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Worthing

February 15, 2023

This article is about the town in West Sussex. For other uses, see Worthing (disambiguation).

Worthing (/ˈwɜːrðɪŋ/) is a seaside town in West Sussex, England, at the foot of the South Downs, 10 miles (16 km) west of Brighton, and 18 miles (29 km) east of Chichester. With a population of 111,400[2] and an area of 12.5 square miles (32.4 km2), the borough is the second largest component of the Brighton and Hove built-up area, the 15th most populous urban area in the United Kingdom. Since 2010, northern parts of the borough, including the Worthing Downland Estate, have formed part of the South Downs National Park. In 2019, the Art Deco Worthing Pier was named the best in Britain.[3]

Worthing
Borough of Worthing
Town and borough
Clockwise, from top: Worthing seafront from Worthing Pier, Dome Cinema, Castle Goring, Cissbury Ring in the South Downs National Park, Connaught Theatre, Worthing Pier
Coat of Arms of the Borough Council
Etymology: Old English Wyrtingas
Nickname: 
Sunny Worthing
Motto(s): 
"Ex terra copiam e mari salutem"
(Latin for "From the land plenty and from the sea health")
Location within West Sussex
Worthing
Location within England
Worthing
Location within the United Kingdom
Worthing
Location within Europe
Coordinates: 50°48′52.96″N 0°22′16.99″W / 50.8147111°N 0.3713861°W / 50.8147111; -0.3713861Coordinates: 50°48′52.96″N 0°22′16.99″W / 50.8147111°N 0.3713861°W / 50.8147111; -0.3713861
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Country England
RegionSouth East England
Historic county Sussex
CountyWest Sussex
BoroughWorthing
FoundedIn antiquity
Town charter1803; 220 years ago (1803)
Borough status1890; 133 years ago (1890)
Administrative HQWorthing Town Hall
Government
 • TypeBorough
 • BodyWorthing Borough Council
 • LeadershipLeader and cabinet
 • ExecutiveLabour
 • Leader of CouncilCllr Beccy Cooper (L)
 • Chief ExecutiveCatherine Howe
 • MPsPeter Bottomley (C)
Tim Loughton (C)
Area
 • Borough32.48 km2 (12.54 sq mi)
 • Rank298th
Elevation
7 m (25 ft)
Highest elevation
184 m (603 ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Borough111,338 (ranked 215th)
 • Density3,424/km2 (8,870/sq mi)
 • Urban
474,485
 • Ethnicity
(Office for National Statistics 2021 Census)[1]
91.3% White
4.0% British Asian
2.6% Mixed
1.2% Black
1.0% Arab and other
DemonymWorthingite
Time zoneGMT
 • Summer (DST)British Summer Time
Postcode
BN11–BN14
Area code01903
ONS code45UH
Highest pointCissbury Ring (184m)
Grid referenceSU775075
WebsiteAdur & Worthing councils

Lying within the borough, the Iron Age hill fort of Cissbury Ring is one of Britain's largest. The recorded history of Worthing began with the Domesday Book. It is historically part of Sussex in the rape of Bramber; Goring, which forms part of the rape of Arundel, was incorporated in 1929. Worthing was a small mackerel fishing hamlet for many centuries until, in the late 18th century, it developed into an elegant Georgian seaside resort and attracted the well-known and wealthy of the day. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the area was one of Britain's chief market gardening centres.[4]

Modern Worthing has a large service industry, particularly in financial services. It has three theatres and one of Britain's oldest cinemas, the Dome.[5] Writers Oscar Wilde and Harold Pinter lived and worked in the town.

Etymology

Worthing was recorded as a settlement in the Domesday Book. It was in the hundred of Brightford and the county of Sussex and is listed as Ordinges or Mordinges. The Tenant-in-chief was William de Braose.[6] It was subsequently known as Wuroininege, Wurdingg, Wording or Wurthing, Worthinges, Wyrthyng, Worthen and Weorðingas.[7] The modern name was first documented in AD 1297.[8][9]

The suffix ~ing probably replaced an earlier ending of a different form OE:~ign.[10] Meaning "family, people or followers of" (a man called Worþ).[11] The suffix ~ing is mainly confined to coastal areas of Sussex, reflecting the consolidation of territory in the 6th and 7th centuries by the South Saxons.[12]

History

Main article: History of Worthing
See also: Timeline of Worthing
 
The backfilled remains of a flint mine shaft, one of about 270 mine shafts at Cissbury. From around 4000BC, the South Downs above Worthing was Britain's earliest and largest flint-mining area.
 
The marbled Edwardian architecture of The Royal Arcade, Worthing

From around 4000BC, the South Downs above Worthing was Britain's earliest[13] and largest flint-mining area,[14] with four of the UK's 14 known flint mines lying within 7 miles (11 km) of the centre of Worthing.[14] An excavation at Little High Street dates the earliest remains from Worthing town centre to the Bronze Age. There is also an important Bronze Age hill fort on the western fringes of the modern borough at Highdown Hill.

During the Iron Age, one of Britain's largest hill forts was built at Cissbury Ring. The area was part of the civitas of the Regni during the Romano-British period. Several of the borough's roads date from this era and lie in a grid layout known as 'centuriation'. A Romano-British farmstead once stood in the centre of the town, at a site close to Worthing Town Hall. In the 5th and 6th centuries, the area became part of the kingdom of Sussex. The place names of the area, including the name Worthing itself, date from this period.

Worthing remained an agricultural and fishing hamlet for centuries until the arrival of wealthy visitors in the 1750s. Princess Amelia stayed in the town in 1798 and the fashionable and wealthy continued to stay in Worthing, which became a town in 1803. The town expanded and elegant developments such as Park Crescent and Liverpool Terrace were begun. The area was a stronghold of smugglers in the 19th century and was the site of rioting by the Skeleton Army in the 1880s.

Oscar Wilde holidayed in the town in 1893 and 1894, writing the Importance of Being Earnest during his second visit. The town was home to several literary figures in the 20th century, including Nobel prize-winner Harold Pinter. On 9 October 1934 violent confrontations took place in the town between protestors and Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists which subsequently became known as the Battle of South Street.[15] During the Second World War, Worthing was home to several allied military divisions in preparation for the D-Day landings.

Worthing became the world's 229th Transition Town in October 2009.[16] The project explored the town's transition to life after oil, and was established by local residents as a way of planning the town's Energy Descent Action Plan.

Governance

See also: Worthing Borough Council and Worthing local elections
 
Photochrom print of South Street in the 1890s, showing the Old Town Hall
 
Built in 1933, Worthing Town Hall replaced the town's original Georgian town hall as the headquarters of Worthing Borough Council

Local government for the borough of Worthing is shared between Worthing Borough Council and West Sussex County Council in a two-tier structure. Worthing Borough Council partners with neighbouring local authorities, as part of Adur and Worthing Councils and the Greater Brighton City Region. The borough is divided into 13 wards, with 11 returning three councillors and two returning two councillors to form a total council of 37 members. The borough is unparished.[17] At the 2022 election the Labour Party won control of the council for the first time,[18] ending 18 years of Conservative administration.

The town currently returns nine councillors from nine single-member electoral divisions to West Sussex County Council,[19] which is responsible for services including school education, social care and highways. The County Council has been controlled by the Conservative Party since 1974, with the exception of the period 1993—97 when the council was under no overall control.

Since 2014, Worthing has also been within the area of the Greater Brighton City Region. The borough is represented on the City Region's Economic Board by the leader of the Borough Council.[20]

The town has two Members of Parliament (MPs): Tim Loughton (Conservative) for East Worthing and Shoreham, a former Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families;[21] and Peter Bottomley (Conservative) for Worthing West,[22] who following the 2019 general election became the Father of the House of Commons. At the 2017 general election, the East Worthing and Shoreham seat became a marginal seat[23] for the first time, with both seats having been held by their incumbents since the seats' creation before the 1997 general election. From 1945 to 1997 Worthing returned one MP. Since 1945 Worthing has always returned Conservative MPs.[24][25] Until 1945 Worthing formed part of the Horsham and Worthing parliamentary constituency.

Geography

 
At 184 metres (604 ft) above sea level, the summit of Cissbury Ring is the highest point in Worthing.

Worthing is situated in West Sussex in South East England, 49 miles (79 km) south of London and 10 miles (16 km) west of Brighton and Hove. Historically within Sussex, in the rape of Bramber, Worthing is built on the South Coast Plain facing the English Channel. To the north of the urban area are the chalk hills of the South Downs, which form a National Park. The suburbs of High Salvington and Findon Valley climb the lower slopes of the Downs, reaching up to the 120-metre (394 ft) contour line, whereas the highest point in the borough reaches 184 metres (604 ft) at Cissbury Ring. Land at Cissbury Ring and the adjacent publicly owned Worthing Downland Estate together form a 145-hectare (360-acre) area of open access land within the borough. Further high points are at West Hill (139m) north-west of High Salvington and at Highdown Hill (81m) on the boundary with Ferring.[26] Cissbury Ring forms the only Site of Special Scientific Interest in the borough.[27]

With a population of about 200,000,[nb 1] the Centre for Cities identifies the wider primary urban area of Worthing as one of the 63 largest cities and towns in the UK. Extending from Littlehampton to Lancing, the primary urban area is roughly equivalent to the present day borough and the area administered from 1933 to 1974 as the Worthing Rural District, or the 01903 Worthing telephone code area. Worthing forms the second-largest part of the Brighton and Hove built-up area, England's 12th largest conurbation, with a population in 2011 of over 470,000.[28] The borough of Worthing is bordered by the West Sussex local authority districts of Arun in the north and west, and Adur in the east.

