[Sussex] Lesser-known seaside town locals say is 'cheaper Brighton' is UK's craft beer capital

[Bozza]

Up the Worthing!

Pretty seaside town locals say is 'cheaper Brighton' is UK's craft beer capital

Henry Burrell visited Worthing in West Sussex, a seaside town not far from Brighton which provided inspiration for literary greats Oscar Wilde, Harold Pinter and Jane Austen

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[Papa Lazarou]

Nice article. Thanks

 

[The Clamp]

I like having a cup of tea upstairs in M&S, looking over the seafront.

Quite dramatic on a windy and rainy day but being all cosy in M&S.

I’m 47, Dear.

 

[The Clamp]

Couple of other notable places;

Dome cinema - beautiful and amazing value.

G-Lite - superb Italian cafe / restaurant. The Cannoli in there? To die for, darlings.

Brew Bar on the beach. Lovely spot for a summer ale.

 

[Beach Hut]

I cycle to Worthing at least twice a week from Shoreham (weather permitting).

Since retiring around 5 plus years ago Worthing has totally thrived and is really a very good place with excellent eating places and shops.

Our favourite is Cucinetta but there are loads of good places to eat and drink to suit all tastes and genres.

 

[Gwylan]

I was in Worthing yesterday and was impressed with a shop that sold pies - and very little else. A nice bit of scran while we waited for our dog to be allowed to leave the vets

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

I cycle to Worthing at least twice a week from Shoreham (weather permitting).

Since retiring around 5 plus years ago Worthing has totally thrived and is really a very good place with excellent eating places and shops.

Our favourite is Cucinetta but there are loads of good places to eat and drink to suit all tastes and genres.

What job were you doing that caused so many issues for Worthing?

 

[PascalGroß Tips]

Couple of other notable places;

Dome cinema - beautiful and amazing value.

G-Lite - superb Italian cafe / restaurant. The Cannoli in there? To die for, darlings.

Brew Bar on the beach. Lovely spot for a summer ale.

Our go to place for the cinema these days. We’ve got two more booked coming up. One cost £11 and the other £9 - for 2 of us

Err ... just realised it's the Connaught we go to. Great there are two decent options in Worthing for movies at great value prices. You can keep places like the Odeon in Brighton.

 

[PascalGroß Tips]

I was in Worthing yesterday and was impressed with a shop that sold pies - and very little else. A nice bit of scran while we waited for our dog to be allowed to leave the vets

I was in Worthing for a dentist appointment yesterday. Had caught the train in and was a little early - so got a few steps in walking around the shopping area. Walked past Greggs … a chap came out with a pastie. He took one bite and that was it. Bloody seagull swooped down and took it straight out of his hands. Poor old boy. Was hard to keep a smile off my face though when he was telling me it was the last one in the shop

 

[BBassic]

Grew up in Worthing and couldn't wait to get away. Lived in Brighton for a bit and then moved back just after the first lockdown and it's a much nicer place.

Part of that is probably just because I'm older now and appreciate the relative peace and quiet but the place just feels a bit fresher.

It's be lovely if someone could figure out what to do with the enormous concrete pit that used to be Teville Gate, but that's my only gripe.

 

[GT49er]

Mum and Dad moved to Worthing while I was at Uni - lived at home with them for a few months after graduating until I found a job and moved away.
Hated every minute of it - unfriendliest place I ever lived in!

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Bought my first property in Durrington 1980. New 2 bed terrace £11,295. Now worth circa £300k

 

[Questions]

Were all worried about the pier at the.moment..

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Once drove out to Worthing with a friend and a large video camera and interviewed people about Jaque Cousteau, who we claimed was moored off the beach. Most enjoyable day.

 

[Springal]

Were all worried about the pier at the.moment..

We had this discussion last night, we’ve got a bad feeling about it especially given it’s early autumn ..

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

The only problem with Worthing is that it's crap.

 

[Zeberdi]

Worthing was mostly for me, the annoying place that always had rush hour tailbacks that we had to get through on my commute to Chichester from Brighton.

Do remember about 40 years ago spending the evening at the Fountain pub as a mate‘s band had a gig there - our leather trousers and hard drinking didn’t go down very well with the locals who were a little bemused by our presence and rather unfriendly We went down to the beach at some point and I just remember a horrendous stink of putrid seaweed.


Attractive town seaside though with some lovely victorian properties.

 

[Questions]

We had this discussion last night, we’ve got a bad feeling about it especially given it’s early autumn ..

We need some spring tides before they can work on it apparently. Luckily the council had programmed some maintenance in for next month

 

[PascalGroß Tips]

Regularly see reports of anti social behaviour in Worthing - especially around the area where McDonald's is.

This was a shocking incident last year - https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23891938.worthing-mcdonalds-knife-attack-teenagers-sentenced/

And have seen issues at Worthing train station with young 'yoofs' on a few occasions. And saw this a couple of days ago - Police crackdown on anti-social behaviour on trains

 

[BrightonCottager]

I cycle to Worthing at least twice a week from Shoreham (weather permitting).

Since retiring around 5 plus years ago Worthing has totally thrived and is really a very good place with excellent eating places and shops.

Our favourite is Cucinetta but there are loads of good places to eat and drink to suit all tastes and genres.

I used to cycle to Worthing for work until 6 years ago and haven't cycled back since. I've visited a couple of times for beer and the pubs are certainly better than they were.