broadwater and parished in 1855 was reprieved from closure in 2006 The flint building also uses artificial stone an early example of this The chancel was altered in 1894 when a hammerbeam roof likened to Bryant and May matchsticks by Harry Stuart Goodhart Rendel was added 18 30 54 55 56 57 58 59 St Symphorian s Church More images nbsp Durrington50 50 11 N 0 24 48 W 50 8364 N 0 4133 W 50 8364 0 4133 St Symphorian s Church Durrington Anglican II The ancient parish church was wrecked during the English Civil War and remained disused until Lacy W Ridge built a new structure incorporating its remains It opened in 1916 and was extended with a chancel in 1941 1 60 61 62 63 64 St George s Church More images nbsp East Worthing50 48 51 N 0 21 26 W 50 8142 N 0 3573 W 50 8142 0 3573 St George s Church East Worthing Anglican II George Truefitt s Bargate stone Decorated Gothic style church was consecrated in 1868 and extended in 1875 and 1884 The chancel and adjacent aisle have large apses and there is a bell tower with a spirelet The interior was refitted in 1990 91 30 44 65 66 67 68 69 St Botolph s Church More images nbsp Heene50 48 49 N 0 23 12 W 50 8136 N 0 3867 W 50 8136 0 3867 St Botolph s Church Heene Anglican II The ancient chapel at Heene was ruined by the 18th century and partly dismantled in 1766 A fragment remains near the present church flint and stone church built in the Early English style in 1873 by Edmund Scott and enlarged in 1905 13 44 66 70 71 72 73 St John the Divine Church More images nbsp West Worthing50 48 53 N 0 24 01 W 50 8147 N 0 4004 W 50 8147 0 4004 St John the Divine Church West Worthing Anglican II In 1937 N F Cachemaille Day built a brick and flint church to replace a mission chapel linked to St Botolph s This building of 1900 was incorporated into the new structure which was extended in 1965 when the short broad tower and spire were added 44 66 73 74 75 St Andrew the Apostle s Church More images nbsp Worthing50 48 55 N 0 22 39 W 50 8153 N 0 3774 W 50 8153 0 3774 St Andrew the Apostle s Church Worthing Anglican II Worthing s first High Church Anglican church was so controversial that it stood unused for six years while liturgical differences were thrashed out Arthur Blomfield s Early English church eventually consecrated in 1888 uses flint and stonework extensively 30 66 76 77 78 79 80 Queen Street Church Centre More images nbsp Broadwater50 49 26 N 0 22 34 W 50 8240 N 0 3760 W 50 8240 0 3760 Queen Street Church Centre Broadwater Anglican This combined church and community centre was built in 1993 1994 on the site of the former Broadwater Mission Hall administered from St Mary s Church The present church is part of St Mary s parish 17 33 81 St Stephen s Church nbsp East Worthing50 49 23 N 0 21 37 W 50 8231 N 0 3604 W 50 8231 0 3604 St Stephen s Church East Worthing Anglican Between 1929 and 1959 this was a mission chapel to St Mary s Church in Broadwater but it was consecrated in 1959 and became a separate church in its own right It remains within the parish of St Mary s 1 33 81 All Saints Church More images nbsp Findon Valley50 51 01 N 0 23 45 W 50 8504 N 0 3959 W 50 8504 0 3959 All Saints Church Findon Valley Anglican A church hall erected in 1936 was used for services in this interwar housing estate until Leonard Keir Hett s brick church of 1956 was consecrated on 22 February of that year The congregation chose the dedication The church was parished in 1989 and St Peter s Church at High Salvington was added to the parish in 2010 17 82 83 47 St Laurence s Church More images nbsp Goring by Sea50 48 32 N 0 24 27 W 50 8090 N 0 4074 W 50 8090 0 4074 St Laurence s Church Goring by Sea Anglican Part of the parish of Goring by Sea this church was founded in 1936 An attached hall was added in 1962 The interior has a 15th century altarpiece retrieved from St Mary s Church Slaugham 44 84 St Peter s Church More images nbsp High Salvington50 50 55 N 0 24 29 W 50 8485 N 0 4081 W 50 8485 0 4081 St Peter s Church High Salvington Anglican The vicar of St Symphorian s Church paid for a tin tabernacle to be erected in High Salvington in 1928 It was part of St Symphorian s parish between 1951 and 2010 since when it has been linked to All Saints Church at Findon Valley and is Worthing s only iron church 1 60 66 83 85 86 St Richard s Church More images nbsp Maybridge50 49 16 N 0 25 06 W 50 8210 N 0 4183 W 50 8210 0 4183 St Richard s Church Maybridge Anglican This postwar housing estate north of Goring by Sea received a permanent church in 1966 when Romilly Craze s brick building opened A church hall designed by John Leopold Denman had accommodated services since 1954 A parish was created in 1980 1 66 87 St Matthew s Church More images nbsp Worthing50 49 04 N 0 22 59 W 50 8179 N 0 3830 W 50 8179 0 3830 St Matthew s Church Worthing Anglican R S Hyde s Early English style church has an apse and a narrow fleche and uses locally quarried flint It was built in 1899 and extended with vestries and aisles in 1911 1 30 66 88 89 Broadwater Baptist Church More images nbsp Broadwater50 49 37 N 0 21 53 W 50 8270 N 0 3648 W 50 8270 0 3648 Broadwater Baptist Church Baptist R W Brough s 1968 brick structure is the successor to a church hall used since 1937 by Broadwater s Baptist community which had first met in 1881 in a former stable Another building registered as Baptist School Chapel on a site on nearby Penfold Road was also used between 1904 and 1937 22 25 62 90 91 92 93 94 East Worthing Baptist Church More images nbsp East Worthing50 48 56 N 0 21 09 W 50 8156 N 0 3525 W 50 8156 0 3525 East Worthing Baptist Church Baptist In 1933 an Evangelical community founded a church in East Worthing it was opened by Worthing s mayor the following year The Baptist Church acquired the building a brick structure designed by T R Hyde in 1946 As East Worthing Evangelical Free Church it was registered for worship in December 1934 it was re registered for Baptists in January 1947 22 95 96 97 98 Findon Valley Free Church More images nbsp Findon Valley50 50 51 N 0 23 48 W 50 8475 N 0 3966 W 50 8475 0 3966 Findon Valley Free Church Baptist The present octagonal shaped building was designed by R W Brough in 1958 and registered in October of that year but this church has its origins in a church founded by Worthing Baptist Church in Findon in 1906 before the Findon Valley estate existed It moved to a wooden building there in 1939 82 47 99 100 101 102 103 West Worthing Baptist Church More images nbsp West Tarring50 49 12 N 0 23 33 W 50 8199 N 0 3926 W 50 8199 0 3926 West Worthing Baptist Church Baptist The present building is in three linked parts Resta Moore s original school chapel of 1900 which superseded a hall used by the Baptist community since 1890 Norman Myers s 1938 extension and an adjacent community and social centre completed in 1988 The church was registered in July 1938 replacing the original building 62 95 104 