Worthing is situated on a mix of two beds of sedimentary rock. The large part of the town, including the town centre is built upon chalk (part of the Chalk Group), with a bed of London clay found in a band heading west from Lancing through Broadwater and Durrington.[29]

Worthing lies roughly midway between the Rivers Arun and Adur. The culverted Teville Stream and the partially-culverted Ferring Rife run through the town. One of the Ferring Rife's sources is in Titnore Wood, a Site of Nature Conservation Interest and one of the last remaining blocks of ancient woodland on the coastal plain.[30]

The development along the coastal strip is interrupted by strategic gaps at the borough boundaries in the east and west, referred to as the Goring Gap and the Sompting Gap. Each gap falling largely outside the borough boundaries.[31] The borough of Worthing contains no nature reserves: the nearest is Widewater Lagoon in Lancing.[32]

Marine environment

Main article: Maritime history of Worthing

Lying some 3 miles (5 km) off the coast of Worthing, the Worthing Lumps are a series of underwater chalk cliff faces, up to 3 metres (10 ft) high. The lumps, described as "one of the best chalk reefs in Europe" by the Marine Conservation Society, are home to rare fish such as blennies and the lesser spotted dogfish.[33][34] The site has been declared a Site of Nature Conservation Importance (SNCI) (a site of county importance) by West Sussex County Council.[35] Since 2013 the area has also formed part of the Kingmere Marine Conservation Zone. Just south of the shoreline lies remains of what was once an extensive kelp forest which until the 1980s stretched from Bognor Regis to Brighton and covered approximately 177 km2 (68 sq mi).[36] With only 6 km2 (2 sq mi) remaining, the kelp forest is now being supported to recover.[37]

Climate

See also: Climate of the United Kingdom

Worthing has a temperate climate: its Köppen climate classification is Cfb. Its mean annual temperature of 10.6 °C (51.1 °F) is similar to that experienced along the Sussex coast, and slightly warmer than nearby areas such as the Sussex Weald.[38] On most summer afternoons a sea breeze, sometimes known as The Worthing Effect[39][40][41][42] by the local watersports community, blows from the south-west, building throughout the morning and peaking generally mid to late afternoon.[39]

Districts

The naming of parts of the town reflect its growth in its formative years of the 19th century. Central parts of the town are made up of the former townships of Worthing and West Worthing, which merged in 1890 when the town gained borough status. This area comprises the town centre, East Worthing and West Worthing. To the north and west of this area are the former villages of Worthing which have old roots but only became urbanised in the 20th century. These districts sometimes share their names – although not necessarily boundaries – with local electoral wards and include the former parishes of Broadwater, Durrington, Goring and (West) Tarring, as well as Findon Valley, which was formerly part of the parish of Findon. Other areas within these parishes include High Salvington, Offington and Salvington.

Demography

Population change

According to the Office for National Statistics, Worthing's population increased to an estimated 110,570 in 2019.[43] Worthing is the second most densely populated local authority area in East and West Sussex, with a population density in 2011 of 33.83 people per hectare.[43] Worthing underwent dramatic population growth both in the early 19th century as the hamlet had newly become a town and again in the 1880s. The town experienced further growth in the 1930s, and again when new estates were built, using prisoner of war labour, to the west of the town from 1948. The main driver of population growth in Worthing during the 1990s and first decade of the 21st century has been in-migration into Worthing; in particular Worthing is the most popular destination for people moving from the nearby city of Brighton and Hove, with significant numbers also moving to the borough from London.[44]

Historic and projected population growth in Worthing since 1801
Year Population Year Population
1801 2,151 2151
 
 1921 37,906 37906
 
1811 3,824 3824
 
 1931 45,905 45905
 
1821 4,922 4922
 
 1939 55,584 55584
 
1831 5,654 5654
 
 1951 67,305 67305
 
1841 6,856 6856
 
 1961 77,155 77155
 
1851 7,615 7615
 
 1971 88,467 88467
 
1861 9,744 9744
 
 1981 90,686 90686
 
1871 11,873 11873
 
 1991 98,066 98066
 
1881 14,002 14002
 
 2001 97,540 97540
 
1891 19,177 19177
 
 2011 104,640 104640
 
1901 24,479 24479
 
 2021 111,400 111400
 
1911 31,301 31301
 
 2031 122,200 122200
 

Source: A Vision of Britain Through Time,[45]Office for National Statistics[46][2]ONS population projections 2014 base / projections uplifted by '21-1,800/'26-2,100/'36-2,500 given underestimation at 2016 - 2,250/

Ethnicity

According to the UK Government's 2021 census, 91.3% of the population was White (85.0% White British, 0.8% White Irish, 0.1% Gypsy/Irish Traveller, 0.2% Roma, 5.2% Other White), 2.6% of mixed ancestry (0.9% White and Black Caribbean, 0.5% White and Black African, 0.9% White and Asian, 0.7% Other Mixed), 4.0% Asian (1.0% Indian, 0.2% Pakistani, 0.7% Bangladeshi, 0.5% Chinese, 1.5% Other Asian), 1.2% Black (0.8% African, 0.2% Caribbean, 0.1% Other Black), 0.2% Arab and 0.8% of other ethnic heritage.[1]

The town also has some notable communities from overseas. At the 2021 census 0.79% (864 people) were born in Poland, 0.70% of its population (778 people) were born in India, 0.68% (753 people) were born in the Philippines and 0.65% (724 people) were born in Romania.

Age

Worthing has a younger population than the other three districts of coastal West Sussex, albeit older than the South East average. In 2006, 26.7% of the population were between 25 and 44 years old, which is a higher proportion compared to the other districts in the coastal West Sussex area.[44] Over the last 20 years, Worthing has seen the sharpest decline in its population aged 65 years or more with its proportion of the total population falling by 8.1% (7,000 in real terms), at a time when this age group has actually grown across the South East region and elsewhere.[44] In contrast there have been comparatively significant increases in older families (4.5%) and family makers (4.3%) within the borough.[44] In 2010 the estimated median age of the population of Worthing was 42.8 years, 3.2 years older than the average for the UK of 39.6 years.[47]

Religion

 
The Church of St Andrew the Apostle (Church of England)
 
St Andrew's is the parish church of West Tarring.
 
The Masjid Assalam mosque serves the town's Sunni Muslim population.
See also: List of places of worship in Worthing

More people in Worthing identify as Christian than any other religion (43.9% in 2021)[48] and the borough has about 50 active Christian places of worship. Worthing's Churches Together organisation[49] encourages ecumenical work and links between the town's churches.

Worthing's first Anglican church, St Paul's, was built in 1812; previously, worshippers had to travel to the ancient parish church of Broadwater. Residential growth in the 19th century led to several other Anglican churches opening in the town centre: Christ Church was started in 1840[50] and survived a closure threat in 2006;[51] Arthur Blomfield's St Andrew's Church brought the controversial "High Church" form of worship to the town in the 1880s—its "Worthing Madonna" icon was particularly contentious;[52][53] and Holy Trinity church opened at the same time but with less dispute.[53][54]

Other Anglican churches were built in the 20th century to serve new residential areas such as High Salvington and Maybridge; and the ancient villages which were absorbed into Worthing Borough between 1890 and 1929[55] each had their own church: Broadwater's had Saxon origins,[56] St Mary's at Goring-by-Sea was Norman (although it was rebuilt in 1837),[57] St Andrew's at West Tarring was 13th century,[58] and St Botolph's at Heene and St Symphorian's at Durrington were rebuilt from medieval ruins.[59][60] All of the borough's churches are in the Rural Deanery of Worthing and the Diocese of Chichester.[61]

The first Roman Catholic church in Worthing opened in 1864; the centrally located St Mary of the Angels Church has since been joined by others at East Worthing, Goring-by-Sea and High Salvington. All are in Worthing Deanery in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton.[62] Protestant Nonconformism has a long history in Worthing: the town's first place of worship was an Independent chapel.[63] Methodists, Baptists, the United Reformed Church and Evangelical Christian groups each have several churches in the borough, and other denominations represented include Christadelphians, Christian Scientists, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons and Plymouth Brethren.[64] A Coptic Orthodox church is also present in the town. The Salvation Army have been established for more than a century, but their arrival in Worthing prompted large-scale riots involving a group called the Skeleton Army. These continued intermittently for several years in the 1880s.[65][66] Other Christian organisations include Worthing Churches Homeless Projects and Street Pastors.

In 2021, 1.7% of the population of Worthing were Muslim.[48] Since 1994 the Muslim community has had a mosque at the Worthing Islamic Cultural Centre, also known as Worthing Masjid (Worthing Mosque) or Masjid Assalam (Mosque of Peace, or Mosque of Allah)[67] which follows the Sunni tradition and holds prayer, education, and funeral services for the local community.[68]

There are also small communities of Buddhists (0.6% in 2021) in Worthing,[48] including a community of Triratna Buddhists. There is a small Jewish community (0.2% in 2021) and the town had a synagogue in the 1930s.[69] In 2011, 0.7% of the population were Hindu, 0.1% were Sikh and 0.7% followed another religion. A small community of the Baháʼí Faith practises in Worthing. 45.7% claimed no religious affiliation, a figure significantly higher than the average for England and Wales of 37.2%, and 6.3% did not state their religion.[48]

Education

See also: Schools in Worthing, West Sussex

Worthing has 22 primary schools, six secondary schools, one primary and secondary special school, two independent schools, one sixth form college and one college of higher and further education. With campuses in Worthing, Shoreham Airport and Brighton, Greater Brighton Metropolitan College was formed in a merger between Worthing-based Northbrook College and City College Brighton and Hove and is an affiliate college of Brighton University.[70] Its West Durrington campus is referred to as University Centre Worthing[71] and it provides Higher Education to around 1,000 students, most of whom study art and design.[72] The town's sixth form college, Worthing College, is located on a 8-hectare (20-acre) campus in Broadwater.

West Sussex County Council provides six state secondary schools: Bohunt School Worthing in Broadwater is a coeducational academy school, Durrington High School and St Andrews High School and Worthing High School are all coeducational, with St Andrew's taking in girls from 2021. Davison High School in East Worthing is a girls' school. St Oscar Romero Catholic School in Goring is a Catholic School. Our Lady of Sion School in the town centre is an independent school for children aged 3—18.

Economy and regeneration

Labour Profile[73]
Total employee jobs 43,800
Full-time 28,000 63.9%
Part-time 15,800 36.1%
Manufacturing 3,300 7.5%
Construction 1,100 2.4%
Services 38,900 88.7%
Distribution, hotels & restaurants 9,600 22.0%
Transport & communications 1,400 3.3%
Finance, IT, other business activities 9,600 22.0%
Public admin, education & health 16,200 36.9%
Other services 2,000 4.6%
Tourism-related 3,000 7.0%

Worthing's economy is dominated by the service industry, particularly financial services. Major employers include GSK, LEMO electronics, Rayner Lenses, HM Revenue & Customs, the Environment Agency and Southern Water.[74]

In October 2009, GlaxoSmithKline confirmed that 250 employees in Worthing would lose their jobs at the factory, which makes the antibiotics co-amoxiclav (Augmentin) and amoxicillin (Amoxin) and hundreds of other products.[75][76] As of 2009, there were approximately 43,000 jobs in the borough.[77]

Although Worthing was voted the most profitable town in Britain for three consecutive years at the end of the 1990s,[78][79] the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2009 found that Worthing residents' mean pre-tax pay is only £452 per week, compared to £487 for West Sussex and £535 for South East England as a whole.[77]

In 2008, Worthing was in the top 10 urban areas in England for jobs in each of three key sectors, thought to have a significant impact on economic performance: creative, high-tech industries and knowledge-intensive business services.[80] The 2012 UK Town and City Index from Santander UK ranked Worthing as the second highest town or city in the UK for connectivity[81] and ranked fifth in the UK overall out of 74 towns and cities.[81]

Regeneration

In June 2006, Worthing Borough Council agreed a masterplan for the town's regeneration,[82][83] focused on improving the town centre and seafront. A new £150 million development is proposed for Teville Gate, between Worthing railway station and the A24 at the northern approach to the town centre. It is expected to include two residential towers, a multiplex cinema, hotel and conference and exhibition centre.[84] The developers are expected to apply for planning permission in the summer of 2010.[85] Redevelopment is planned for the Grafton Street car park area;[86] and the town's major undercover shopping centre, the Guildbourne Centre, may be rebuilt entirely and extended to Union Place, covering the site of the town's former police station.

