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. …...
Devolution – Have Your Say
The Shoreham Society and Adur District Council are very keen for residents of Shoreham to be informed about devolution, to discuss it with other residents and to express your considered views to local councillors. Ultimately, it is your elected district councillors who will influence the shape that devolution eventually takes in...
Nature Map project
‘Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone?’* Julia Widdows describes a new initiative to capture an up-to-date picture of the natural environment of Shoreham’s ‘Great Big Back Garden’, helping to identify priorities and opportunities for nature support and recovery. When Friends of...
Greening Old Shoreham Garden Survey
Domestic gardens are vital for biodiversity. Julia Widdows describes a new local project to encourage wildlife at our doorsteps. Our countryside is under constant pressure from development, traffic, pollution, and intensive agriculture, and is no longer the haven for a rich variety of wildlife that it has been in the past. UK gardens...
Tree Festival 2025
Tree Festival 2025 comes to Shoreham and Southwick Whatever the weather, the upcoming Tree Festival 2025 will let us reconnect with nature and appreciate the incredible role trees play in our lives. This line-up of events across Sussex and the Living Coast UNESCO Biosphere includes over 20 events in Shoreham and Southwick alone from now...
Celebrating International Dawn Chorus Day on Mill Hill
Dave Fawcett describes a walk to record the birdsong at first light by members of the Echoes Of Old Shoreham soundscape project. It’s about 5 a.m. on the first Sunday in May. A little group of us are dotted around Mill Hill, tuning into the soundscapes created by the bird song around us. We met …...
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, …...
Thundersbarrow Hill
Thoughts from a walk to Thundersbarrow A three mile walk from Shoreham town centre will take you one of the best views on the South Downs. Thundersbarrow, high above the town, is an archaeological site rich in history. The hill features an Iron Age fort, a Bronze Age bowl barrow, and traces of a Romano-British …...