105 106 107 Worthing Baptist Church More images nbsp Worthing50 48 57 N 0 22 31 W 50 8159 N 0 3752 W 50 8159 0 3752 Worthing Baptist Church Baptist Worthing s first permanent Baptist place of worship opened on this site in 1881 Resta Moore built an extension of brick and flint four years later and two more enlargements followed as the church s popularity grew Its members helped to establish several Baptist churches within and outside Worthing The church was registered for the solemnisation of marriages in April 1886 22 25 62 108 109 110 Worthing Tabernacle More images nbsp Worthing50 48 53 N 0 22 16 W 50 8148 N 0 3712 W 50 8148 0 3712 Worthing Tabernacle Evangelical II James Lund s pale stone and dark brick building blends the Gothic and Romanesque Revival styles and has a distinctive rose window It was built in 1908 to accommodate the Evangelical congregation who had previously worshipped at the Montague Street Tabernacle Chapel built in 1839 and was registered in July of that year 22 44 111 108 112 113 114 115 116 117 Maybridge Community Church More images nbsp Maybridge50 49 08 N 0 25 07 W 50 8188 N 0 4186 W 50 8188 0 4186 Maybridge Community Church Evangelical Founded in 1954 on the Maybridge housing estate this Evangelical church is associated with the Worthing Tabernacle The original structure part of a former hospital was rebuilt here it has since been extended As Maybridge Evangelical Free Church it was registered for worship in February 1955 and for marriages in February 1969 99 118 119 West Worthing Evangelical Church More images nbsp West Worthing50 48 58 N 0 23 55 W 50 8162 N 0 3985 W 50 8162 0 3985 West Worthing Evangelical Church Evangelical James Lund designer of the Worthing Tabernacle adopted a different design the Queen Anne style for this church of 1912 built to serve an Evangelical community who had worshipped at a private house since 1900 22 99 115 120 River of Life Church nbsp Worthing50 49 18 N 0 22 25 W 50 8216 N 0 3735 W 50 8216 0 3735 Broadwater Christian Fellowship Evangelical This Art Deco building was used by Christian Scientists between 1939 and 1987 it replaced a 1921 structure on the same site After that congregation moved to West Worthing the church was acquired by a congregation planted out of the New Life Church at Durrington Under the name Oasis Centre it was registered for worship and for marriages in May 1993 and it has also had the name Broadwater Christian Fellowship 22 115 121 122 123 124 125 Clifton Community Church More images nbsp Worthing50 48 59 N 0 22 42 W 50 8164 N 0 3782 W 50 8164 0 3782 Clifton Community Church Worthing Evangelical This Gothic style stone and brick church has been used by several religious groups including Baptists and Brethren since it opened in 1905 and has undergone many changes of name Its present status is Evangelical 22 111 115 126 127 128 129 St Mary of the Angels Church More images nbsp Worthing50 48 48 N 0 22 38 W 50 8132 N 0 3773 W 50 8132 0 3773 St Mary of the Angels Church Worthing Roman Catholic II Henry Clutton s brick and Portland stone French Gothic style church Worthing s oldest public place of Roman Catholic worship was opened in 1864 and completed in 1939 when Frederick Walters added a chancel 23 25 66 130 131 132 133 134 135 Church of the English Martyrs More images nbsp Goring by Sea50 48 57 N 0 25 40 W 50 8158 N 0 4277 W 50 8158 0 4277 Church of the English Martyrs Goring by Sea Roman Catholic The concrete church opened in 1968 to replace Jupp s Barn the former barn of Jupp s Farm which dated from 1771 this had been converted into a church in 1934 and registered in 1952 It is now the church hall In the present utilitarian concrete church parishioner Gary Bevans painted a scale replica of the Sistine Chapel ceiling on the ceiling between 1988 and 1993 25 26 27 136 137 138 St Michael s Church More images nbsp High Salvington50 50 31 N 0 24 18 W 50 8419 N 0 4049 W 50 8419 0 4049 St Michael s Church High Salvington Roman Catholic This church moved to its present location in 1966 from Durrington where the parish was formed in 1927 and a chapel was erected in 1938 The modernist design departs from any conventionality according to English Heritage It was registered for worship and for marriages in October 1966 23 25 66 139 140 141 142 Offington Park Methodist Church More images nbsp Broadwater50 49 44 N 0 22 51 W 50 8290 N 0 3808 W 50 8290 0 3808 Offington Park Methodist Church Broadwater Methodist The Wesleyan Methodist community acquired this site in 1928 the first church was opened in 1932 and was registered in October that yar but it was replaced in 1958 with a new 400 capacity brick structure by architect Graeme Highet The new building was registered in March 1959 Additions were made in the grounds in the 1970s 22 62 143 121 144 145 146 147 Goring Methodist Church More images nbsp Goring by Sea50 48 49 N 0 25 48 W 50 8135 N 0 4301 W 50 8135 0 4301 Goring Methodist Church Goring by Sea Methodist Methodist worship in Goring by Sea started in a local hall in 1945 and a permanent church was built six years later by John Leopold Denman The long low brick building has a small bronze spire It was registered for worship in March 1951 and for marriages in April 1952 99 136 148 149 150 Goring United Reformed Church More images nbsp Goring by Sea50 48 58 N 0 24 37 W 50 8162 N 0 4102 W 50 8162 0 4102 Goring by Sea United Reformed Church United Reformed Church World War II delayed the construction of this church for 11 years until 1949 a school was used for worship instead The building which was registered in April 1949 became the church hall in 1961 when a new church in brick and concrete and with exterior walls forming a series of V shapes opened 19 148 136 151 152 Emmanuel United Reformed Church More images nbsp Heene50 48 44 N 0 23 10 W 50 8122 N 0 3860 W 50 8122 0 3860 Emmanuel United Reformed Church Heene United Reformed Church Founded in 1926 as St Columba s Presbyterian Church the original church registered in 1932 became the church hall in 1937 when it was replaced by an Art Deco structure with a tower and variegated brickwork to the design of Frederic Lawrence St Columba s and Shelley Road United Reformed Churches united in 2005 when the building in Shelley Road was closed 18 22 62 89 153 154 155 156 Worthing Christadelphian Church More images nbsp Worthing50 49 00 N 0 22 42 W 50 8167 N 0 3783 W 50 8167 0 3783 Worthing Christadelphian Church Christadelphians This community worships in a church used between 1961 and 1969 by Theosophists who had a presence in Worthing from 1924 The structure was altered in 1989 It was registered for marriages by Christadelphians in September 1971 22 111 157 158 159 160 St Demiana and Pope Kyrillos VI Coptic Orthodox Church More images nbsp Worthing50 48 42 N 0 21 59 W 50 8118 N 0 3664 W 50 8118 0 3664 Cornerstone Methodist Church Worthing Coptic Orthodox Architect John