 
Worthing Victorian Promenade Shelter at Dusk, July 2018

In the longer term, the area around Worthing's museum, art gallery, library and town hall—collectively described as the "Worthing Cultural and Civic Hub"—is to be revamped to provide extra facilities and new housing.[87] In 2009, Worthing Borough Council applied for a £5 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to redevelop and enlarge the museum.[88] A new £16 million municipal swimming pool, Splash Point Leisure Centre, has been designed by Stirling Prize-winning architects Wilkinson Eyre;[89] it was opened by Paralympian Ellie Simmonds in June 2013. It has been proposed that Montague Place is pedestrianised to improve the link between the town centre and the seafront.[90]

Completed regeneration projects include the reopening of the Dome Cinema in 2007 after major investment from the Heritage Lottery Fund, and a £5.5 million mixed-use development on the site of a former hotel near Teville Gate.[91]

Transport

 
A Southern train arrives at Worthing railway station.
Main article: Transport in Worthing

A turnpike was opened in 1803 to connect Worthing with London,[92][93] and similar toll roads were built later in the 19th century to connect nearby villages.[93][94] Stagecoach traffic grew rapidly until 1845, when the opening of a railway line from Brighton brought about an immediate decline.[95] The former turnpike is now the A24, a primary route which runs northwards to London via Horsham and connects Worthing with the M25 motorway. Two east–west routes run through the borough: the A27 trunk road runs to Brighton in the east, and to Chichester, Portsmouth and the M27 motorway in the west. The A259 follows a coastal route between Hampshire and Kent.[96]

Most local and long-distance buses are operated by Stagecoach South which has its origins in Southdown Motor Services—founded in 1915 with one route to Pulborough.[97] Stagecoach in the South Downs operates several routes around the town and to Midhurst, Brighton and Portsmouth.[98] The most frequent service, between Lancing and Durrington, was branded PULSE in 2006.[99] Worthing-based Compass Travel have routes to Angmering, Chichester, Henfield and Lancing;[100] and other companies serve Horsham, Crawley,[101] Brighton[102] and intermediate destinations. National Express coaches run between London's Victoria Coach Station and Marine Parade.[103] During the 1920s and 1930s, a fleet of up to 15 converted Shelvoke and Drewry dustbin lorries—the Worthing Tramocars—operated local bus services alongside more conventional vehicles.[104][105]

The borough has five railway stations: East Worthing, Worthing, West Worthing, Durrington-on-Sea and Goring-by-Sea. All are on the West Coastway Line and are managed and operated by the Southern train operating company.[106] Worthing opened on 24 November 1845 as a temporary terminus of the line from Brighton, which was extended to Chichester the following year and electrified in the 1930s.[107] Regular services run to destinations such as London, Gatwick Airport, Brighton, Littlehampton and Portsmouth.[108]

Shoreham Airport is about 5 miles (8 km) east of Worthing. The nearest international airport is London Gatwick, about 28 miles (45 km) to the northeast.[96]

Public services

Main article: Public services in Worthing
 
Centenary House is the headquarters of the West Downs division of Sussex Police.

Home Office policing in Worthing is provided by the Worthing district of the West Sussex division of Sussex Police.[109] The district is divided into two neighbourhood policing teams—North and South—for operational purposes. The police station is in Chatsworth Road.[110] The West Downs division's headquarters is at Centenary House in Durrington.[111] Worthing's fire station has been in Broadwater since 1962. The borough had been in charge of fire protection since 1891, after several decades in which volunteers provided the service. A fire station was built on Worthing High Street in 1908; it was demolished after the move to Broadwater.[112] The Worthing and Adur District Team, part of the West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service,[113] employs 60 full-time and 18 retained firefighters.[114]

Worthing Hospital is administered by the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. The 500-bed facility on Lyndhurst Road was founded in 1881 as an 18-bed infirmary.[112][115] It replaced older hospitals on Ann Street and Chapel Road.[115] Other medical care facilities include two mental health units (Greenacres and Meadowfield Hospital)[116][117] and a 38-bed private hospital in the Grade II-listed Goring Hall.

Gas was manufactured in Worthing for nearly 100 years until 1931,[112][118] but Scotia Gas Networks now supply the town through their Southern Gas Networks division.[119] Electricity generation took place locally between 1901 and 1961;[112][118] EDF Energy now supply the town.[120] Southern Water, who have been based in Durrington since 1989, have controlled Worthing's water supply, drainage and sewerage since 1974. The town's first waterworks was built in 1852.[121] Drainage and sewage disposal was poorly developed in the 19th century, but a fatal typhoid outbreak in 1893 prompted investment in sewage works and better pipes.[112][122]

Voluntary and community groups

There are a number of voluntary and community groups active in the town ranging from small volunteer-led groups to large well established charities. There is a Council for Voluntary Service and a Volunteer Centre funded by the local authority to support voluntary action. In 2003-4 registered charities in Worthing indicated a combined income of £56 million in the submitted accounts to the Charity Commission. The Place Survey conducted in all local authority districts by central government in 2009 found that up to 24,000 people in Worthing described themselves as giving volunteer time in the community.

Culture

Literature

 
Harold Pinter's former house in Ambrose Place

Salvington in Worthing was the birthplace of philosopher and scholar John Selden in 1584.[123] Jane Austen's unfinished final novel Sanditon is thought to have been significantly based on experiences from her stay in Worthing in 1805.[124][125] Two of Percy Bysshe Shelley's earliest works were printed in Worthing, including The Necessity of Atheism in 1811, which resulted in Shelley's expulsion from Oxford University and falling out with his father. Shelley's grandfather built Castle Goring and his father was the first chairman of what became Worthing Council.[126] Oscar Wilde wrote The Importance of Being Earnest while staying in the town in the summer of 1894; its main character Jack/Ernest Worthing is named after it.[127] In the 1960s, playwright Harold Pinter lived wrote The Homecoming at his home in Ambrose Place.[128] Other literary figures to have lived in the town include W.E. Henley,[123] W.H. Hudson,[123] Stephen Spender,[129] Dorothy Richardson,[130] Edward Knoblock,[131] Beatrice Hastings,[132] Maureen Duffy,[133] Vivien Alcock,[134] John Oxenham[123] and his daughter Elsie J. Oxenham.[123]

Film and television

 
Facing the seafront, the Dome Cinema first opened in 1911 and is one of the UK's oldest working cinemas.

The history of film in Worthing dates back to exhibitions on Worthing Pier in 1896, and two years later William Kennedy Dickson—inventor of the Kinetoscope, a pioneering motion picture device—visited the town to film daily life. In the early 20th century, several cinemas were established, although most were short-lived.[135][136] Other former cinemas include the Rivoli (1924–1960), the 2,000-capacity Plaza (1933–1968) and the 1,600-capacity Odeon (1934–1986).[136] The Kursaal was built in 1910 as a combined skating rink and theatre by Swiss impresario Carl Adolf Seebold. It was renamed the Dome in 1915 in response to anti-German sentiment during World War I. Seebold opened the 950-capacity Dome Cinema in place of the skating rink in 1922;[135] it is still open, and is one of Britain's oldest operational cinemas.[137] The Connaught Screen 2 cinema (formerly the Ritz, and before that Connaught Hall) was established in 1995.[136][138]

Many films and television programmes have been filmed using Worthing as the backdrop including: Pinter's The Birthday Party (1968),[139] directed by William Friedkin (best known for directing The French Connection in 1971 and The Exorcist in 1973), Dance with a Stranger (1985),[140] Wish You Were Here (1987),[140] Stan & Ollie (2018),[141] Vindication Swim (forthcoming)[142] and My Policeman (forthcoming),[143] as well as the television drama series Cuffs (2015).[144]

Music

Artists from Worthing include Alma Cogan,[145] Royal Blood and The Ordinary Boys. Worthing was home in the late 1960s to the Worthing Workshop, a group of artists and musicians who included Leo Sayer,[146] Brian James of The Damned, Billy Idol and Steamhammer, whose guitarist, Martin Quittenton, went on to co-write Rod Stewart's UK number one hits "You Wear It Well"[147] and "Maggie May".[148] For three days in 1970 a field on the outskirts of Worthing was the site of the Phun City music festival, the UK's first large-scale free music festival and organised by two former Worthing residents, UK underground musician and author Mick Farren and Gez Cox.[149] In the late 1980s and early 1990s Sterns Nightclub was a major centre for rave culture in the UK[150] and Worthing continues to have a notable electronic music scene.[151]

Music venues include the Assembly Hall, the Pavilion Theatre, The Venue, the Factory Live,[152] Jungle[153] and the Cellar Arts Club.[154] The Assembly Hall is home to the Worthing Symphony Orchestra, the Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra[155] and the Sussex International Piano Competition.[156] Howarth of London, the UK's largest manufacturer of professional standard oboes are based in Worthing.[157][158]

Theatre

As of 2019 Worthing has three council-owned theatres: the Art Deco Connaught Theatre (formerly called Picturdrome),[159] the Baroque Pavilion Theatre[160] and the Modernist, Grade II-listed Assembly Hall, which is mostly used for musical performances (including since 1950 an annual music festival).[159][161][155] Theatre has been performed in Worthing since 1796. Thomas Trotter, the early promoter and manager at the town's temporary venues,[123] was asked to open a permanent theatre in 1807; his Theatre Royal opened on 7 July of that year and operated until 1855. The building survived until 1870. The 1,000-capacity New Theatre Royal in Bath Place, run by Carl Adolf Seebold for several years, lasted from 1897 until 1929.[160]

Museums and galleries

Worthing Museum and Art Gallery hosts one of the most significant costume collections in the UK.[162] Built in 1908 as the town's museum and library, it is expected to undergo a major redevelopment in 2020.[163] Alfred Cortis, the first mayor of Worthing, and the international philanthropist Andrew Carnegie funded the construction.[164]

In the visual arts, painter Copley Fielding lived at 5 Park Crescent in the mid-18th century.[123] and more recently Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin created cult comic figure Tank Girl while at college in the town in the 1980s.[165] The town has a famous work by sculptor Elisabeth Frink. Uniquely in England, Desert Quartet (1990), Frink's penultimate sculpture, was given Grade II* listing in 2007, less than 30 years from its creation. It may be seen on the building opposite Liverpool Gardens. Hand-painted by Gary Bevans over more than five years, English Martyrs' Catholic Church in Goring has the world's only known reproduction of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling.[166][167]

Buildings and architecture

See also: Listed buildings in Worthing
 
Worthing Pier, an Art Deco masterpiece, 2018
 
Regency Townouses in Ambrose Place, Worthing
 
Beach House was built by John Rebecca in the 1820s.
 
