Worthing

Worthing, a fashionable watering-place on the Sussex coast, 10½ miles W. by S. of Brighton and 56 SSW. of London. It has risen from a small fishing-village since 1760, its growth being rapid after visits of the Princess Amelia (1797) and the Princess Charlotte (1807). The climate is much milder than that of Brighton, the town and its immediate neighbourhood being encircled on the north and north-east by the Downs, which shelter it from cold winds, and render it one of the best winter-resorts on the south coast. There are capital sands, a parade 1½ mile long, a public park of 18 acres (1881), and an iron pier (1862) 320 yards long. Fruit-growing is carried on to a considerable extent, many acres of land being covered with glass structures. Worthing was constituted a municipal borough in 1890. Pop. (1851) 5370; (1881) 11,821; (1891) 16,606.