Wills was commissioned to build a replacement for the Bedford Row Methodist Chapel his Early English style building in rag stone and featuring a corner tower was completed in 1899 and opened in 1900 The church was reprieved from closure in 2003 at which time it was called Steyne Gardens Methodist Church but it was announced in July 2015 that it would close at the end of August that year by which time it had been renamed Cornerstone Methodist Church It was bought by the Coptic Orthodox Church in Britain and Ireland in 2017 and opened the following year 19 22 115 133 161 162 163 164 Christian Brethren Hall More images nbsp West Worthing50 49 04 N 0 23 42 W 50 8178 N 0 3951 W 50 8178 0 3951 Christian Brethren Hall West Worthing Exclusive Brethren This small hall built and registered in 1934 but given its present appearance by a 1950s remodelling is the only extant Brethren place of worship in Worthing three others are no longer used It is part of the Exclusive Brethren movement which separated from what is now the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church in 1970 22 95 165 Kingdom Hall More images nbsp West Worthing50 49 03 N 0 23 43 W 50 8175 N 0 3953 W 50 8175 0 3953 Kingdom Hall West Worthing Jehovah s Witnesses This opened in 2015 on the site of the former Second Church of Christ Scientist in Grand Avenue near West Worthing railway station The purpose built Kingdom Hall replaced a converted house on nearby South Street which had been the fifth Jehovah s Witnesses place of worship in Worthing since the denomination was established locally in 1922 The new building was registered for marriages in July 2015 22 122 166 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints Worthing Chapel nbsp Goring by Sea50 49 06 N 0 25 59 W 50 8182 N 0 4330 W 50 8182 0 4330 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints Goring by Sea Latter day Saint The congregation whose first meetings were held in 1964 numbered more than 300 by the 1980s so a permanent church was built The brick building opened in 1984 and was registered for worship and for marriages in August of that year 122 167 168 Elim Church Worthing nbsp Worthing50 49 15 N 0 22 21 W 50 8208 N 0 3725 W 50 8208 0 3725 Elim Church Worthing Pentecostal Since the Elim Tabernacle in Grosvenor Road closed in 1982 the Pentecostal community has used several venues including this converted house on Broadwater Road 22 122 169 Friends Meeting House More images nbsp West Worthing50 48 52 N 0 23 46 W 50 8144 N 0 3962 W 50 8144 0 3962 Friends Meeting House West Worthing Quaker Quakers first met in Worthing in the 1920s and were peripatetic until 1945 when a private house was registered In 1958 they opened their own meeting house behind Mill Road bought the previous year for 7 000 and registered it in January 1958 The building was originally a garage and boathouse The premises have been shared with Spiritualists Unitarians and others at various times 22 122 111 170 171 172 Salvation Army Citadel More images nbsp Worthing50 48 37 N 0 22 36 W 50 8104 N 0 3766 W 50 8104 0 3766 Salvation Army Citadel Worthing Salvation Army The Army has a controversial history in Worthing their arrival in 1883 caused riots led by a mob called the Skeleton Army Peaceful relations had been established by the time a permanent citadel replaced temporary barracks accommodation in 1912 The building was registered in 1919 22 115 108 173 174 175 176 Worthing Spiritualist Church More images nbsp Worthing50 48 46 N 0 22 26 W 50 8128 N 0 3738 W 50 8128 0 3738 Worthing Spiritualist Church Spiritualist This Art Nouveau influenced building designed by a local architect was opened for worship by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1926 although it was built earlier Its original name under which it was registered in April 1926 was Spiritualist Mission Church 22 111 115 177 178 Masjid Assalam More images nbsp Worthing50 49 09 N 0 22 12 W 50 8193 N 0 3700 W 50 8193 0 3700 Masjid Assalam Mosque Worthing Sunni Islam Worthing s mosque doubles as a cultural and social centre for the local Muslim population An early morning arson attack in 2005 caused substantial damage but the building has been repaired The mosque which was registered in March 1995 had more than 1 000 worshippers in 2003 179 180 181 182 Former places of worship editFormer places of worship Name Image Location Denomination Affiliation Grade Notes Refs Holy Trinity Church More images nbsp Worthing50 48 41 N 0 22 43 W 50 8113 N 0 3786 W 50 8113 0 3786 Holy Trinity Church Worthing Anglican II Late 19th century housing development in the Gratwicke area west of the town centre resulted in the building of this church in 1882 1883 It was parished almost immediately Henry Coe and S Robinson s Early English design in dark red brick lacked the present tower this was added in 1888 The church has been disused and empty since 2014 30 31 56 133 183 184 St Paul s Church More images nbsp Worthing50 48 49 N 0 22 17 W 50 8137 N 0 3714 W 50 8137 0 3714 Former St Paul s Church Worthing Anglican II An 1809 Act of Parliament allowed St Paul s to be built as a chapel of ease to St Mary s Church in Broadwater it remained in force until 1893 when a parish was formed It thrived as Worthing s reputation as a fashionable seaside resort grew and the sale of pews to visitors brought in much money John Rebecca s stuccoed brick building with Doric columns and cupola became structurally unsound and was closed in 1995 1 30 66 2 185 186 Anglesea Street Mission nbsp Worthing50 49 01 N 0 22 44 W 50 8169 N 0 3789 W 50 8169 0 3789 Former Anglesea Street Mission Worthing Anglican Christ Church s first mission hall was opened in the 1880s originally under the name Clifton Road Mission Hall Under its present name Verrall Hall it is a Scout headquarters 17 30 187 Crescent Road Mission More images nbsp Worthing50 48 37 N 0 22 34 W 50 8102 N 0 3761 W 50 8102 0 3761 Former Crescent Road Mission Worthing Anglican Originally a non denominational mission chapel this was taken over by Christ Church and used as a mission hall It is now part of an adjacent shop 30 31 Newland Road Mission More images nbsp Worthing50 49 06 N 0 22 07 W 50 8184 N 0 3686 W 50 8184 0 3686 Former Newland Road Mission Worthing Anglican Built in 1883 by St George s Church to serve new housing near the railway this red brick chapel designed by George Hewer was used until 1936 Under the new guise of Forester s Hall it has been a school and a photographic studio 30 31 188 189 Ham Arch Mission nbsp East Worthing50 49 10 N 0 21 14 W 50 8194 N 0 3538 W 50 8194 0 3538 Former Ham Arch Mission East Worthing Anglican Named after a nearby railway bridge and ironically known as The Cathedral locally this tiny hut now a workshop was served from St George s Church for 29 years from 1885 30 31 190 Bedford Row Methodist Chapel More images nbsp Worthing50 48 41 N 0 22 08 W 50 8114 N 0 