Worthing

@seasidedweller88

This thread is 11 years old, pretty sure OP has made a decision by now!

Is Worthing Brexitty?

Is Worthing Brexitty?

Just asking - which part of Goring by Sea is better - above or below the railway line ?

I can comment well having lived all over London and Brighton too. Can confirm Worthing is a great place if you want:
-A lovely quiet beach
-Beautiful countryside and walking nearby
-Friendly safe community, quite diverse and queer friendly
-Very good cafes restaurants pubs and bars (both traditional and also natural wines bars and small plates etc, craft breweries for a bit of pizazz)
-Good schools
-Leafy parks
-Decent town centre with walkable shops
-Three train stations(!) and an easy enough commute straight to Victoria/East Croydon/Clapham, and Brighton of course
-Decent parking (especially compared to Brighton)
-And affordable homes! I bought my three bedroom house in a good area for only 30k more than my one bedroom flat in Brighton-For us it's been a no brainer and we love it, we're in our 30s and lots of our friends are following suit.
-Best areas: Check it out in person. Personally we're near the station on a leafy nice street, Tarring (West) is also desirable. But the best way to ascertain is to go and walk around.

Don’t do it. I’ve been visiting my in-laws there since the late 90s. It’s dull, full of NIMBYs and retirement complexes. My husband who’s born and bred there says he wouldn’t go back in a million years. To me, it’s somewhere you go to die...not me- i want to pop my clogs somewhere a bit more interesting.

Not sure on the etiquette around this but can I ask @loumaria if you made the move and how it went?

Loumaria - did you move?

Just wondered if anyone had anything to add to this and what you decided to loumarie? We're considering Worthing at the moment so this was very interesting to read.

Is nobody going to mention Littlehampton? There always seems to be plenty to do with children on the seafront there. (MIL lives nearby so we've been there at all times of year).

Shoreham has far less to offer than Worthing. It's definitely gone upmarket over the years, and has quite a trendy feel due to the Brighton overspill, but the town "centre" itself is tiny. Just a few cafés, charity shops and Boots.

I think it a bit of a hole, sorry. High street quite chavy in my opinion, not a pleasant place. What about Lewes? Loads of charming pubs etc an v close to Brighton which has good food and drink on offer.

It depends on your cash. Ferring, steyning is lovely but expensive. Center worthing is a bit grim but pockets of niceness. I think Shoreham has more to offer. Sea and downs, close to Brighton and not as expensive.

We live in hove and DSD lives in Worthing, it's horrible. I refused to move there hence why we live in hove. Its run down, grim shops, chavs and the new swimming pool is dirty. I've been here 4 yrs and would defiantly not says it's 'up and coming'. Go to hove or shoreham, much nicer.

I moved here from london too, worthing would be too much of a culture shock for me.

BiscuitMillionaire Shoreham might be 'full' unless you want tiny flats. There is very limited land along the coast. The movement West from Brighton seems to have leap frogged Lancing at the moment and moved straight to Worthing.

I lived in worthing 25 years ago, so am not best placed to comment on how it is now, but FWIW I had a great time there. Was lovely to be able to walk to the beach and under the pier of an evening.
Had good friends, too, which is what makes a good night out, not buzzing bars.
Also, was great to go into Brighton for the day/ night.

Worthing is in a bit of a slump but is far from a dump, plus I think we are soon to see lots of new development. I think we all forget how lucky we are to have the beach on our door step, the downs for outdoorsy stuff and be in easy reach of Brighton for shopping and 'buzz' and Chichester if we want a top class theatre. It isn't on a level with Chichester or Brighton but neither are the house prices. Everyone who I know who moved here from London etc love it, locals like to grumble but there are many many worse places.

Great to hear about all the changes! Making me feel quite homesick... Rutherfords we always used to say if you were older than 16 you felt ancient in that club! I remember walking down the pier during a storm in a rather short skirt and heels (how classy was I )- how anyone thought putting a nightclub at the end of the pier was a good idea... I do remember the floor was always horribly sticky and the place did smell! We used to go outside and stand on the balcony to get some fresh air, even when it was blowing a gale! Shame its now disappeared but at least they've upgraded it. signora I was also frequenting it during the mid/late 90s :)

mumtehtaxidriver I'm glad they've finally updated the Dome, my dad used to call it the flea pit as it was so grotty in the 80s/90s! I knew loads of people that worked at the Norwich Union site, interesting to hear about the sixth form moving there, would have been very convenient for me, I had to catch the train to college until I learned to drive. There didn't used to be much around there, is there a lot now?

What's in Broadwater now? There used to be a butcher who made fantastic sausages, and I used to work at the Woolworths there as a teenager (obviously this is no more now )

Does anyone remember a bar that was on the seafront, think it had an Egyptian theme or something like that...? Think there was also an over 21s bar near the station which seemed like it was very grown up And the bowling alley, one of the only other things there was for teenagers to do!

Everywhere is grotty in parts though, if we could afford the house prices we'd move back to Worthing in a heartbeat

Loving the Rutherfords memories! Sorry to hijack OP. For what it's worth I think Worthing is still a bit grotty in parts but has potential.

I'd recommend broadwater and around home field park. Then your close to pretty much everything and they are good areas to live.

I thought it was to Shoreham that young families from Brighton were moving, rather than Worthing.