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 …...
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 Adur Estuary
On Friday 19 April we are pleased to welcome Richard Allan and Tony Benton from the Shoreham District Ornithological Society to give a talk about the birds that rely on the environment of the Adur Estuary. Here’s Richard’s outline of their talk and photos of just two of the many birds that visit the river …...
What’s your favourite Shoreham Tree?
Enter a photo of your favourite tree in Shoreham for the Shoreham Tree Picture Competition. It could be in your garden, in the street or a park nearby. It could be an unusual tree or have a special significance for Shoreham. Or maybe just a photo you like of any tree in Shoreham. The winning …...
St Mary’s View Development
This is a guest post by Alex Legendre about her project to renovate and restore Chantry House on East Street and some surrounding buildings. I am a local, originally born in Hove. We moved to Shoreham 11 years ago, where myself and my husband set up Ginger and Dobbs, a shop and little cafe in …...
Shoreham by Sea (A Poem)
A guest poem by local author and poet, Dick Dixon SHOREHAM BY SEA Shoreham by Sea, ohShoreham by Sea –Its glory, its beauty,Are wondrous to see. Not always raining,Not always cold –The south’s microclimateIs simply pure gold. The locals are friendly,When filled with strong ale,And always help strangersIf they’re caught in...
Stows Hard
Stopping Up Order
This is a guest post by Kim Matthews, local author of “Down Channel – The Smacks and Mariners of The Shoreham Oyster Fishery”. The public hards of Shoreham are ancient rights of way giving the public statutory access to and from the river and harbour. They are Restricted Byways. They have the same legal status …...
