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Enjoy exploring Worthing's elegant Georgian terraces, imposing Victorian avenues and the pedestrianised streets of the town centre, where you'll find all your favourite High Street names as well as specialist shops and pavement cafes. Traditional seaside entertainment can be found along the five-mile promenade and pier, which has had an interesting history. Over 100-years old, it's been 'burnt down, blown up and blown down'. At night, choose from a vast selection of restaurants, traditional pubs and lively clubs, try your luck at bingo, test your skills at 10pin bowling, see a great live show at the theatre, or visit one of the oldest cinemas in the country to see the latest blockbuster.
Great for walkers, Worthing sits at the foot of the South Downs which is a designated area of outstanding natural beauty. The downs are dotted with areas of ancient woodland and historic sites of great importance. Cissbury Ring gives panoramic views across the Downs to the Sea while Highdown Hill, managed by the national Trust, gives views to the Isle of Wight and Chichester.
Tarring Parish hall was once the Palace of the Archbishop of Canterbury. It is purported that St.Thomas A Becket who often stayed in Tarring planted a fig tree there about 1162 which is still reputed to still exist, within the orchard which is supposed to consist entirely of trees descended from it, although the majority of the orchard trees date from 1745. The church of St.Andrew is large, with a tall spire and one of but a few unofficial Sussex buildings that are allowed to fly the White Ensign. St Andrews possessed the right sanctuary. John le Messier took advantage of this right and eventually managed to escape after having stabbed Simon de Goringe. Tarring has an attractive curving High Street, including the three timber-framed cottages named Parsonage Row, which are owned by the Sussex Archaeological Society,
National Bowling Championships
Worthing is the mecca for bowls. Home to the English Bowling Association and
some of the finest greens in the country,
Worthing is proud of its history and long-standing relationship with bowling.
The national Championships are hosted in Worthing from 9th August to 23rd
August 2008 and spectators are welcome.
Local Attractions
in Worthing
Click on each title for a link to more information
Beach
House Park: Splendid gardens with some of the most
beautiful flowerbeds you will see.
Cissbury
Ring: The second largest iron Age hill fort in the country
Denton
Gardens: Pleasant ornamental gardens with sunken
ponds, borders and carpet bedding.
English Martyrs Church: The
church is known for having the only known reproduction of Sistine Chapel ceiling
in the world.
High Salvington Windmill:
built between 1700 and 1720, this windmill is fully
operational and milling stone ground flour
Highdown
Chalk Gardens: A unique collection of rare plants
and trees, grown on chalk.
Highdown
Hill: An important archaeological site. It has a
late bronze age settlement and an early iron age hill fort with saxon cemetry
within the ramparts. The millers tomb, is the grave of John Oliver, an eccentric
Highdown miller who slept with his coffin under his bed. He died in 1793.
Marine
Gardens: A small neat ornamental garden with herbaceous
borders, bedding, sunken ponds and rose beds.
Worthing Museum and Art Gallery:
Holding the largest costume gallery in the country after
the Royal Victoria and Albert Museum, and one of the largest toy collections
anywhere. The museum also has a magnificent art gallery and exhibition programme,
it has excellent archaeological displays and holds one of the most exciting
roman hoards found in recent times.