Boat porches are found only in Worthing.

Few structures in central Worthing predate the 19th century, these being a few buildings on Worthing High Street that are survivals from the early fishing hamlet of Worthing.[168] There are some older buildings in the former villages outside the town centre. For example, parts of St Mary's Church in Broadwater date to the Saxon period and West Tarring has several buildings from the medieval and Tudor periods, including St Andrew's Church and the Archbishop's Palace, which date from the 13th century.

There are 213 listed buildings in the borough of Worthing. Three of these—Castle Goring, St Mary's Church at Broadwater and the Archbishop's Palace at West Tarring—are classified at Grade I, which is used for buildings "of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important".[169] Worthing Pier, Park Crescent, Beach House and several churches are also listed.[170]

 
The dramatic Art Deco-inspired Warnes building on Marine Parade, Worthing

Since 1896, when Warwick House was demolished, many historic buildings have been lost and others altered.[171] The town's first and most distinguished theatre, the Theatre Royal, and the adjacent Omega Cottage (the home of the theatre's first manager) were lost in 1970 when the Guildbourne Centre was built;[160][172] Warne's Hotel and the Royal Sea House burnt down;[173][174] the early bath-houses which were vital to Worthing's success as a fashionable resort were all demolished in the 20th century;[175] Broadwater's ancient rectory rotted away after it fell out of use in 1924;[97] and several old streets in the town centre had all their buildings demolished for postwar redevelopment.[172]

Pale yellow bricks have been made locally since about 1780, and are commonly encountered as a building material.[176] Flint is the other predominant structural material: its local abundance has ensured its frequent use. The combination of flint and red brick is characteristic of Worthing. In particular, walls built alongside streets or to mark out boundaries were almost always built of flint with brick dressings, especially in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[177]

Boat porches are a unique architectural feature of Worthing. These structures surround the entrance doors of some early 19th-century houses, and take the form of a stuccoed porch with an ogee-headed roof which resembles the bottom of a boat. Historians have speculated that the cottages, examples of which are in Albert Place, Warwick Place and elsewhere, may have been built by local fishermen who used their boats as a basis for the design.[178][179]

The town has a small number of residential high-rise buildings including Manor Lea at 43 metres (141 ft), built in 1967[180][181] and Bayside Vista at 52 metres (172 ft),[182] under development and expected to be completed in 2021. The Splashpoint Leisure Centre won a World Architecture Festival award in 2013.[183] A 46-metre (151 ft) tall ferris wheel was opened in 2019.[184]

Folklore

The Midsummer Tree, an oak, stands near Broadwater Green and is said to be around 300 years old. Until the 19th century, it was believed that on Midsummer's Eve skeletons would rise from the tree and dance around it until dawn, when they would sink back into the ground.[185] The legend was first recorded by folklorist Charlotte Latham in 1868.[186] Since 2006, when the oak was saved from development, meetings have been held on Midsummers Eve there.[187]

It was once believed that monsters known as knuckers lived in bottomless ponds called knuckerholes. There were several knuckerholes in Sussex, including one in Worthing by Ham Bridge (on the present Ham Road), close to East Worthing railway station and Teville Stream.[188]

According to legend, a tunnel several miles long led from the now-demolished medieval Offington Hall to the Neolithic flint mines and Iron Age hill fort at Cissbury. It was said to be sealed, and there was treasure at the far end; the owner of the Hall "had offered half the money to anyone who would clear out the subterranean passage and several persons had begun digging, but all had been driven back by large snakes springing at them with open mouths and angry hisses".[186][189]

Open spaces

 
Lake at Brooklands Park.

The town has five miles of beach and large areas of open space on the South Downs including the Worthing Downland Estate, Cissbury Ring and Highdown Hill. The town also contains a number of parks and gardens, many laid out in the Victorian and Edwardian eras.

  • Beach House Green
  • Beach House Park – named after nearby Beach House, the park is home to one of the world's most well-known venues for the sport of bowls. The park is also home to a possibly unique memorial to homing pigeons that served in the Second World War.
  • Broadwater Green – Broadwater's 'village green'.
  • Brooklands Park
  • Denton Gardens – at the southern end of Denton Gardens is an 18-hole Crazy Golf course.
  • Field Place – tennis courts, lawn bowls, putting and conference facilities. Can be found north of Worthing Leisure Centre.
  • Goring Green
  • Highdown Gardens – a garden at the foot of the South Downs containing the National Plant Collection of the plant collection of Sir Frederick Stern[190] containing rare plants collected from east Asia.
  • Homefield Park – formerly known as the 'People's Park' it was once home to Worthing F.C. also includes a concrete skatepark and tennis courts.
  • Liverpool Gardens – overlooking the graceful Georgian Liverpool Terrace, the gardens and terrace are named after Lord Liverpool. Overlooking the park from the east are four bronze heads known as Desert Quartet, sculpted by Dame Elisabeth Frink.
  • Marine Gardens
  • Palatine Park
  • Promenade Waterwise Garden
  • Steyne Gardens – which includes a sunken garden re-landscaped in 2007 with a fountain of the Ancient Greek sea god, Triton, by sculptor William Bloye.
  • Victoria Park – was donated by the Heene Estate to the poor of Worthing in commemoration of the death of Queen Victoria. (Taken from title deeds to property owned in St. Matthews Road.) The land was previously used for market gardening and once sported a paddling pool which was closed due to foot infections in the children. Victoria Park is used by clubs and casual footballers.[citation needed]
  • West Park – has a running track and basketball court and lies next to Worthing Leisure Centre.

Annual events

Worthing Artists' Open Houses is an annual festival of arts and crafts.[191] The Worthing Festival is held in the last two weeks each July with open-air concerts in the town centre and a fairground along the town's promenade. Worthing Pride has been celebrated in the town since 2018. From 2008 to 2015, Worthing was the home to the International Birdman competition.

In January, the ancient custom of wassailing takes place in Tarring to bless the apple trees. A flaming torchlit procession takes place down Tarring High Street culminating in hundreds of people gathering around an apple tree to shout, chant and sing to drive away evil spirits.[192] The apple trees are toasted with wassail, apple cider and apple cake, followed by fireworks.[193] On May Day, a procession and dancing takes place in Worthing town centre, culminating in the crowning of the May Queen.[194]

Media

 
The offices of the Worthing Herald and Worthing Advertiser opened in 1991.

In the early 19th century, Worthing was served by newspapers with a wider geographical circulation, such as the Brighton Gazette, Brighton Herald, Sussex Daily News, Sussex Weekly Advertiser and West Sussex Gazette.[195] Weekly or monthly publications such as the Worthing Visitors' List and Advertising Sheet (notorious for its condemnation of people who had displeased its owner, Owen Breads),[196] the Worthing Monthly Record & District Chronicle and the Worthing Intelligencer[197] provided some local coverage from the middle of the century onwards; but the town's first regular local newspaper was the Worthing Gazette, introduced in 1883.[197] It favoured the Conservative Party at first, and supported the Skeleton Army's anti-Salvation Army riots later that decade.[198]

In 1921 its scope was extended to include Littlehampton, and it was renamed accordingly.[197] The Worthing Herald was founded in 1920; it acquired the Gazette in 1963, but continued to publish the newspapers separately until 1981. Since then, a single newspaper has been published weekly under the Herald name, but it is officially known as the Worthing Herald incorporating the Worthing Gazette.[197] It is now owned by Johnston Press, and has been based at Cannon House in Chatsworth Road since 1991.[197][199] The Brighton-based daily The Argus, owned by Newsquest, also serves Worthing. An anarchic local newsletter called The Porkbolter, focusing on environmental issues, has been published monthly since 1997.[200]

Worthing is served by the BBC South television studios based in Southampton,[201][202] BBC South East from Tunbridge Wells, and by the ITV franchise Meridian Broadcasting, also with studios in Southampton.[203] Television signals come from the Rowridge or Whitehawk Hill transmitters.[204][205]

More Radio Worthing is Worthing's local commercial radio station. Launched in 2003 it broadcasts from the Guildbourne Centre on 107.7FM.[206] Heart South, a Global Radio-owned commercial station, also covers Worthing.[207] BBC Local Radio coverage is provided by BBC Radio Sussex.[208]

Sport

Main article: Sport in Worthing

Worthing's 5 miles (8 km) of coastline provide for watersport, especially catamaran racing, windsurfing and kitesurfing. The town has held a regatta for rowing since at least 1859.

The South Downs is commonly used for hiking and mountain-biking, with around 22 trail-heads within the borough. Both of Worthing's golf clubs, including Worthing Golf Club are on the Downs. The Three Forts Marathon is a 27-mile (43 km) ultramarathon from Broadwater to the three Iron Age hill forts of Cissbury Ring, Chanctonbury Ring and Devil's Dyke.

Worthing F.C., nicknamed "The Rebels" or "The Mackerel Men", formed in 1886 is the town's main football club.[209] The men's team play in the National League South, having won the 2021—22 Isthmian League Premier Division and the women's team play in the Premier Division of the London and South East Women's Regional Football League. Worthing United F.C. nicknamed 'the "Mavericks" were playing in the Division One of the Sussex County League in 2013.[210] Nicknamed Worthing Raiders, Worthing Rugby Football Club play in National League 2 South and since 1977 have been based in the nearby village of Angmering. Formed in 1999 Worthing Thunder play in the National Basketball League. The Worthing Bears (now defunct) won the British Basketball League in 1992—93. Worthing Hockey Club was formed in 1896 and has a number of teams. The home pitches are at Manor Sports Ground.[211]

The promenade is the route used by the Worthing parkrun[212] which has been taking place since June 2016. The free, weekly timed 5 km run had 420 people attending the first event.

Alongside Johannesburg and Adelaide, Worthing is one of only three locations in the world to have hosted the men's World Bowls Championship twice. The events were held in 1972 and 1992, both at Beach House Park, which is sometimes known as the spiritual home of bowls, and is also the venue for the annual National Championships each August. Beach House Park also hosted the Women's World Bowls Championship in 1977.

