Worthing Walk: Town Centre & Beach【4K】

Located on the south coast of England, in the county of West Sussex, and around 10 miles west of Brighton, is the town of Worthing.

The name 'Worthing' was first recorded as 'Weoroingas', meaning '(place of) Worth/Weorð/Worō's family/followers', where the prefix denotes a Saxon personal name. Up until the 18th century the settlement was little more than a fishing hamlet.

Following the rises in popularity of inland spa towns, people began to look towards the coast as the curative properties of seawater bathing became known. Around the 1750s, wealthy visitors first began visiting Worthing on stagecoaches. In 1798 Princess Amelia, fifteenth(!) child of George III, came to Worthing. This royal endorsement led to a surge in popularity for the seaside village, and five years later, in 1803, it became a town. In 1807 another royal visitor gave Worthing a boost when Princess Charlotte, daughter of the future Prince Regent and later King George IV, came to town.

In 1845 the railway arrived in Worthing with a branch line opening from the neighbouring town of Shoreham-by-Sea, which in turn created a link to and from London. This brought in an influx of new visitors who were now able to reach Worthing from London among other places in hours instead of days. Today Worthing station is situated on the West Coastway Line running between Brighton to the east and Southampton Central to the west.

In 1862 Worthing Pier opened. By 1889 it had been upgraded to include a 650-seat pavilion at its southern end. During its lifetime, rebuilding work has been carried out on multiple occasions. In 1913 a severe gale blew apart the decking between the shore and the pavilion. In 1933 a fire destroyed the pavilion, leading to the construction of a new one. In 1940 the pier was deliberately destroyed by British army engineers as a precautionary measure to prevent it from being used as a landing point. By 1942 as fears of an invasion had lessened, the pier became a recreation centre for troops. In 1949 it reopened to the public. To date, Worthing Pier has won the National Piers Society's Pier of the Year award - in 2006 and 2019.

Owing to its growth in the 18th and 19th century, Worthing's architecture is predominantly Georgian and Victorian. Marine Parade (the main street adjacent to the beach at the start of the walk) illustrates this clearly, with grand white stucco Georgian terraces almost uninterrupted all the way up to Heene Terrace, which is a Victorian development dating from the 1860s. Other notable buildings include the Dome Cinema seen near the start of the walk, which was completed in 1911.

Actress Nicollette Sheridan was born in Worthing. Additionally, musicians Keith Emerson and Billy Idol both attended schools in Worthing (different ones at different times, to be clear).

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Filmed: 23rd March 2022

Link to the walk on Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/MDqeURvpoQUqUksz6

Filmed on a Sony FDR-AX700 with a Zhiyun Crane 2 and a Sony ECM-XYST1M Stereo Microphone.

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Worthing Beach
1:44 Marine Parade
3:23 Worthing Pier
3:38 Marine Parade
14:34 Heene Terrace
16:07 Heene Road
18:23 Rowlands Road
22:39 Montague Street
29:15 South Street
30:41 Chapel Road

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