3690 W 50 8114 0 3690 Former Bedford Row Methodist Chapel Worthing Methodist II Worthing s first Wesleyan Methodist chapel the Providence Chapel of 1822 was replaced by this pedimented stuccoed Neoclassical building with tall tapering windows in 1840 It passed into secular use in 1900 when the church in Steyne Gardens now Cornerstone Methodist Church replaced it and is now the function room of the Vintners Parrot pub 22 62 99 191 192 193 Lyndhurst Road Methodist Church More images nbsp East Worthing50 49 01 N 0 21 20 W 50 8169 N 0 3556 W 50 8169 0 3556 Former Lyndhurst Road Methodist Church Worthing Methodist An iron chapel for Primitive Methodists opened in Chapel Road in 1880 moved to Lyndhurst Road in 1893 and was superseded by H K Armitage s Perpendicular Gothic church in 1929 The Methodist Church declared it redundant in 2005 and permission was granted to establish a children s centre in it 22 62 99 194 195 196 Methodist Providence Chapel More images nbsp Worthing50 48 39 N 0 22 09 W 50 8109 N 0 3691 W 50 8109 0 3691 Former Methodist Providence Chapel Worthing Methodist This chapel was built in 1822 in a Neoclassical style using flint cobblestones on the exterior After the new chapel in nearby Bedford Row was built in 1840 it was unused until 1852 when an independent Christian group took it on It was subsequently registered by the Old Baptist Union between 1896 and 1906 The building now houses a youth club 19 22 115 197 198 Tarring Road Methodist Church More images nbsp Worthing50 49 04 N 0 22 46 W 50 8179 N 0 3795 W 50 8179 0 3795 Tarring Road Methodist Church Worthing Methodist This Wesleyan chapel completed in 1884 cost 735 97 000 as of 2024 199 The brick and flint building was designed by R Hollands Latterly known as Cornerstone Hall its registration for marriages and worship was cancelled in August 2015 and it is now a Montessori nursery school 19 22 115 199 200 201 Montague Street Tabernacle Chapel nbsp Worthing50 48 37 N 0 22 15 W 50 8104 N 0 3707 W 50 8104 0 3707 Former Montague Street Tabernacle Chapel Worthing Independent This 1839 building had many uses hall theatre temporary church until 1888 when it became the non denominational Worthing Free Church The Worthing Tabernacle was founded in 1895 and the building was re registered under that name the following year It moved to its new premises in 1908 after which it was renamed St James s Hall and used as an entertainment venue It is now a shop 22 111 115 202 203 New Street Chapel nbsp Worthing50 48 36 N 0 22 32 W 50 8101 N 0 3755 W 50 8101 0 3755 Former New Street Chapel Worthing Independent This was built in the Classical style in 1861 for Independent Evangelicals to the design of Charles Hide It declined after its founder John Adams died and closed in 1906 The building including the prominent pediment survives behind a shop facade 22 95 115 204 Bedford Row Gospel Hall More images nbsp Worthing50 48 37 N 0 22 08 W 50 8103 N 0 3688 W 50 8103 0 3688 Former Christian Brethren Hall Worthing Open Brethren This stuccoed building of around 1850 was in religious use by 1908 when it was registered by the Old Baptist Union They moved out in 1928 and Open Brethren took it on From 1977 it was described as an Evangelical church It has fallen out of use and is unoccupied as of 2024 22 95 115 205 206 207 208 209 Brethren Gospel Hall nbsp West Tarring50 49 31 N 0 23 35 W 50 8253 N 0 3931 W 50 8253 0 3931 Former Brethren Gospel Hall West Tarring Open Brethren This tiny chapel now in residential use is set back from Tarring s ancient high street It is in a simple Classical style with a pediment and oeil de boeuf Services were held from 1860 until 1992 although the premises were not formally registered until May 1923 with the name Tarring High Street Chapel 14 95 115 210 211 Elim Tabernacle More images nbsp Worthing50 48 49 N 0 22 25 W 50 8135 N 0 3737 W 50 8135 0 3737 Former Elim Tabernacle Worthing Elim Pentecostal George Jeffreys founder of the Elim Pentecostal Church in the United Kingdom established this church in 1931 The small building opposite Christ Church was registered for worship in May 1932 and was used until 1982 a nursery school now occupies it 22 122 212 213 St James s Evangelical Free Church nbsp Worthing50 48 45 N 0 22 03 W 50 8124 N 0 3674 W 50 8124 0 3674 Former St James s Evangelical Free Church Worthing Evangelical T H Winney s Perpendicular style building was used as an Evangelical church from 1926 until 1988 when it became a restaurant and bar Its original name under which it was registered between 1926 and 1949 was St James s Hall in reference to the building in Montague Street where the congregation previously met although when its registration was finally cancelled in February 1989 it was called Worthing Evangelical Free Church 22 62 99 214 215 216 217 218 Kingdom Hall nbsp West Tarring50 49 16 N 0 23 32 W 50 8211 N 0 3922 W 50 8211 0 3922 Kingdom Hall of Jehovah s Witnesses West Tarring Jehovah s Witnesses This converted house was the fifth Jehovah s Witnesses place of worship in Worthing The denomination which was first established in the town in 1922 registered it in 1980 It was used by three Worthing based Congregations of Jehovah s Witnesses Broadwater Durrington and Tarring In 2013 a planning application was submitted to construct a purpose built Kingdom Hall on the site of the disused Second Church of Christ Scientist on nearby Grand Avenue This was approved building work was completed in 2015 and the old building s marriage registration was cancelled in July 2015 22 122 166 219 220 221 Gospel Hall More images nbsp Durrington50 49 58 N 0 24 46 W 50 8327 N 0 4127 W 50 8327 0 4127 Former Gospel Hall Durrington Plymouth Brethren Christian Church Planning permission for this meeting hall on Birkdale Road was granted in 1990 It had a capacity for about 60 worshippers and was part of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church In June 2011 the charity Scope stated that they had recently bought it and converted it into a social and activity centre Now with the name Ashdown Club it is now used for similar purposes by the charity Guild Care 222 223 224 St Charles Borromeo Church More images nbsp East Worthing50 49 15 N 0 21 17 W 50 8208 N 0 3546 W 50 8208 0 3546 St Charles Borromeo Church East Worthing Roman Catholic A dolphin sculpture above the door of this Neo Romanesque cruciform artificial Cotswold stone church alludes to the earlier use of the Dolphin Inn for services Henry Bingham Towner s building opened in 1962 and was registered in April of that year It closed at the start of the COVID 19 pandemic and in June 2021 the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton decided to sell the church and its site for redevelopment and combine the remaining churches in Worthing and Lancing into one parish 23 25 66 69 225 226 227 228 229 Ebenezer Strict Baptist Chapel More images nbsp Worthing50 