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...
More About Local Government Reorganisation
Just when we thought it was all done and dusted – the future of Adur District Council being to merge into one big Unitary Authority with Worthing, Arun and Chichester – another option has popped up for us to think about. As you may recall it was announced two months ago that Adur had thrown …...
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...
Update on Local Government Reorganisation
Adur District Council has just taken a big decision that may profoundly affect the future of local government in and around Shoreham for many years to come. At a full Council meeting on 23 September it agreed a proposal on the reorganisation of local government to be submitted a few days later to the government’s …...
Mill Hill Local Nature Reserve
Local volunteers are leading a restoration project above Shoreham to reverse decades of ecological decline and revive butterfly and wildflower populations. Mill Hill: restoring a precious chalk grassland A community-led effort is underway to bring Mill Hill Local Nature Reserve back to life. Once world-famous for its butterflies and...
Powering our Local Community
A guest article by Chris Hannon, Transition Town Shoreham We’re using more energy than ever, and we will need more. The National Grid is anticipating an increase in electricity demand of 50% by 2035. There’s a mix of factors driving this, such as energy-hungry new tech like AI, the transition to a low-carbon economy (EV …...
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, …...
Devolution – the Options for Adur
The Shoreham Society convened the first public meeting in Shoreham on the devolution proposals for Sussex. In Sussex, the political landscape is about to change. Next year, Sussex will elect its first Mayor, with devolved powers over key policy areas such as transport, health and housing. The following year will see the gradual...
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. …...
