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April 2013
A second year for the Adur & Worthing Food & Drink Festival11/04/13
The dates for the 2013 Adur & Worthing Food and Drink Festival have been announced!
This year’s festival will run from Friday 5th...
March 2013
Entertaining Worthing13/03/13
Celebrating 200 years of entertainment in Worthing this new exhibition will take a look at how Worthing residents and visitors have engaged with...
February 2013
Take a peek through the garden looking glass?28/02/13
Take a peek through the garden looking glass?
With Spring around the corner come and take a peek at the colourful stained glass coming to...
Family Art Fridays - Worthing Museum & Art Gallery13/02/13
Worthing Museum and Art Gallery invites Worthing families to bring their children for all-day family fun, exploring the museum through many...
Spring workshops - Worthing Museum & Art Gallery13/02/13
Worthing Museum and Art Gallery have put together an exciting Spring range of workshops for 2013. Making your own mini-metal sculpture and...
Love organising events but need a helping hand?06/02/13
Help is at hand for event organisers as a new grants fund is launched to help with the cost of putting on an event in Adur and Worthing.
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Wonderful Weiss and his Marvellous Machines04/02/13
Worthing Museum and Art Gallery - Display and family workshop 19 February to 16 March 2013
With the help of the BBC this is your chance to...
January 2013
Free training and support for tourism businesses31/01/13
Worthing Council is delighted to announce that Sussex Learning Solutions Ltd, based in Worthing, have won a tender to deliver specialist training...
November 2012
"The Invited" Exhibition06/11/12
17 November 2012 to 9 February 2013 - Worthing Museum and Art Gallery
On display in the main Art Gallery will be a vibrant display of over...
October 2012
National Big Draw Event19/10/12
Worthing Museum & Art Gallery - Tuesday 30th October 2012, 1pm – 4pm
One of the biggest annual drawing events is being celebrated...
New playground to be unveiled03/10/12
Gull Island is the name that’s been given to the brand new playground being built in Beach House Grounds. The playground is being funded...
Wild animals will be migrating into Chapel Road03/10/12
Worthing Museum and Art Gallery Garden - 13 October 2012 to 23 February 2013
Large metal animals will soon be spotted roaming around the...
September 2012
Historical arts play for toddlers27/09/12
Worthing Museum and Art Gallery are breaking new ground with exciting arts and drama workshops for 2 – 5 year olds. Every Friday morning,...
August 2012
British film and TV actor Alison Steadman star attraction at Worthing Museum and Art Gallery31/08/12
Worthing Museum and Art Gallery is the featured venue on an up-coming episode of the new series of Celebrity Antiques Road Trip. The episode was...
Worthing ready for high flyers at Worthing Birdman08/08/12
The event on the South coast - The 5th Worthing International Birdman Competition - is ready for take-off! 18/19 August 2012 from 12...
July 2012
Topping out Worthing's new 'Splashpoint' pool17/07/12
Worthing Mayor Charles James and Worthing’s Youth Mayor Cam Hughes will lay the last piece of aluminium capping on the highest point...
Worthing's new pool has a name - Splashpoint!06/07/12
‘Splashpoint’ is the name for Worthing’s brand new £17.5m pool. The name was jointly chosen by sisters Caitlin (8) and...
June 2012
Highdown Gardens honoured by the National Garden Scheme14/06/12
Highdown Gardens, Worthing, West Sussex is one of only 120 gardens throughout England and Wales to a receive commemorative plaque by the National...
Worthing invites Olympic Visitors to Love Sussex14/06/12
Worthing and Adur joins other Sussex Local authorities to launch the first ever county-wide visitor campaign this summer to convert Olympic...
April 2012
Beach garden dedicated to lifeboat crews and fishermen30/04/12
The final phase of the Splash Point regeneration project has now been completed with the opening of the new beach garden to the east of Splash...
Roll Up! Roll Up! That’s the way to do it!23/04/12
Punch and Judy at Worthing Museum and Art Gallery
5 May to 1 September 2012, free admission.
Mr Punch celebrates his 350th birthday in...