Club Nickname Sport League Venue Established
Worthing Cricket Club Cricket Sussex Premier League Manor Sports Ground 1855
Worthing Football Club The Rebels Football National League South Woodside Road 1886
Worthing Rugby Football Club Raiders Rugby union National League 2 South Roundstone Lane, Angmering 1920
Worthing United Football Club The Mavericks Football Southern Combination Football League Robert Albon Memorial Ground 1988
Worthing Thunder Thunder Basketball English Basketball League Worthing Leisure Centre 1999
Worthing F.C. Women The Rebels or the Reds Football London and South East Women's Regional Football League Premier Division Woodside Road

Notable people

Main article: List of Worthing inhabitants

Notable inhabitants include:

In the 20th century, these writers chose to live in the town:

Twin towns

  Elzach, Germany
  Gutach im Breisgau, Germany
  Les Sables-d'Olonne, France
  Simonswald, Germany
  Waldkirch, Germany

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This article is about the town in West Sussex For other uses see Worthing disambiguation Worthing ˈ w ɜːr d ɪ ŋ is a seaside town in West Sussex England at the foot of the South Downs 10 miles 16 km west of Brighton and 18 miles 29 km east of Chichester With a population of 111 400 2 and an area of 12 5 square miles 32 4 km2 the borough is the second largest component of the Brighton and Hove built up area the 15th most populous urban area in the United Kingdom Since 2010 northern parts of the borough including the Worthing Downland Estate have formed part of the South Downs National Park In 2019 the Art Deco Worthing Pier was named the best in Britain 3 Worthing Borough of WorthingTown and boroughClockwise from top Worthing seafront from Worthing Pier Dome Cinema Castle Goring Cissbury Ring in the South Downs National Park Connaught Theatre Worthing PierCoat of Arms of the Borough CouncilEtymology Old English WyrtingasNickname Sunny WorthingMotto s Ex terra copiam e mari salutem Latin for From the land plenty and from the sea health Location within West SussexWorthingLocation within EnglandShow map of EnglandWorthingLocation within the United KingdomShow map of the United KingdomWorthingLocation within EuropeShow map of EuropeCoordinates 50 48 52 96 N 0 22 16 99 W 50 8147111 N 0 3713861 W 50 8147111 0 3713861 Coordinates 50 48 52 96 N 0 22 16 99 W 50 8147111 N 0 3713861 W 50 8147111 0 3713861Sovereign state United KingdomCountry EnglandRegionSouth East EnglandHistoric county SussexCountyWest SussexBoroughWorthingFoundedIn antiquityTown charter1803 220 years ago 1803 Borough status1890 133 years ago 1890 Administrative HQWorthing Town HallGovernment TypeBorough BodyWorthing Borough Council LeadershipLeader and cabinet ExecutiveLabour Leader of CouncilCllr Beccy Cooper L Chief ExecutiveCatherine Howe MPsPeter Bottomley C Tim Loughton C Area Borough32 48 km2 12 54 sq mi Rank298thElevation7 m 25 ft Highest elevation184 m 603 ft Population 2021 Borough111 338 ranked 215th Density3 424 km2 8 870 sq mi Urban474 485 Ethnicity Office for National Statistics 2021 Census 1 91 3 White4 0 British Asian2 6 Mixed1 2 Black1 0 Arab and otherDemonymWorthingiteTime zoneGMT Summer DST British Summer TimePostcodeBN11 BN14Area code01903ONS code45UHHighest pointCissbury Ring 184m Grid referenceSU775075WebsiteAdur amp Worthing councilsLying within the borough the Iron Age hill fort of Cissbury Ring is one of Britain s largest The recorded history of Worthing began with the Domesday Book It is historically part of Sussex in the rape of Bramber Goring which forms part of the rape of Arundel was incorporated in 1929 Worthing was a small mackerel fishing hamlet for many centuries until in the late 18th century it developed into an elegant Georgian seaside resort and attracted the well known and wealthy of the day In the 19th and 20th centuries the area was one of Britain s chief market gardening centres 4 Modern Worthing has a large service industry particularly in financial services It has three theatres and one of Britain s oldest cinemas the Dome 5 Writers Oscar Wilde and Harold Pinter lived and worked in the town Contents 1 Etymology 2 History 3 Governance 4 Geography 4 1 Marine environment 4 2 Climate 4 3 Districts 5 Demography 5 1 Population change 5 2 Ethnicity 5 3 Age 5 4 Religion 6 Education 7 Economy and regeneration 7 1 Regeneration 8 Transport 9 Public services 10 Voluntary and community groups 11 Culture 11 1 Literature 11 2 Film and television 11 3 Music 11 4 Theatre 11 5 Museums and galleries 11 6 Buildings and architecture 11 7 Folklore 11 8 Open spaces 11 9 Annual events 12 Media 13 Sport 14 Notable people 15 Twin towns 16 Notes 17 References 17 1 Bibliography 18 External linksEtymology EditWorthing was recorded as a settlement in the Domesday Book It was in the hundred of Brightford and the county of Sussex and is listed as Ordinges or Mordinges The Tenant in chief was William de Braose 6 It was subsequently known as Wuroininege Wurdingg Wording or Wurthing Worthinges Wyrthyng Worthen and Weordingas 7 The modern name was first documented in AD 1297 8 9 The suffix ing probably replaced an earlier ending of a different form OE ign 10 Meaning family people or followers of a man called Worth 11 The suffix ing is mainly confined to coastal areas of Sussex reflecting the consolidation of territory in the 6th and 7th centuries by the South Saxons 12 History EditMain article History of Worthing See also Timeline of Worthing The backfilled remains of a flint mine shaft one of about 270 mine shafts at Cissbury From around 4000BC the South Downs above Worthing was Britain s earliest and largest flint mining area The marbled Edwardian architecture of The Royal Arcade Worthing From around 4000BC the South Downs above Worthing was Britain s earliest 13 and largest flint mining area 14 with four of the UK s 14 known flint mines lying within 7 miles 11 km of the centre of Worthing 14 An excavation at Little High Street dates the earliest remains from Worthing town centre to the Bronze Age There is also an important Bronze Age hill fort on the western fringes of the modern borough at Highdown Hill During the Iron Age one of Britain s largest hill forts was built at Cissbury Ring The area was part of the civitas of the Regni during the Romano British period Several of the borough s roads date from this era and lie in a grid layout known as centuriation A Romano British farmstead once stood in the centre of the town at a site close to Worthing Town Hall In the 5th and 6th centuries the area became part of the kingdom of Sussex The place names of the area including the name Worthing itself date from this period Worthing remained an agricultural and fishing hamlet for centuries until the arrival of wealthy visitors in the 1750s Princess Amelia stayed in the town in 1798 and the fashionable and wealthy continued to stay in Worthing which became a town in 1803 The town expanded and elegant developments such as Park Crescent and Liverpool Terrace were begun The area was a stronghold of smugglers in the 19th century and was the site of rioting by the Skeleton Army in the 1880s Oscar Wilde holidayed in the town in 1893 and 1894 writing the Importance of Being Earnest during his second visit The town was home to several literary figures in the 20th century including Nobel prize winner Harold Pinter On 9 October 1934 violent confrontations took place in the town between protestors and Oswald Mosley s British Union of Fascists which subsequently became known as the Battle of South Street 15 During the Second World War Worthing was home to several allied military divisions in preparation for the D Day landings Worthing became the world s 229th Transition Town in October 2009 16 The project explored the town s transition to life after oil and was established by local residents as a way of planning the town s Energy Descent Action Plan Governance EditSee also Worthing Borough Council and Worthing local elections Photochrom print of South Street in the 1890s showing the Old Town Hall Built in 1933 Worthing Town Hall replaced the town s original Georgian town hall as the headquarters of Worthing Borough Council Local government for the borough of Worthing is shared between Worthing Borough Council and West Sussex County Council in a two tier structure Worthing Borough Council partners with neighbouring local authorities as part of Adur and Worthing Councils and the Greater Brighton City Region The borough is divided into 13 wards with 11 returning three councillors and two returning two councillors to form a total council of 37 members The borough is unparished 17 At the 2022 election the Labour Party won control of the council for the first time 18 ending 18 years of Conservative administration The town currently returns nine councillors from nine single member electoral divisions to West Sussex County Council 19 which is responsible for services including school education social care and highways The County Council has been controlled by the Conservative Party since 1974 with the exception of the period 1993 97 when the council was under no overall control Since 2014 Worthing has also been within the area of the Greater Brighton City Region The borough is represented on the City Region s Economic Board by the leader of the Borough Council 20 The town has two Members of Parliament MPs Tim Loughton Conservative for East Worthing and Shoreham a former Under Secretary of State for Children and Families 21 and Peter Bottomley Conservative for Worthing West 22 who following the 2019 general election became the Father of the House of Commons At the 2017 general election the East Worthing and Shoreham seat became a marginal seat 23 for the first time with both seats having been held by their incumbents since the seats creation before the 1997 general election From 1945 to 1997 Worthing returned one MP Since 1945 Worthing has always returned Conservative MPs 24 25 Until 1945 Worthing formed part of the Horsham and Worthing parliamentary constituency Geography Edit At 184 metres 604 ft above sea level the summit of Cissbury Ring is the highest point in Worthing Worthing is situated in West Sussex in South East England 49 miles 79 km south of London and 10 miles 16 km west of Brighton and Hove Historically within Sussex in the rape of Bramber Worthing is built on the South Coast Plain facing the English Channel To the north of the urban area are the chalk hills of the South Downs which form a National Park The suburbs of High Salvington and Findon Valley climb the lower slopes of the Downs reaching up to the 120 metre 394 ft contour line whereas the highest point in the borough reaches 184 metres 604 ft at Cissbury Ring Land at Cissbury Ring and the adjacent publicly owned Worthing Downland Estate together form a 145 hectare 360 acre area of open access land within the borough Further high points are at West Hill 139m north west of High Salvington and at Highdown Hill 81m on the boundary with Ferring 26 Cissbury Ring forms the only Site of Special Scientific Interest in the borough 27 With a population of about 200 000 nb 1 the Centre for Cities identifies the wider primary urban area of Worthing as one of the 63 largest cities and towns in the UK Extending from Littlehampton to Lancing the primary urban area is roughly equivalent to the present day borough and the area administered from 1933 to 1974 as the Worthing Rural District or the 01903 Worthing telephone code area Worthing forms the second largest part of the Brighton and Hove built up area England s 12th largest conurbation with a population in 2011 of over 470 000 28 The borough of Worthing is bordered by the West Sussex local authority districts of Arun in the north and west and Adur in the east Worthing is situated on a mix of two beds of sedimentary rock The large part of the town including the town centre is built upon chalk part of the Chalk Group with a bed of London clay found in a band heading west from Lancing through Broadwater and Durrington 29 Worthing lies roughly midway between the Rivers Arun and Adur The culverted Teville Stream and the partially culverted Ferring Rife run through the town One of the Ferring Rife s sources is in Titnore Wood a Site of Nature Conservation Interest and one of the last remaining blocks of ancient woodland on the coastal plain 30 The development along the coastal strip is interrupted by strategic gaps at the borough boundaries in the east and west referred to as the Goring Gap and the Sompting Gap Each gap falling largely outside the borough boundaries 31 The borough of Worthing contains no nature reserves the nearest is Widewater Lagoon in Lancing 32 Marine environment Edit