WORTHING

The stretch of coast heading east from Littlehampton is characterised by an almost unbroken string of coastal development. There are a series of small communities along the coast towards Worthing – Rustington with its flint cottages, Angmering-On-Sea with a 12th-century church, Ferring with a Norman church and Goring-by-Sea, a residential suburb of Worthing. Worthing is another of those fully-fledged traditional resorts which pepper the Sussex coast. Worthing made the transition from fishing hamlet to fashionable resort after a visit in 1798 by Princess Amelia, the sickly younger sister of the Prince Regent, who came to the town for health reasons. The local museum has a collection of costumes from 1700 to the present day as well as other events and exhibitions. A restored windmill, High Salvington Windmill, stands on the northern edge of the town.

There is an ancient oak tree standing on a triangle of land at a road intersection which used to be at the end of Broadwater Green.  According to legend, skeletons used to rise on Midsummer Eve and dance around the trunk until the first cock crowed.

Other attractions in the town include the Connaught Theatre and The Forge gallery.

For a list of events in Worthing follow this link.

Map of the area.

Boat on Worthing Beach, West Sussex - geograph.org.uk - 1113243. Photo by Roger Kidd, via Wikimedia Commons.