48 46 N 0 22 22 W 50 8129 N 0 3729 W 50 8129 0 3729 Former Ebenezer Strict Baptist Chapel Worthing Strict Baptist In 2005 planning permission was granted for the conversion of this Strict Baptist chapel into a house The congregation formed in 1887 worshipped elsewhere until 1907 when the chapel was built It was registered for worship six years later 22 95 115 230 231 Shelley Road United Reformed Church More images nbsp Worthing50 48 40 N 0 22 29 W 50 8112 N 0 3746 W 50 8112 0 3746 Former Shelley Road United Reformed Church Worthing United Reformed Church This brick and terracotta Early English style building served the Congregational later United Reformed Church community from 1903 until 2005 when the congregation moved to the renamed Emmanuel Church formerly St Columba s Its registrations for worship and marriages granted in November 1903 were cancelled in January 2006 18 19 22 62 163 232 233 234 235 236 See also editListed buildings in Worthing List of demolished places of worship in West Sussex nbsp Media related to Religious buildings in Worthing at Wikimedia CommonsNotes editReferences edit a b c d e f g h Elleray 1998 p 50 a b Williamson et al 2019 p 728 a b Salzman L F ed 1980 A History of the County of Sussex Volume 6 Part 1 Bramber Rape Southern Part Worthing Growth of the town Victoria County History of Sussex British History Online pp 97 103 Retrieved 27 September 2009 a b Elleray 1998 p 96 Planning Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas Act 1990 c 9 The UK Statute Law Database Ministry of Justice 24 May 1990 Archived from the original on 18 April 2010 Retrieved 27 September 2009 History of English Heritage English Heritage 2010 Retrieved 19 August 2011 What does Listing mean English Heritage 2008 Retrieved 27 September 2009 Elleray 1998 p 36 United Kingdom Local Authority Districts Counties and Unitary Authorities March 2009 PDF Office for National Statistics 2009 Retrieved 2 February 2012 a b Elleray 1998 p 42 Elleray 1998 p 75 Elleray 1998 p 72 a b c Salzman L F ed 1980 A History of the County of Sussex Volume 6 Part 1 Bramber Rape Southern Part Heene Victoria County History of Sussex British History Online pp 85 92 Retrieved 27 September 2009 a b c Salzman L F ed 1980 A History of the County of Sussex Volume 6 Part 1 Bramber Rape Southern Part West Tarring Victoria County History of Sussex British History Online pp 270 280 Retrieved 27 September 2009 Elleray 1999 Preface Elleray 1999 p 4 a b c d e f Elleray 1998 p 47 a b c d Historic church is facing closure The Argus 18 May 2006 Archived from the original on 5 May 2013 Retrieved 27 September 2009 a b c d e f g Elleray 1998 p 54 Elleray 1998 p 121 Elleray 1998 p 31 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad Salzman L F ed 1980 A History of the County of Sussex Volume 6 Part 1 Bramber Rape Southern Part Worthing Protestant nonconformity Victoria County History of Sussex British History Online pp 122 125 Retrieved 27 September 2009 a b c d e f Salzman L F ed 1980 A History of the County of Sussex Volume 6 Part 1 Bramber Rape Southern Part Worthing Roman Catholicism Victoria County History of Sussex British History Online p 122 Retrieved 27 September 2009 Elleray 1998 p 22 a b c d e f g Elleray 1998 p 51 a b Bridgewater 2007 pp 52 54 a b Goring by Sea English Martyrs Catholic Trust for England and Wales and English Heritage 2011 Archived from the original on 24 October 2023 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Elleray 1977 Introduction Elleray 1985 Introduction a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Salzman L F ed 1980 A History of the County of Sussex Volume 6 Part 1 Bramber Rape Southern Part Worthing Churches Victoria County History of Sussex British History Online pp 119 122 Retrieved 27 September 2009 a b c d e f g h i j k Elleray 1998 p 48 Worthing church facing the bulldozers Chichester Observer Johnston Press Digital Publishing 25 April 2008 Retrieved 26 September 2011 a b c d Salzman L F ed 1980 A History of the County of Sussex Volume 6 Part 1 Bramber Rape Southern Part Broadwater Victoria 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England Retrieved 23 October 2023 Elleray 1977 148 149 Elleray 1985 52 a b Williamson et al 2019 p 740 Historic England Church of St John the Divine Ripley Road Worthing Worthing West Sussex Grade II 1393431 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 23 October 2023 Elleray 1985 59 Elleray 1998 pp 48 49 Historic England St Andrew s Church Victoria Road east side Worthing Worthing West Sussex Grade II 1263177 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 23 October 2023 Elleray 1977 151 Elleray 1985 54 62 Williamson et al 2019 pp 729 730 a b Broadwater A Church Near You website Archbishops Council 2009 Archived from the original on 16 June 2012 Retrieved 30 September 2009 a b Salzman L F ed 1980 A History of the County of Sussex Volume 6 Part 1 Bramber Rape Southern Part Findon Victoria County History of Sussex British History Online pp 20 34 Retrieved 28 September 2009 a b History All Saints Findon Valley Worthing 2013 Archived from the original on 25 August 2013 Retrieved 22 May 2013 Goring by Sea St Laurence A Church Near You website Archbishops Council 2009 Retrieved 30 September 2009 Durrington A Church Near You website Archbishops Council 2009 Archived from the original on 16 June 2012 Retrieved 30 September 2009 Williamson et al 2019 p 750 Williamson et al 2019 pp 747 748 Elleray 1985 56 a b Williamson et al 2019 p 741 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 41047 Name Baptist School Chapel Address Penfold Road Broadwater Worthing Denomination Baptists Date registered as recorded on original certificate 28 April 1905 Date deregistered as recorded on original certificate 13 January 1940 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 83 No 33145 The London Gazette 26 March 1926 p 2215 No 34776 The London Gazette Supplement 19 January 1940 p 400 No 44632 The London Gazette 12 July 1968 p 7803 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 71440 Name Broadwater Baptist Church Address Dominion Road Worthing Denomination Baptists Date registered as recorded on original certificate 8 July 1968 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 143 a b c d e f g Elleray 1998 p 52 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 55643 Name East Worthing Evangelical Free Church Address Pendine Avenue Worthing Denomination Evangelical Free Churchmen Date registered as recorded on original certificate 6 December 1934 Date deregistered as recorded on original certificate 19 October 1954 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 112 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 61588 Name East Worthing Baptist Church Address Pendine Avenue Worthing Denomination Baptists Date registered as recorded on original certificate 6 January 1947 