Facts about Worthing
General Info
Worthing (/ˈwɜːrðɪŋ/) is a seaside town and district with borough status in West Sussex, England. It is situated at the foot of the South Downs, 10 miles (16 km) west of Brighton, and 18 miles (29 km) east of Chichester. With an estimated population of about 110,000[2] and an area of 12.5 square miles (32.4 km2), the borough is the second largest component of the Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton conurbation, which makes it part of 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 April 2019, the Art Deco Worthing Pier was named the best in Britain.
History
From around 4000BC, the South Downs above Worthing was Britain’s earliest[8] and largest flint-mining area,[9] with four of the UK’s 14 known flint mines lying within 7 miles (11 km) of the centre of Worthing.[9] 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’.
