Help Save Shoreham’s Youth Centre
A guest article by Cat Vizor, Chief Officer of ESTEEM on the background to the Shoreham Society talk on 18 October 2024. I’ve got some exciting news to share with you today! On Friday, 18th October 2024, at the Shoreham Society meeting, we’re going to be talking about something very close to my heart—and, I …...
Shoreham Survey 2025
Every five years the Shoreham Society conducts a survey to find out what matters most about Shoreham to people who live or work here. It’s the largest survey of its kind in the town. The insights gained from the survey not only influence the Shoreham Society’s future priorities and activities, but are also widely shared...
The Lost Railway
The Downs Link is the walking, cycling and riding route that follows the disused railway line from Shoreham along by the River Adur towards Bramber and Steyning. The railway was closed in the 1960s and most traces of it are long lost. But earlier this year four new interactive display boards were installed near the …...
Adur Connected
Update on 22 October 2024: Watch the 14 short video clips from the Tracing the Rails film that were featured on the Adur Connected heritage trail banners. Adur Connected is a heritage trail being shown on 6-15 September during the Heritage Open Days festival of history and culture. It follows the iron track of the …...
Celebrating Old Shoreham
A guest article by Brian Sayer from the Friends of Old Shoreham about the Old Shoreham Heritage Festival in September. The Old Shoreham Heritage Festival offers nine days of walks, talks, art, music and workshops from 6 to 15 September, organised as part of this year’s national and European Heritage Open Days. The theme is …...
Sussex Kelp Recovery Project
A guest article by Ruby Stothard from Sussex Underwater on the background to a Shoreham Society talk on 19 July 2024. Sussex Underwater are a group of passionate local divers who love filming the diverse life in our Sussex seas, so that this underwater world is no longer out of sight, out of mind. In …...
West Sussex Waste Partnership
This is a guest article from the Waste Prevention Team of West Sussex County Council. Julie Silverson, their Events & Initiatives Assistant, gave a talk to the Shoreham Society with Gigi Backshall-Wilkinson in November 2023 about reducing waste and what can be recycled. The West Sussex Waste Partnership (WSWP) is a collaboration that...
The Curate’s Vision
On Friday 21 June, we are pleased to welcome Jeremy Tomlinson of Lancing College to give an illustrated talk, “The Curate’s Vision”, marking the 175th anniversary of the founding of the College. It is an astonishing story of Victorian energy, enterprise and vision with many surprising twists. It is a tale of heroic endeavour,...
The Friends of Old Shoreham
Taking a fresh perspective When we think of Shoreham, most of us probably picture the streets and river around St Mary de Haura and along the High Street. It’s not surprising as that is what appears on most maps around the town and online. We are told it’s the historic heart of the town, and …...