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 124 No 38224 The London Gazette 2 March 1948 p 1563 a b c d e f g Elleray 1998 p 53 Elleray 2004 p 24 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 59335 Name Findon Valley Free Church Baptist Address Off Vale Drive Findon Valley Worthing Denomination Baptists Date registered as recorded on original certificate 31 May 1940 Date deregistered as recorded on original certificate 13 October 1958 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 119 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 66947 Name Findon Valley Free Church Baptist Address Lime Tree Avenue Worthing Denomination Baptists Date registered as recorded on original certificate 13 October 1958 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 134 No 41529 The London Gazette 21 October 1958 p 6441 Elleray 1985 60 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 38411 Name Baptist School Chapel Address Canterbury Road West Tarring Denomination Baptists Date registered as recorded on original certificate 25 May 1901 Date deregistered as recorded on original certificate 11 July 1938 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 77 No 33055 The London Gazette 9 June 1925 p 3900 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 58185 Name West Worthing Baptist Church Address Canterbury Road Worthing Denomination Baptists Date registered as recorded on original certificate 11 July 1938 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 117 a b c Williamson et al 2019 p 731 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 26837 Name Worthing Baptist Church Address Christchurch Road Worthing Denomination Particular Baptists Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 54 No 25579 The London Gazette 20 April 1886 p 1908 a b c d e f Elleray 1998 p 56 Historic England The Worthing Tabernacle 64 Chapel Road Worthing Worthing West Sussex Grade II 1250845 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 23 October 2023 Elleray 1985 63 Elleray 1977 156 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Elleray 2004 p 59 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 43179 Name Worthing Tabernacle Address Chapel Road Worthing Denomination Independent Evangelical Free Church Date registered as recorded on original certificate 22 July 1908 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 87 No 28166 The London Gazette 11 August 1908 p 5930 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 64828 Name Maybridge Community Church Address 77 The Strand Worthing Denomination Evangelical Free Church Date registered as recorded on original certificate 21 February 1955 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 130 No 44794 The London Gazette 21 February 1969 p 2032 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 45471 Name West Worthing Evangelical Church Address Rugby Road Worthing Denomination Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches Date registered as recorded on original certificate 18 November 1912 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 91 a b Williamson et al 2019 p 745 a b c d e f g Elleray 1998 p 55 No 53308 The London Gazette 20 May 1993 p 8829 Our History River of Life Church 2013 Archived from the original on 5 May 2013 Retrieved 22 May 2013 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 78762 Name River of Life Church Worthing Address Sanctuary 19a Broadwater Road Worthing Denomination Christian Fellowship Date registered as recorded on original certificate 10 May 1993 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 158 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 41499 Name Baptist Chapel Address Clifton Road Worthing Denomination Baptists Date registered as recorded on original certificate 16 January 1906 Date deregistered as recorded on original certificate 9 March 1908 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 83 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 67368 Name Clifton Hall Address Clifton Road Worthing Denomination Christians Not Otherwise Designated Date registered as recorded on original certificate 17 July 1959 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 135 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 77770 Name Clifton Hall Address Clifton Road Worthing Denomination Lyndhurst Christian Fellowship Date registered as recorded on original certificate 7 December 1988 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 156 No 51807 The London Gazette 12 July 1989 p 8145 Worthing St Mary of the Angels Catholic Trust for England and Wales and English Heritage 2011 Archived from the original on 14 August 2022 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Historic England St Mary s Roman Catholic Church Richmond Road south side Worthing Worthing West Sussex Grade II 1263214 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 23 October 2023 Elleray 1977 146 a b c Williamson et al 2019 p 730 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 16235 Name St Mary of the Angels Address Crescent Road Worthing Denomination Roman Catholics Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 33 No 23550 The London Gazette 29 October 1869 p 5806 a b c Williamson et al 2019 p 748 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 63672 Name Church of the English Martyrs Address Goring Way Worthing Denomination Roman Catholics Date registered as recorded on original certificate 10 November 1952 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 128 No 39698 The London Gazette 18 November 1952 p 6091 Worthing St Michael Catholic Trust for England and Wales and English Heritage 2011 Archived from the original on 24 October 2023 Retrieved 24 October 2023 No 44161 The London Gazette 3 November 1966 p 11909 Williamson et al 2019 pp 750 751 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 70693 Name St Michael s Church Address Hayling Rise Worthing Denomination Roman Catholics Date registered as recorded on original certificate 25 October 1966 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 142 Elleray 1998 pp 53 54 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 54020 Name Offington Park Methodist Church Address South Farm Road Worthing Denomination Methodist Church Date registered as recorded on original certificate 12 October 1932 Date deregistered as recorded on original certificate 3 March 1959 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 109 No 34095 The London Gazette Supplement 12 October 1934 p 6481 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 67169 Name Offington Park Methodist Church Address South Farm Road Worthing Denomination Methodist Church Date registered as recorded on original certificate 3 March 1959 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 135 No 41650 The London Gazette 6 March 1959 p 1566 a b Elleray 2004 p 26 