Main article Maritime history of Worthing Lying some 3 miles 5 km off the coast of Worthing the Worthing Lumps are a series of underwater chalk cliff faces up to 3 metres 10 ft high The lumps described as one of the best chalk reefs in Europe by the Marine Conservation Society are home to rare fish such as blennies and the lesser spotted dogfish 33 34 The site has been declared a Site of Nature Conservation Importance SNCI a site of county importance by West Sussex County Council 35 Since 2013 the area has also formed part of the Kingmere Marine Conservation Zone Just south of the shoreline lies remains of what was once an extensive kelp forest which until the 1980s stretched from Bognor Regis to Brighton and covered approximately 177 km2 68 sq mi 36 With only 6 km2 2 sq mi remaining the kelp forest is now being supported to recover 37 Climate Edit See also Climate of the United Kingdom Worthing has a temperate climate its Koppen climate classification is Cfb Its mean annual temperature of 10 6 C 51 1 F is similar to that experienced along the Sussex coast and slightly warmer than nearby areas such as the Sussex Weald 38 On most summer afternoons a sea breeze sometimes known as The Worthing Effect 39 40 41 42 by the local watersports community blows from the south west building throughout the morning and peaking generally mid to late afternoon 39 Districts Edit The naming of parts of the town reflect its growth in its formative years of the 19th century Central parts of the town are made up of the former townships of Worthing and West Worthing which merged in 1890 when the town gained borough status This area comprises the town centre East Worthing and West Worthing To the north and west of this area are the former villages of Worthing which have old roots but only became urbanised in the 20th century These districts sometimes share their names although not necessarily boundaries with local electoral wards and include the former parishes of Broadwater Durrington Goring and West Tarring as well as Findon Valley which was formerly part of the parish of Findon Other areas within these parishes include High Salvington Offington and Salvington Demography EditPopulation change Edit According to the Office for National Statistics Worthing s population increased to an estimated 110 570 in 2019 43 Worthing is the second most densely populated local authority area in East and West Sussex with a population density in 2011 of 33 83 people per hectare 43 Worthing underwent dramatic population growth both in the early 19th century as the hamlet had newly become a town and again in the 1880s The town experienced further growth in the 1930s and again when new estates were built using prisoner of war labour to the west of the town from 1948 The main driver of population growth in Worthing during the 1990s and first decade of the 21st century has been in migration into Worthing in particular Worthing is the most popular destination for people moving from the nearby city of Brighton and Hove with significant numbers also moving to the borough from London 44 Historic and projected population growth in Worthing since 1801 Year Population Year Population1801 2 151 2151 1921 37 906 37906 1811 3 824 3824 1931 45 905 45905 1821 4 922 4922 1939 55 584 55584 1831 5 654 5654 1951 67 305 67305 1841 6 856 6856 1961 77 155 77155 1851 7 615 7615 1971 88 467 88467 1861 9 744 9744 1981 90 686 90686 1871 11 873 11873 1991 98 066 98066 1881 14 002 14002 2001 97 540 97540 1891 19 177 19177 2011 104 640 104640 1901 24 479 24479 2021 111 400 111400 1911 31 301 31301 2031 122 200 122200 Source A Vision of Britain Through Time 45 Office for National Statistics 46 2 ONS population projections 2014 base projections uplifted by 21 1 800 26 2 100 36 2 500 given underestimation at 2016 2 250 Ethnicity Edit According to the UK Government s 2021 census 91 3 of the population was White 85 0 White British 0 8 White Irish 0 1 Gypsy Irish Traveller 0 2 Roma 5 2 Other White 2 6 of mixed ancestry 0 9 White and Black Caribbean 0 5 White and Black African 0 9 White and Asian 0 7 Other Mixed 4 0 Asian 1 0 Indian 0 2 Pakistani 0 7 Bangladeshi 0 5 Chinese 1 5 Other Asian 1 2 Black 0 8 African 0 2 Caribbean 0 1 Other Black 0 2 Arab and 0 8 of other ethnic heritage 1 The town also has some notable communities from overseas At the 2021 census 0 79 864 people were born in Poland 0 70 of its population 778 people were born in India 0 68 753 people were born in the Philippines and 0 65 724 people were born in Romania Age Edit Worthing has a younger population than the other three districts of coastal West Sussex albeit older than the South East average In 2006 26 7 of the population were between 25 and 44 years old which is a higher proportion compared to the other districts in the coastal West Sussex area 44 Over the last 20 years Worthing has seen the sharpest decline in its population aged 65 years or more with its proportion of the total population falling by 8 1 7 000 in real terms at a time when this age group has actually grown across the South East region and elsewhere 44 In contrast there have been comparatively significant increases in older families 4 5 and family makers 4 3 within the borough 44 In 2010 the estimated median age of the population of Worthing was 42 8 years 3 2 years older than the average for the UK of 39 6 years 47 Religion Edit The Church of St Andrew the Apostle Church of England St Andrew s is the parish church of West Tarring The Masjid Assalam mosque serves the town s Sunni Muslim population See also List of places of worship in Worthing More people in Worthing identify as Christian than any other religion 43 9 in 2021 48 and the borough has about 50 active Christian places of worship Worthing s Churches Together organisation 49 encourages ecumenical work and links between the town s churches Worthing s first Anglican church St Paul s was built in 1812 previously worshippers had to travel to the ancient parish church of Broadwater Residential growth in the 19th century led to several other Anglican churches opening in the town centre Christ Church was started in 1840 50 and survived a closure threat in 2006 51 Arthur Blomfield s St Andrew s Church brought the controversial High Church form of worship to the town in the 1880s its Worthing Madonna icon was particularly contentious 52 53 and Holy Trinity church opened at the same time but with less dispute 53 54 Other Anglican churches were built in the 20th century to serve new residential areas such as High Salvington and Maybridge and the ancient villages which were absorbed into Worthing Borough between 1890 and 1929 55 each had their own church Broadwater s had Saxon origins 56 St Mary s at Goring by Sea was Norman although it was rebuilt in 1837 57 St Andrew s at West Tarring was 13th century 58 and St Botolph s at Heene and St Symphorian s at Durrington were rebuilt from medieval ruins 59 60 All of the borough s churches are in the Rural Deanery of Worthing and the Diocese of Chichester 61 The first Roman Catholic church in Worthing opened in 1864 the centrally located St Mary of the Angels Church has since been joined by others at East Worthing Goring by Sea and High Salvington All are in Worthing Deanery in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton 62 Protestant Nonconformism has a long history in Worthing the town s first place of worship was an Independent chapel 63 Methodists Baptists the United Reformed Church and Evangelical Christian groups each have several churches in the borough and other denominations represented include Christadelphians Christian Scientists Jehovah s Witnesses Mormons and Plymouth Brethren 64 A Coptic Orthodox church is also present in the town The Salvation Army have been established for more than a century but their arrival in Worthing prompted large scale riots involving a group called the Skeleton Army These continued intermittently for several years in the 1880s 65 66 Other Christian organisations include Worthing Churches Homeless Projects and Street Pastors In 2021 1 7 of the population of Worthing were Muslim 48 Since 1994 the Muslim community has had a mosque at the Worthing Islamic Cultural Centre also known as Worthing Masjid Worthing Mosque or Masjid Assalam Mosque of Peace or Mosque of Allah 67 which follows the Sunni tradition and holds prayer education and funeral services for the local community 68 There are also small communities of Buddhists 0 6 in 2021 in Worthing 48 including a community of Triratna Buddhists There is a small Jewish community 0 2 in 2021 and the town had a synagogue in the 1930s 69 In 2011 0 7 of the population were Hindu 0 1 were Sikh and 0 7 followed another religion A small community of the Bahaʼi Faith practises in Worthing 45 7 claimed no religious affiliation a figure significantly higher than the average for England and Wales of 37 2 and 6 3 did not state their religion 48 Education EditSee also Schools in Worthing West Sussex Worthing College s campus in Broadwater Worthing has 22 primary schools six secondary schools one primary and secondary special school two independent schools one sixth form college and one college of higher and further education With campuses in Worthing Shoreham Airport and Brighton Greater Brighton Metropolitan College was formed in a merger between Worthing based Northbrook College and City College Brighton and Hove and is an affiliate college of Brighton University 70 Its West Durrington campus is referred to as University Centre Worthing 71 and it provides Higher Education to around 1 000 students most of whom study art and design 72 The town s sixth form college Worthing College is located on a 8 hectare 20 acre campus in Broadwater West Sussex County Council provides six state secondary schools Bohunt School Worthing in Broadwater is a coeducational academy school Durrington High School and St Andrews High School and Worthing High School are all coeducational with St Andrew s taking in girls from 2021 Davison High School in East Worthing is a girls school St Oscar Romero Catholic School in Goring is a Catholic School Our Lady of Sion School in the town centre is an independent school for children aged 3 18 Economy and regeneration EditLabour Profile 73 Total employee jobs 43 800Full time 28 000 63 9 Part time 15 800 36 1 Manufacturing 3 300 7 5 Construction 1 100 2 4 Services 38 900 88 7 Distribution hotels amp restaurants 9 600 22 0 Transport amp communications 1 400 3 3 Finance IT other business activities 9 600 22 0 Public admin education amp health 16 200 36 9 Other services 2 000 4 6 Tourism related 3 000 7 0 Worthing s economy is dominated by the service industry particularly financial services Major employers include GSK LEMO electronics Rayner Lenses HM Revenue amp Customs the Environment Agency and Southern Water 74 In October 2009 GlaxoSmithKline confirmed that 250 employees in Worthing would lose their jobs at the factory which makes the antibiotics co amoxiclav Augmentin and amoxicillin Amoxin and hundreds of other products 75 76 As of 2009 update there were approximately 43 000 jobs in the borough 77 Although Worthing was voted the most profitable town in Britain for three consecutive years at the end of the 1990s 78 79 the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2009 found that Worthing residents mean pre tax pay is only 452 per week compared to 487 for West Sussex and 535 for South East England as a whole 77 In 2008 Worthing was in the top 10 urban areas in England for jobs in each of three key sectors thought to have a significant impact on economic performance creative high tech industries and knowledge intensive business services 80 The 2012 UK Town and City Index from Santander UK ranked Worthing as the second highest town or city in the UK for connectivity 81 and ranked fifth in the UK overall out of 74 towns and cities 81 This article needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information September 2017 Regeneration Edit In June 2006 Worthing Borough Council agreed a masterplan for the town s regeneration 82 83 focused on improving the town centre and seafront A new 150 million development is proposed for Teville Gate between Worthing railway station and the A24 at the northern approach to the town centre It is expected to include two residential towers a multiplex cinema hotel and conference and exhibition centre 84 The developers are expected to apply for planning permission in the summer of 2010 85 Redevelopment is planned for the Grafton Street car park area 86 and the town s major undercover shopping centre the Guildbourne Centre may be rebuilt entirely and extended to Union Place covering the site of the town s former police