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HERITAGE TRAILS
The Heritage Trails are the product of a project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and supported by the Worthing Heritage Alliance. They cover a wide diversity of topics and local areas and together enable us to take a fascinating walk through many aspects of our local history and that of the surrounding countryside. They are intended to be enjoyed both as part of organised walks, scheduled on a regular basis with an experienced guide, or unaccompanied.
There are 12 Trails in all, each accompanied by a leaflet containing an aerial map with places of interest along the trail marked and described in detail.A number of the Trails have video links associated with them. These give a more personal account at particular points along the way , with a commentary from Chris Hare, the Project Manager and local historian, supported by members of the Alliance.
The Title pages from each leaflet are shown below. Click on the Title page to display the complete trail (N.B. Use the PDF view option to show the pages side by side). Those trails with video clips have the clips numbered corresponding to the location number shown on the leaflet and are shown alongside the Title page . Click on the Location number to link to the video. (Once the video starts click on the square symbol at the extreme right end of the bottom of the screen to enlarge the picture).
Do you know the answer to the following questions ? Join the trails and find out !! What do know about the devastating typhoid outbreak in Worthing Trail 1When and why did the Savation Army Riots take placeTrail 2 Where is Worthing’s Easter IslandTrail 3Where is Worthing’s Memorial to warrior pigeons Trail 4What do you know about Broadwater’s Midsummer Tree and it’s ghostly pastTrail 5Who was the formidable lady who became Worthing’s first female mayorTrail 6Did you know that Tarring High Street contains many secrets fron the pastTrail 7What is Goring’s Royal connectionTrail 8 What is the history of Worthing’s longest surviving pubTrail 9Who were the corpse watchers of DurringtonTrail 10Did you know that Cissbury Ring was once a major flint mining centreTrail 11What were the achievements of Sir Frederick and Lady Sybil SternTrail 12
N.B. The leaflets can be printed, but as they have an A3 format, in order to print them on an A4 printer set the print properties / settings as follows : Properties / Paper Quality : A4 Settings : Shrink oversized Pages , Print on both sides of paper / Flip on long edge Orientation : Portrait The resulting print-out is one sheet of A4 with printing on both sides. The print size is of course reduced but perfectly acceptable