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 62954 Name Goring Methodist Church Address Bury Drive Worthing Denomination Methodist Church Date registered as recorded on original certificate 12 March 1951 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 126 No 39518 The London Gazette 8 April 1952 p 2125 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 62289 Name Goring United Reformed Church Address Shaftesbury Avenue Worthing Denomination United Reformed Church Date registered as recorded on original certificate 20 April 1949 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 125 No 38923 The London Gazette 26 May 1950 p 2640 Elleray 1998 pp 54 55 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 53698 Name Presbyterian Church Address Heene Road Worthing Denomination Presbyterian Church of England Date registered as recorded on original certificate 19 April 1932 Date deregistered as recorded on original certificate 11 October 1937 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 108 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 57668 Name Emmanuel United Reformed Church Address St Michael s Road Worthing Denomination United Reformed Church Date registered as recorded on original certificate 11 October 1937 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 116 No 34444 The London Gazette 15 October 1937 p 6388 Worthing thisisyourbible com 2010 Retrieved 24 October 2010 No 45478 The London Gazette 24 September 1971 p 10368 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 68393 Name Theosophical Hall Address 38 Clifton Road Worthing Denomination Theosophists Date registered as recorded on original certificate 10 October 1961 Date deregistered as recorded on original certificate 16 October 1969 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 137 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 72681 Name Christadelphian Hall Address 38 Clifton Road Worthing Denomination Christadelphians Date registered as recorded on original certificate 17 September 1971 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 146 Rescued Worthing church looks set to close for good Worthing Herald Johnston Publishing Ltd 24 July 2015 Archived from the original on 30 July 2015 Retrieved 30 July 2015 New Coptic church in Brighton sic Watani International 14 March 2018 Archived from the original on 30 January 2020 Retrieved 20 October 2023 a b Elleray 1985 57 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 37714 Name Cornerstone Methodist Church Address Steyne Gardens Brighton Road Worthing Denomination Methodist Church Date registered as recorded on original certificate 28 May 1900 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 76 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 54999 Name Meeting Room Address Tarring Road Worthing Denomination Christians not otherwise Designated Date registered as recorded on original certificate 23 February 1934 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 110 a b No 61330 The London Gazette 21 August 2015 p 15706 No 49842 The London Gazette 17 August 1984 p 11299 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 76633 Name Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Worthing Chapel Address Goring Street Worthing Denomination Church of Jesus of Latter Day Saints Date registered as recorded on original certificate 7 August 1984 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 154 Elim Church Worthing Contact us Elim Church Worthing 2009 Archived from the original on 10 July 2011 Retrieved 15 February 2010 Roethe Johanna 2015 Quaker Meeting House Worthing PDF Quaker Meeting Houses Heritage Project Quakers in Britain and Historic England Archived PDF from the original on 14 November 2020 Retrieved 14 November 2020 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 61078 Name Friends Meeting House Address Ground Floor 47 Downview Road Worthing Denomination Friends Date registered as recorded on original certificate 20 April 1945 Date deregistered as recorded on original certificate 31 January 1958 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 123 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 66531 Name Friends Meeting House Address 34 Mill Road Worthing Denomination Friends Date registered as recorded on original certificate 30 January 1958 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 134 Elleray 1998 pp 124 125 Elleray 1985 58 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 47438 Name Salvation Army Citadel Address Crescent Road Worthing Denomination Salvation Army Date registered as recorded on original certificate 7 February 1919 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 95 No 31180 The London Gazette 14 February 1919 p 2304 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 50242 Name Spiritualist Mission Church Address Grafton Road Worthing Denomination Spiritualists Date registered as recorded on original certificate 15 April 1926 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 101 No 33275 The London Gazette 17 May 1927 p 3222 Worthing Islamic Social and Welfare Society Worthing Islamic Cultural Centre 2008 Archived from the original on 3 July 2009 Retrieved 28 September 2009 Police probe broken gas pipe at Worthing mosque Worthing Herald Johnston Press Digital Publishing 17 March 2005 Retrieved 28 September 2009 Appeal to upgrade mosque The Argus 28 April 2003 Archived from the original on 21 April 2013 Retrieved 28 September 2009 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 79177 Name Masjed Assalam Worthing Islamic Cultural Centre Address Ivy Arch Road Worthing Denomination Muslims Date registered as recorded on original certificate 1 March 1995 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 159 Elleray 1977 150 Historic England Holy Trinity Church Shelley Road Worthing Worthing West Sussex Grade II 1393419 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 23 October 2023 Historic England St Paul s Church Chapel Road west side Worthing Worthing West Sussex Grade II 1250172 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 23 October 2023 Elleray 1977 142 143 Worthing District Scouts Worthing District Scouts 2006 2008 Archived from the original on 11 November 2007 Retrieved 28 September 2009 Planning Application Property Related Information for Foresters Hall 75 Newland Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 1LB Worthing Borough Council planning application Worthing Borough Council CAPS Solutions Ltd 2005 Retrieved 29 September 2009 permanent dead link Worthing St George Centenary Brochure 1868 1968 Online copy of St George s Church Centenary brochure published 1968 at www achurchnearyou com Archbishops Council 2009 Archived from the original on 30 September 2010 Retrieved 29 September 2009 Elleray 1985 49 Williamson et al 2019 p 734 Elleray 1977 154 Historic England Bedford Hall Bedford Row west