40 Years of Change and Community
The Shoreham Society was formed in response to concerns over the lack of meaningful planning control in the town. Since then, and in response to members’ concerns about the climate, environment, transport and social cohesion, the Society has evolved to focus on the themes we have today. Bringing People Together Shoreham is a reflection...
Friends of Old Shoreham – Two Years On
A guest article by the Friends of Old Shoreham about the progress they have made in the two years since they were founded. Two years ago the Shoreham Society published an introduction to a new community group, The Friends of Old Shoreham. That article, Taking a Fresh Perspective, can still be read here. At the …...
Capturing Old Shoreham
Capturing Old Shoreham: A landscape of time and connection Capturing Old Shoreham is a community-led exhibition that reveals the long and layered story of one of Sussex’s historically rich – but often overlooked – places. Through archaeology, maps, social history, wildlife and community memory, the exhibition reveals how land,...
The Shoreham Society’s 40th Anniversary
This article by Gerard Rosenberg, Vice Chair of the Shoreham Society, first appeared in the May 2026 edition of Inside Shoreham and Southwick Magazine. We are reproducing it here for all the Members and Friends of the Shoreham Society, ahead of the Annual General Meeting taking place on Friday 15th May. The Shoreham Society is …...
Saving Shoreham’s History
The role of your local history website and the challenges for the future Our guest speaker for the January 2026 Shoreham Society talk is Paul Osborne, co-founder of www.Shorehambysea.com. He will present a richly illustrated guide to recent discoveries of local interest and discuss the future challenges of preserving Shoreham’s past....
Marching Off To School
Richard Bingham continues the “Shoreham Unlisted” series by looking at the architecture of one of Shoreham’s Victorian schools. This striking block of flats stands opposite the Co-op in Ham Road. The building dates back to 1875. For the most part, it is a sympathetic conversion. The east and west ranges are much as they...
Creating a Community Banner
A Local Textile Art Project Celebrating Heritage and Community Would you like to be part of a local community project creating a new piece of textile art that represents the heritage, landscape and community within Old Shoreham and the surrounding area? The Community Banner is currently being created with people from across the...
Shoreham’s Very Own Flight Simulator
In the latest of his “Shoreham Unlisted” series, Richard Bingham stumbles across an important surviving relic of World War Two. It looks like the business end of a sink plunger. Or the green dome of an alien spaceship, crash landed between the car park at Monks Farm country park and the busy A27. In fact, …...
The Village Map Project
Do you live in Shoreham (Old or New)? Would you like to be involved in a community project that is about to start? The Village Map Project is a development from maps created for the Old Shoreham Heritage Trail in 2024 and inspired by the West Sussex Millennium Maps project, which did not include Shoreham. …...
Big Birthday Celebrations
All Aboard for the Big Birthday Celebrations! The Shoreham Society is heading up a big day of celebration for many of the things that feature heavily in Shoreham life and history which are reaching significant milestones, including 40 years of the Shoreham Society. Starting at 10am and going on until 3pm on Saturday 10th May, …...
