Worthing
| Borough of Worthing | |||
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 49 ′ N , 0 ° 22 ′ W | ||
| OS National Grid | SU775075 | ||
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| Residents | 99,600 (as of 2007) | ||
| surface | 32.48 km² (12.54 mi² ) | ||
| Population density: | 3067 inhabitants per km² | ||
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| Post town | WORTHING | ||
| ZIP code section | BN11, BN12, BN13, BN14, BN99 | ||
| prefix | 01903 | ||
| founding | 1803 | ||
| height | 7 m | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | South East England | ||
| Shire county | West Sussex | ||
| Ceremonial county | West Sussex | ||
| District | Worthing | ||
| ONS code | 45UH | ||
| Website: www.worthing.gov.uk | |||
Worthing is a town in West Sussex with about 100,000 inhabitants and an area of 32.48 km².
The place was already mentioned in the Domesday Book , at that time it had 22 inhabitants. In 1803 about 2500 inhabitants were counted. Worthing has been known primarily as a health resort since the late 18th century . Many language tour operators offer language courses to Worthing.
In 1894 has Oscar Wilde in Worthing the play The Importance of Being Earnest written. One of the characters in the play, Jack Worthing , was named after the city's terminus, located on a local railway line.
Museums
- Worthing History and Arts Gallery. The museum contains numerous finds from John Pull's excavations in the Neolithic flint mines of Sussex, such as Cissbury and Blackpatch .
sons and daughters of the town
- Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset (1536–1608), statesman, playwright and poet
- Frederick George Miles (1903–1976), businessman and aircraft designer
- Patrick Gordon Walker (1907–1980), politician
- George Ansell (1909–1988), football player
- Harry Hay (1912–2002), American activist
- Christopher Hewett (1922-2001), actor
- Eric Parsons (1923-2011), football player
- John Forbes-Robertson (1928–2008), actor
- Richard Best (1933-2014), diplomat
- John Richardson (born 1934), actor
- Mickey Jupp (* 1944), musician
- Brian Yeo (born 1944), football player
- Sally-Anne Stapleford (* 1945), figure skater
- Peter Wight (born 1950), actor
- David Leadbetter (born 1952), golf coach
- Nicollette Sheridan (born 1963), American actress
- Gregory Barker (born 1966), politician
- Jonathan Cake (born 1967), actor
- Lucy Robinson (born 1968), actress
- Gwendoline Christie (* 1978), actress
- Brenock O'Connor (* 2000), actor
Town twinning
Web links
- The city's website (English)
- scm.pastfinders.org