side Worthing Worthing West Sussex Grade II 1025806 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 23 October 2023 Robinson Bryan Back Robert White Richard June 2007 Worthing Lease of Lyndhurst Road Methodist Church for Conversion and use as Children s Centre PDF Report FR30 06 07 by West Sussex County Council County Treasurer et al West Sussex County Council Archived from the original PDF on 8 June 2011 Retrieved 30 September 2009 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 52756 Name Methodist Church Address Lyndhurst Road Worthing Denomination Methodist Church Date registered as recorded on original certificate 29 October 1930 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 106 No 33660 The London Gazette 11 November 1930 p 7196 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 35521 Name Providence Chapel Address Marine Place Worthing Denomination Old Baptist Union Date registered as recorded on original certificate 04 July 1896 Date deregistered as recorded on original certificate 16 January 1906 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 72 No 27876 The London Gazette 19 January 1906 p 487 a b UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark Gregory 2017 The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain 1209 to Present New Series MeasuringWorth Retrieved 7 May 2024 No 61322 The London Gazette 13 August 2015 p 15107 The New Montessori Pre School The New Montessori Pre School Worthing 2023 Archived from the original on 11 November 2022 Retrieved 22 October 2023 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 30927 Name Worthing Free Church Address Montague Street Worthing Denomination Undenominational Christians Date registered as recorded on original certificate 08 June 1888 Date deregistered as recorded on original certificate 22 April 1896 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 62 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 35398 Name Worthing Tabernacle Address Montague Street Worthing Denomination Undenominational Christians Date registered as recorded on original certificate 22 April 1896 Date deregistered as recorded on original certificate 6 August 1908 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 71 Williamson et al 2019 p 736 Elleray 1985 45 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 42950 Name Old Baptist Assembly Hall Address South End of Bedford Row Worthing Denomination Old Baptists Date registered as recorded on original certificate 9 March 1908 Date deregistered as recorded on original certificate 18 October 1928 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 86 No 33431 The London Gazette 19 October 1928 p 6714 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 51546 Name Bedford Row Gospel Hall Address Bedford Row Worthing Denomination Brethren Date registered as recorded on original certificate 22 October 1928 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 104 No 33855 The London Gazette 16 August 1932 p 5316 Elleray 1985 43 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 48855 Name Tarring High Street Chapel Address West Tarring Worthing Denomination Christian Brethren Date registered as recorded on original certificate 10 May 1923 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 98 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 53748 Name Elim Tabernacle Address Grosvenor Road Worthing Denomination Elim Foursquare Gospel Alliance Date registered as recorded on original certificate 18 May 1932 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 108 No 34123 The London Gazette 11 January 1935 p 322 No 51656 The London Gazette 27 February 1989 p 2448 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 50138 Name St James Hall Address High Street Worthing Denomination Evangelical Free Church Date registered as recorded on original certificate 26 January 1926 Date deregistered as recorded on original certificate 27 April 1949 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 101 No 32251 The London Gazette 8 March 1921 p 1283 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 62297 Name Worthing Evangelical Free Church Address High Street Worthing Denomination Evangelical Free Church Date registered as recorded on original certificate 27 April 1949 Date deregistered as recorded on original certificate 6 February 1989 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 125 Williamson et al 2019 p 735 Application for Planning Permission Town and Country Planning Act 1990 AWDM 0137 13 PDF Adur amp Worthing Councils 4 February 2013 Archived from the original PDF on 21 May 2013 Retrieved 21 May 2013 Demolition of existing building and construction of a new single storey place of worship D1 with 26 parking spaces Christian Science Church 117 Grand Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN11 5BE Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 75415 Name Kingdom Hall Address 140 South Street Tarring Worthing Denomination Jehovah s Witnesses Date registered as recorded on original certificate 4 March 1980 Date deregistered as recorded on original certificate 30 July 2015 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 151 No 48129 The London Gazette 17 March 1980 p 4127 Design and Access Statement PDF Worthing Borough Council planning application AWDM 0294 11 Planning Services Adur and Worthing Councils 16 June 2011 Retrieved 2 November 2012 Proposed single storey rear extension and alterations to front elevation including proposed porch Deletion of condition 7 and 8 of planning permission WB 0273 90 relating to occupancy of the premises Meeting Hall 1 Birkdale Road Worthing West Sussex BN13 2QY permanent dead link Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 82312 Name Gospel Hall Address On the East Side of 5 Birkdale Road Worthing Denomination Brethren Retrieved 2 November 2012 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates Ashdown Club Guild Care 2023 Archived from the original on 8 June 2023 Retrieved 13 November 2023 Worthing St Charles Borromeo Catholic Trust for England and Wales and English Heritage 2011 Archived from the original on 24 October 2023 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Elleray 1985 61 Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 Number in Worship Register 68630 Name Catholic Church of St Charles Address Junction of Ham Road and Chesswood Road Worthing Denomination Roman Catholics Date registered as recorded on original certificate 25 April 1962 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Archived version of list from April 2010 subsequent updates original certificate held at The National Archives in folio RG70 138 No 42663 The London Gazette 1 May 1962 p 3528 Holden John 10 June 2021 Worthing Catholic church to be closed and sold in parish shake up Sussex Express National 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