station Worthing Victorian Promenade Shelter at Dusk July 2018 In the longer term the area around Worthing s museum art gallery library and town hall collectively described as the Worthing Cultural and Civic Hub is to be revamped to provide extra facilities and new housing 87 In 2009 Worthing Borough Council applied for a 5 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to redevelop and enlarge the museum 88 A new 16 million municipal swimming pool Splash Point Leisure Centre has been designed by Stirling Prize winning architects Wilkinson Eyre 89 it was opened by Paralympian Ellie Simmonds in June 2013 It has been proposed that Montague Place is pedestrianised to improve the link between the town centre and the seafront 90 Completed regeneration projects include the reopening of the Dome Cinema in 2007 after major investment from the Heritage Lottery Fund and a 5 5 million mixed use development on the site of a former hotel near Teville Gate 91 Transport Edit A Southern train arrives at Worthing railway station Main article Transport in Worthing A turnpike was opened in 1803 to connect Worthing with London 92 93 and similar toll roads were built later in the 19th century to connect nearby villages 93 94 Stagecoach traffic grew rapidly until 1845 when the opening of a railway line from Brighton brought about an immediate decline 95 The former turnpike is now the A24 a primary route which runs northwards to London via Horsham and connects Worthing with the M25 motorway Two east west routes run through the borough the A27 trunk road runs to Brighton in the east and to Chichester Portsmouth and the M27 motorway in the west The A259 follows a coastal route between Hampshire and Kent 96 Most local and long distance buses are operated by Stagecoach South which has its origins in Southdown Motor Services founded in 1915 with one route to Pulborough 97 Stagecoach in the South Downs operates several routes around the town and to Midhurst Brighton and Portsmouth 98 The most frequent service between Lancing and Durrington was branded PULSE in 2006 99 Worthing based Compass Travel have routes to Angmering Chichester Henfield and Lancing 100 and other companies serve Horsham Crawley 101 Brighton 102 and intermediate destinations National Express coaches run between London s Victoria Coach Station and Marine Parade 103 During the 1920s and 1930s a fleet of up to 15 converted Shelvoke and Drewry dustbin lorries the Worthing Tramocars operated local bus services alongside more conventional vehicles 104 105 The borough has five railway stations East Worthing Worthing West Worthing Durrington on Sea and Goring by Sea All are on the West Coastway Line and are managed and operated by the Southern train operating company 106 Worthing opened on 24 November 1845 as a temporary terminus of the line from Brighton which was extended to Chichester the following year and electrified in the 1930s 107 Regular services run to destinations such as London Gatwick Airport Brighton Littlehampton and Portsmouth 108 Shoreham Airport is about 5 miles 8 km east of Worthing The nearest international airport is London Gatwick about 28 miles 45 km to the northeast 96 Public services EditMain article Public services in Worthing Centenary House is the headquarters of the West Downs division of Sussex Police Home Office policing in Worthing is provided by the Worthing district of the West Sussex division of Sussex Police 109 The district is divided into two neighbourhood policing teams North and South for operational purposes The police station is in Chatsworth Road 110 The West Downs division s headquarters is at Centenary House in Durrington 111 Worthing s fire station has been in Broadwater since 1962 The borough had been in charge of fire protection since 1891 after several decades in which volunteers provided the service A fire station was built on Worthing High Street in 1908 it was demolished after the move to Broadwater 112 The Worthing and Adur District Team part of the West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service 113 employs 60 full time and 18 retained firefighters 114 Worthing Hospital is administered by the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust The 500 bed facility on Lyndhurst Road was founded in 1881 as an 18 bed infirmary 112 115 It replaced older hospitals on Ann Street and Chapel Road 115 Other medical care facilities include two mental health units Greenacres and Meadowfield Hospital 116 117 and a 38 bed private hospital in the Grade II listed Goring Hall Gas was manufactured in Worthing for nearly 100 years until 1931 112 118 but Scotia Gas Networks now supply the town through their Southern Gas Networks division 119 Electricity generation took place locally between 1901 and 1961 112 118 EDF Energy now supply the town 120 Southern Water who have been based in Durrington since 1989 have controlled Worthing s water supply drainage and sewerage since 1974 The town s first waterworks was built in 1852 121 Drainage and sewage disposal was poorly developed in the 19th century but a fatal typhoid outbreak in 1893 prompted investment in sewage works and better pipes 112 122 Voluntary and community groups EditThere are a number of voluntary and community groups active in the town ranging from small volunteer led groups to large well established charities There is a Council for Voluntary Service and a Volunteer Centre funded by the local authority to support voluntary action In 2003 4 registered charities in Worthing indicated a combined income of 56 million in the submitted accounts to the Charity Commission The Place Survey conducted in all local authority districts by central government in 2009 found that up to 24 000 people in Worthing described themselves as giving volunteer time in the community Culture EditLiterature Edit Harold Pinter s former house in Ambrose Place Salvington in Worthing was the birthplace of philosopher and scholar John Selden in 1584 123 Jane Austen s unfinished final novel Sanditon is thought to have been significantly based on experiences from her stay in Worthing in 1805 124 125 Two of Percy Bysshe Shelley s earliest works were printed in Worthing including The Necessity of Atheism in 1811 which resulted in Shelley s expulsion from Oxford University and falling out with his father Shelley s grandfather built Castle Goring and his father was the first chairman of what became Worthing Council 126 Oscar Wilde wrote The Importance of Being Earnest while staying in the town in the summer of 1894 its main character Jack Ernest Worthing is named after it 127 In the 1960s playwright Harold Pinter lived wrote The Homecoming at his home in Ambrose Place 128 Other literary figures to have lived in the town include W E Henley 123 W H Hudson 123 Stephen Spender 129 Dorothy Richardson 130 Edward Knoblock 131 Beatrice Hastings 132 Maureen Duffy 133 Vivien Alcock 134 John Oxenham 123 and his daughter Elsie J Oxenham 123 Film and television Edit Facing the seafront the Dome Cinema first opened in 1911 and is one of the UK s oldest working cinemas The history of film in Worthing dates back to exhibitions on Worthing Pier in 1896 and two years later William Kennedy Dickson inventor of the Kinetoscope a pioneering motion picture device visited the town to film daily life In the early 20th century several cinemas were established although most were short lived 135 136 Other former cinemas include the Rivoli 1924 1960 the 2 000 capacity Plaza 1933 1968 and the 1 600 capacity Odeon 1934 1986 136 The Kursaal was built in 1910 as a combined skating rink and theatre by Swiss impresario Carl Adolf Seebold It was renamed the Dome in 1915 in response to anti German sentiment during World War I Seebold opened the 950 capacity Dome Cinema in place of the skating rink in 1922 135 it is still open and is one of Britain s oldest operational cinemas 137 The Connaught Screen 2 cinema formerly the Ritz and before that Connaught Hall was established in 1995 136 138 Many films and television programmes have been filmed using Worthing as the backdrop including Pinter s The Birthday Party 1968 139 directed by William Friedkin best known for directing The French Connection in 1971 and The Exorcist in 1973 Dance with a Stranger 1985 140 Wish You Were Here 1987 140 Stan amp Ollie 2018 141 Vindication Swim forthcoming 142 and My Policeman forthcoming 143 as well as the television drama series Cuffs 2015 144 Music Edit Artists from Worthing include Alma Cogan 145 Royal Blood and The Ordinary Boys Worthing was home in the late 1960s to the Worthing Workshop a group of artists and musicians who included Leo Sayer 146 Brian James of The Damned Billy Idol and Steamhammer whose guitarist Martin Quittenton went on to co write Rod Stewart s UK number one hits You Wear It Well 147 and Maggie May 148 For three days in 1970 a field on the outskirts of Worthing was the site of the Phun City music festival the UK s first large scale free music festival and organised by two former Worthing residents UK underground musician and author Mick Farren and Gez Cox 149 In the late 1980s and early 1990s Sterns Nightclub was a major centre for rave culture in the UK 150 and Worthing continues to have a notable electronic music scene 151 Music venues include the Assembly Hall the Pavilion Theatre The Venue the Factory Live 152 Jungle 153 and the Cellar Arts Club 154 The Assembly Hall is home to the Worthing Symphony Orchestra the Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra 155 and the Sussex International Piano Competition 156 Howarth of London the UK s largest manufacturer of professional standard oboes are based in Worthing 157 158 Theatre Edit As of 2019 Worthing has three council owned theatres the Art Deco Connaught Theatre formerly called Picturdrome 159 the Baroque Pavilion Theatre 160 and the Modernist Grade II listed Assembly Hall which is mostly used for musical performances including since 1950 an annual music festival 159 161 155 Theatre has been performed in Worthing since 1796 Thomas Trotter the early promoter and manager at the town s temporary venues 123 was asked to open a permanent theatre in 1807 his Theatre Royal opened on 7 July of that year and operated until 1855 The building survived until 1870 The 1 000 capacity New Theatre Royal in Bath Place run by Carl Adolf Seebold for several years lasted from 1897 until 1929 160 Museums and galleries Edit Worthing Museum and Art Gallery hosts one of the most significant costume collections in the UK 162 Built in 1908 as the town s museum and library it is expected to undergo a major redevelopment in 2020 163 Alfred Cortis the first mayor of Worthing and the international philanthropist Andrew Carnegie funded the construction 164 In the visual arts painter Copley Fielding lived at 5 Park Crescent in the mid 18th century 123 and more recently Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin created cult comic figure Tank Girl while at college in the town in the 1980s 165 The town has a famous work by sculptor Elisabeth Frink Uniquely in England Desert Quartet 1990 Frink s penultimate sculpture was given Grade II listing in 2007 less than 30 years from its creation It may be seen on the building opposite Liverpool Gardens Hand painted by Gary Bevans over more than five years English Martyrs Catholic Church in Goring has the world s only known reproduction of Michelangelo s Sistine Chapel ceiling 166 167 Buildings and architecture Edit See also Listed buildings in Worthing Worthing Pier an Art Deco masterpiece 2018 Regency Townouses in Ambrose Place Worthing Beach House was built by John Rebecca in the 1820s Boat porches are found only in Worthing Few structures in central Worthing predate the 19th century these being a few buildings on Worthing High Street that are survivals from the early fishing hamlet of Worthing 168 There are some older buildings in the former villages outside the town centre For example parts of St Mary s Church in Broadwater date to the Saxon period and West Tarring has several buildings from the medieval and Tudor periods including St Andrew s Church and the Archbishop s Palace which date from the 13th century There are 213 listed buildings in the borough of Worthing Three of these Castle Goring St Mary s Church at Broadwater and the Archbishop s Palace at West Tarring are classified at Grade I which is used for buildings of exceptional interest sometimes considered to be internationally important 169 Worthing Pier Park Crescent Beach House and several churches are also listed 170 The dramatic Art Deco inspired Warnes building on Marine Parade Worthing Since 1896 when Warwick House was demolished many historic buildings have been lost and