March 2012
The Big Air Open Kitesurfing Classic announced for Worthing14/03/12
The Big Air Open has been confirmed to take place on Saturday 14th July 2012 in Worthing, West Sussex. Part of the Olympic Torch Relay Weekend,...
Worthing’s new visitor centre set to welcome visitors13/03/12
Worthing Tourism is at the heart of the councils’ regeneration programme and to recognise the importance of tourism in the area a brand new...
February 2012
Worthing and Shoreham railway stations are ready to welcome visitors28/02/12
Brand new brochure racks have been installed at Worthing and Shoreham-by-Sea railway stations as part of a bigger project to improve the visitor...
Beach garden gets underway23/02/12
The final phase of the Splash Point Regeneration Project is now getting underway. A new 'Beach Garden', designed by Worthing Borough...
Shoreham Farmers market once again voted the best08/02/12
The popular Shoreham Farmers' market was voted the Best Farmers' Market in Sussex in the 2011/2012 Sussex Food and Drinks Awards on...
December 2011
Brand new yummy Food & Drink Festival planned for summer15/12/11
A brand new Adur & Worthing food and drink festival is planning to run from 7 -15 July 2012.
The event already has the support of the...
Tourism businesses to benefit from EU funding14/12/11
Worthing Borough Council has been awarded approximately £170,000 of funding through the European 2 Seas Programme for a project which will...
November 2011
New taxi and private hire safety initiative launched in Worthing25/11/11
With the Christmas party season fast-approaching, passengers, drivers and operators of Taxis and Private Hire vehicles in Worthing are set to...
Adur and Worthing gets set to welcome the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay Route14/11/11
Adur and Worthing has been chosen as a host location and extends an invitation to its people to welcome the Olympic Flame on 16th July 2012.
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Tourism figures on the increase10/11/11
Latest figures show that the value of tourism to the local economy continues to grow.
The latest Economic Impact of Tourism report, produced...
September 2011
It's official Worthing’s new £17.5m pool is coming!19/09/11
Yes the new pool for Worthing becomes reality as the rigs move in to start piling for the iconic new pool. The new pool, designed by award winning...
August 2011
Worthing Birdmen landed safely15/08/11
Despite some choppy weather conditions the Birdmen of Worthing all landed safely following their flights off Worthing Pier over the weekend....
Runway clear for Worthing Birdmen, V1 rotate!12/08/11
This weekend - be there!
Come to Worthing this weekend for Worthing’s 4th International Birdman Competition.
The fun starts at 11.35am...
Worthing is ready for the high flyers at Worthing Birdman 13/14 August08/08/11
The event on the South coast - The Worthing International Birdman Competition - is ready for take-off!
The fun begins on Saturday 13 August from...
July 2011
Local children paint Worthing images on 28 metres of pool hoarding29/07/11
150 youngsters will pick up paint brushes and join in with a massive painting session to create a 28metre mural on the hoarding surrounding...
Tourist information gets investment boost in Worthing26/07/11
The Council has signed a lease to take one of the vacant shop units in The Dome cinema complex on Worthing Seafront to provide a new all year round...
May 2011
Worthing landlady voted as one of the friendliest 25 landladies in the UK25/05/11
Worthing B&B owner Sarah Huckwell was nominated by a team of hotel inspectors for the AA’s Friendliest Landlady Award 2011 for offering...
New pool has movable floor10/05/11
The Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) has awarded Worthing Council a grant of £30,000 towards the development of Worthing’s new...
April 2011
Hygiene ratings now visible when eating out04/04/11
Customers will be better informed when eating out in Adur and Worthing, thanks to the introduction of a new scheme which tells them about the hygiene...
March 2011
A riot of a party to celebrate Splash Point and new sand court21/03/11
A riot of a party to celebrate Splash Point and new sand court
Released: 21 Mar 2011
Saturday 26th March - 12 noon to 7pm
Come and celebrate...
Wagstaff - To call the wind, to strike a butterfly17/03/11
Wagstaff - To call the wind, to strike a butterfly
Released: 17 Mar 2011
Carol Wagstaff to call the Wind, to Strike a Butterfly
In the...




