The Worthing Heritage Alliance
Bringing the Community together
HERITAGE TRAILS
The Heritage Trails are the product of a project funded by the
Heritage Lottery Fund and supported by the Worthing Heritage
Alliance. They cover a wide diversity of topics and local areas and
together enable us to take a fascinating walk through many aspects
of our local history and that of the surrounding countryside. They are
intended to be enjoyed both as part of organised walks, scheduled
on a regular basis with an experienced guide, or unaccompanied.
There are 12 Trails in all, each accompanied by a leaflet containing an
aerial map with places of interest along the trail marked and described in
detail.A number of the Trails have video links associated with them. These
give a more personal account at particular points along the way , with a
commentary from Chris Hare, the Project Manager and local historian,
supported by members of the Alliance.
The leaflets, and related publicity regarding the organised walks are available from a number of outlets in the
Town e.g. The Museum, The Library, and The Denton Lounge
The Title pages from each leaflet are shown below. Click on the Title page to display the complete trail (N.B. Use
the PDF view option to show the pages side by side). Those trails with video clips have the clips numbered
corresponding to the location number shown on the leaflet and are shown alongside the Title page . Click on the
Location number to link to the video. (Once the video starts click on the square symbol at the extreme right end
of the bottom of the screen to enlarge the picture).
Do you know the answer to the following questions ? Join the trails and find out !!
What do know about the devastating typhoid outbreak in Worthing
Trail 1
When and why did the Savation Army Riots take place
Trail 2
Where is Worthing’s Easter Island
Trail 3
Where is Worthing’s Memorial to warrior pigeons
Trail 4
What do you know about Broadwater’s Midsummer Tree and it’s ghostly past
Trail 5
Who was the formidable lady who became Worthing’s first female mayor
Trail 6
Did you know that Tarring High Street contains many secrets fron the past
Trail 7
What is Goring’s Royal connection
Trail 8
What is the history of Worthing’s longest surviving pub
Trail 9
Who were the corpse watchers of Durrington
Trail 10
Did you know that Cissbury Ring was once a major flint mining centre
Trail 11
What were the achievements of Sir Frederick and Lady Sybil Stern
Trail 12
Trail 2 Video Clips :-
Location 2 Ambrose Place
Location 3 Christ Church Schools
Location 7 Holder’s Drapery and Haberdashers
Location 8 Congregational Chapel
Location 9 Chapel Fields Twitten
Location 10 Mid-Victorian Villa
Location 11 Provident and Relief Benefit Society
Location 12 Spiritualist Church
Location 13 Christ Church
TRAIL 3 Video Clips :-
Location 2 Worthing Pier
Location 4 Prospect Place
Location 5 Salvation Army
Location 11 Twitten
Location 12 Edinburgh Cottage
TRAIL 6 Video Clips :-
Location 2 George French
Location 3 Ann Thwaytes
Location 10 Corbett family
Location 11 Ellen Chapman
Location 20 Typhoid Memorial
TRAIL 7 Video Clips :-
Location 1 St. Andrew’s Church
Location 1b
Location 1c
Location 1d
Location 6 Parsonage Row
Location 7 Glebe Road
Location 10 The Old Castle
N.B. The leaflets can be printed, but as they have an A3 format, in order to print them on an A4
printer set the print properties / settings as follows :
Properties / Paper Quality : A4
Settings : Shrink oversized Pages , Print on both sides of paper / Flip on long edge
Orientation : Portrait
The resulting print-out is one sheet of A4 with printing on both sides. The print size is of
course reduced but perfectly acceptable