others altered 171 The town s first and most distinguished theatre the Theatre Royal and the adjacent Omega Cottage the home of the theatre s first manager were lost in 1970 when the Guildbourne Centre was built 160 172 Warne s Hotel and the Royal Sea House burnt down 173 174 the early bath houses which were vital to Worthing s success as a fashionable resort were all demolished in the 20th century 175 Broadwater s ancient rectory rotted away after it fell out of use in 1924 97 and several old streets in the town centre had all their buildings demolished for postwar redevelopment 172 Pale yellow bricks have been made locally since about 1780 and are commonly encountered as a building material 176 Flint is the other predominant structural material its local abundance has ensured its frequent use The combination of flint and red brick is characteristic of Worthing In particular walls built alongside streets or to mark out boundaries were almost always built of flint with brick dressings especially in the late 19th and early 20th centuries 177 Boat porches are a unique architectural feature of Worthing These structures surround the entrance doors of some early 19th century houses and take the form of a stuccoed porch with an ogee headed roof which resembles the bottom of a boat Historians have speculated that the cottages examples of which are in Albert Place Warwick Place and elsewhere may have been built by local fishermen who used their boats as a basis for the design 178 179 The town has a small number of residential high rise buildings including Manor Lea at 43 metres 141 ft built in 1967 180 181 and Bayside Vista at 52 metres 172 ft 182 under development and expected to be completed in 2021 The Splashpoint Leisure Centre won a World Architecture Festival award in 2013 183 A 46 metre 151 ft tall ferris wheel was opened in 2019 184 Folklore Edit The Midsummer Tree an oak stands near Broadwater Green and is said to be around 300 years old Until the 19th century it was believed that on Midsummer s Eve skeletons would rise from the tree and dance around it until dawn when they would sink back into the ground 185 The legend was first recorded by folklorist Charlotte Latham in 1868 186 Since 2006 when the oak was saved from development meetings have been held on Midsummers Eve there 187 It was once believed that monsters known as knuckers lived in bottomless ponds called knuckerholes There were several knuckerholes in Sussex including one in Worthing by Ham Bridge on the present Ham Road close to East Worthing railway station and Teville Stream 188 According to legend a tunnel several miles long led from the now demolished medieval Offington Hall to the Neolithic flint mines and Iron Age hill fort at Cissbury It was said to be sealed and there was treasure at the far end the owner of the Hall had offered half the money to anyone who would clear out the subterranean passage and several persons had begun digging but all had been driven back by large snakes springing at them with open mouths and angry hisses 186 189 Open spaces Edit Lake at Brooklands Park Beach House Park The town has five miles of beach and large areas of open space on the South Downs including the Worthing Downland Estate Cissbury Ring and Highdown Hill The town also contains a number of parks and gardens many laid out in the Victorian and Edwardian eras Beach House Green Beach House Park named after nearby Beach House the park is home to one of the world s most well known venues for the sport of bowls The park is also home to a possibly unique memorial to homing pigeons that served in the Second World War Broadwater Green Broadwater s village green Brooklands Park Denton Gardens at the southern end of Denton Gardens is an 18 hole Crazy Golf course Field Place tennis courts lawn bowls putting and conference facilities Can be found north of Worthing Leisure Centre Goring Green Highdown Gardens a garden at the foot of the South Downs containing the National Plant Collection of the plant collection of Sir Frederick Stern 190 containing rare plants collected from east Asia Homefield Park formerly known as the People s Park it was once home to Worthing F C also includes a concrete skatepark and tennis courts Liverpool Gardens overlooking the graceful Georgian Liverpool Terrace the gardens and terrace are named after Lord Liverpool Overlooking the park from the east are four bronze heads known as Desert Quartet sculpted by Dame Elisabeth Frink Marine Gardens Palatine Park Promenade Waterwise Garden Steyne Gardens which includes a sunken garden re landscaped in 2007 with a fountain of the Ancient Greek sea god Triton by sculptor William Bloye Victoria Park was donated by the Heene Estate to the poor of Worthing in commemoration of the death of Queen Victoria Taken from title deeds to property owned in St Matthews Road The land was previously used for market gardening and once sported a paddling pool which was closed due to foot infections in the children Victoria Park is used by clubs and casual footballers citation needed West Park has a running track and basketball court and lies next to Worthing Leisure Centre Annual events Edit Worthing Artists Open Houses is an annual festival of arts and crafts 191 The Worthing Festival is held in the last two weeks each July with open air concerts in the town centre and a fairground along the town s promenade Worthing Pride has been celebrated in the town since 2018 From 2008 to 2015 Worthing was the home to the International Birdman competition In January the ancient custom of wassailing takes place in Tarring to bless the apple trees A flaming torchlit procession takes place down Tarring High Street culminating in hundreds of people gathering around an apple tree to shout chant and sing to drive away evil spirits 192 The apple trees are toasted with wassail apple cider and apple cake followed by fireworks 193 On May Day a procession and dancing takes place in Worthing town centre culminating in the crowning of the May Queen 194 Media Edit The offices of the Worthing Herald and Worthing Advertiser opened in 1991 In the early 19th century Worthing was served by newspapers with a wider geographical circulation such as the Brighton Gazette Brighton Herald Sussex Daily News Sussex Weekly Advertiser and West Sussex Gazette 195 Weekly or monthly publications such as the Worthing Visitors List and Advertising Sheet notorious for its condemnation of people who had displeased its owner Owen Breads 196 the Worthing Monthly Record amp District Chronicle and the Worthing Intelligencer 197 provided some local coverage from the middle of the century onwards but the town s first regular local newspaper was the Worthing Gazette introduced in 1883 197 It favoured the Conservative Party at first and supported the Skeleton Army s anti Salvation Army riots later that decade 198 In 1921 its scope was extended to include Littlehampton and it was renamed accordingly 197 The Worthing Herald was founded in 1920 it acquired the Gazette in 1963 but continued to publish the newspapers separately until 1981 Since then a single newspaper has been published weekly under the Herald name but it is officially known as the Worthing Herald incorporating the Worthing Gazette 197 It is now owned by Johnston Press and has been based at Cannon House in Chatsworth Road since 1991 197 199 The Brighton based daily The Argus owned by Newsquest also serves Worthing An anarchic local newsletter called The Porkbolter focusing on environmental issues has been published monthly since 1997 200 Worthing is served by the BBC South television studios based in Southampton 201 202 BBC South East from Tunbridge Wells and by the ITV franchise Meridian Broadcasting also with studios in Southampton 203 Television signals come from the Rowridge or Whitehawk Hill transmitters 204 205 More Radio Worthing is Worthing s local commercial radio station Launched in 2003 it broadcasts from the Guildbourne Centre on 107 7FM 206 Heart South a Global Radio owned commercial station also covers Worthing 207 BBC Local Radio coverage is provided by BBC Radio Sussex 208 Sport EditMain article Sport in Worthing Worthing s 5 miles 8 km of coastline provide for watersport especially catamaran racing windsurfing and kitesurfing The town has held a regatta for rowing since at least 1859 The South Downs is commonly used for hiking and mountain biking with around 22 trail heads within the borough Both of Worthing s golf clubs including Worthing Golf Club are on the Downs The Three Forts Marathon is a 27 mile 43 km ultramarathon from Broadwater to the three Iron Age hill forts of Cissbury Ring Chanctonbury Ring and Devil s Dyke Worthing F C nicknamed The Rebels or The Mackerel Men formed in 1886 is the town s main football club 209 The men s team play in the National League South having won the 2021 22 Isthmian League Premier Division and the women s team play in the Premier Division of the London and South East Women s Regional Football League Worthing United F C nicknamed the Mavericks were playing in the Division One of the Sussex County League in 2013 210 Nicknamed Worthing Raiders Worthing Rugby Football Club play in National League 2 South and since 1977 have been based in the nearby village of Angmering Formed in 1999 Worthing Thunder play in the National Basketball League The Worthing Bears now defunct won the British Basketball League in 1992 93 Worthing Hockey Club was formed in 1896 and has a number of teams The home pitches are at Manor Sports Ground 211 The promenade is the route used by the Worthing parkrun 212 which has been taking place since June 2016 The free weekly timed 5 km run had 420 people attending the first event Alongside Johannesburg and Adelaide Worthing is one of only three locations in the world to have hosted the men s World Bowls Championship twice The events were held in 1972 and 1992 both at Beach House Park which is sometimes known as the spiritual home of bowls and is also the venue for the annual National Championships each August Beach House Park also hosted the Women s World Bowls Championship in 1977 Club Nickname Sport League Venue EstablishedWorthing Cricket Club Cricket Sussex Premier League Manor Sports Ground 1855Worthing Football Club The Rebels Football National League South Woodside Road 1886Worthing Rugby Football Club Raiders Rugby union National League 2 South Roundstone Lane Angmering 1920Worthing United Football Club The Mavericks Football Southern Combination Football League Robert Albon Memorial Ground 1988Worthing Thunder Thunder Basketball English Basketball League Worthing Leisure Centre 1999Worthing F C Women The Rebels or the Reds Football London and South East Women s Regional Football League Premier Division Woodside RoadNotable people EditMain article List of Worthing inhabitants Notable inhabitants include Luke Nelson basketball player born and raised in Worthing and first played basketball for the Worthing Thunder youth teams Jane Austen the author lived at Stanford Cottage Worthing during the autumn of 1805 Her unfinished novel Sanditon 1817 is set in the early days of the development of Worthing as a resort Mary Shelley author of Frankenstein inherited Castle Goring in 1845 Oscar Wilde author wrote The Importance of Being Earnest while staying in Worthing during the summer of 1894 and even named its protagonist Jack Worthing in its honour Liz Smith actress The Vicar of Dibley The Royle Family Henty brothers Australian pioneer farmers including Edward Henty born in West Tarring in 1810 213 James Bateman horticulturalist 214 Thomas Shaw Brandreth mathematician and inventor 215 Copley Fielding artist 216 Octav Botnar founder of Datsun UK ran his automobile import business from the town Gwendoline Christie actress model Nicollette Sheridan actress Desperate Housewives birthplace DJ Fresh musician birthplace Christopher Hewett actor Mr Belvedere William Henry Hudson writer and naturalist born in Argentina Billy Idol musician Mike Kerr singer and bassist of British rock duo Royal Blood grew up in the town Keith Emerson musician lived and attended school in the town Peter Bonetti England goalkeeper Byron Dafoe National Hockey League goaltender Benjamin Bonetti Self Help Author Hypnotherapist citation needed Patrick Hadley English Composer Went to Saint Ronan s School West Worthing Kenny Tutt English chef and winner of the MasterChef 2018 UK TV show competition Laurence Olivier actor born at Wathen Road Dorking Surrey in 1908 In the 20th century these writers chose to live in the town Beatrice Hastings poet 217 Harold Pinter 218 Simon Messingham science fiction writerTwin towns Edit Elzach 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