What’s the Future for
the Cement Works?
The old Shoreham cement works and quarry along the Steyning Road have been disused for over 30 years. Various ideas, plans and projects have been mooted for this huge eyesore of a site including an ‘Eden Project’, a holiday village, dry ski slope and even a dinosaur park. Back in 2003, a planning application for …...
Rampion 2: Essential
or Spoiling the View?
Living in Shoreham, we have quickly become used to seeing Rampion 1 and even judging what the weather will be from what we can or cannot see of it. Many of us admire the symmetry and silence of this offshore energy generation, and are pleased to see that nature has recovered so well where the …...
AGM 2022
Chair’s Report
After a tentative start owing to Covid numbers rising in the autumn, we started the “in person” talks again at the Shoreham Centre: November – Launch of consultation for Old Shoreham and Kingston Buci December – Special network Shoreham event – Marylin Stafford January – Laura Brook on conservation and planning (Sussex...
Meeting the Council
The Shoreham Society regularly meets with other groups and organisations to better understand their priorities, exchange ideas and views, and look for common areas of collaboration and support. This includes meeting with Adur & Worthing Council, however, these meetings are different for a couple of reasons. Firstly, the Shoreham...
Shoreham Society AGM
Don’t miss the 2022 Shoreham Society AGM and Social on Friday 20th May at 7pm. With so much going on in Shoreham at the moment, we thought now was the time for members to meet up and share their thoughts and experiences over the last two years. This is also the time to set the …...
The Mannings
Meet the Developer
On Friday 22nd April, the Shoreham Society is pleased to welcome Ian Pattinson, Senior Regeneration Manager from Southern Housing Group to a Visions of Shoreham evening to discuss the new Mannings development alongside AHR architects. Who are Southern Housing Group? Southern Housing Group are one of England’s largest housing...
Shoreham to Brighton Cycle Route Survey
West Sussex County Council is once again asking for opinions on much-needed improvements for cycling and walking across the county. This time around, there are three areas up for discussion: Chichester A259 Brighton Road, in Shoreham Lancing and Sompting Shoreham’s section of the survey deals with the A259, from the Adur Ferry Bridge...
Down Channel
With Kim Matthews
The book, Down Channel – The Smacks and Mariners of The Shoreham Oyster Fishery, follows the 1st-class oyster smacks and fishermen of Essex, Jersey and Sussex. They battled winter gale, vigorous governmental interference and suffered tragic loss in their search for deep-sea oysters. The author, Kim Matthews, is Shoreham-born with Essex...
We shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us
When developers publish plans we tend to focus on aspects like the number of storeys, materials used, affordability, energy efficiency – which are all important, but do we take enough time to consider the effect of these buildings on the people who will live or work in them? The developers of residential units are building homes...
Shoreham Port – Our Future
Report & Slides
Was it just a coincidence that Storm Eunice chose Friday 18th February to come clattering through Shoreham-by-Sea – the same day that Tom Willis of Shoreham Port was invited to give a talk to the Shoreham Society? Or was it to remind us that, just like its Port, Shoreham has been around a lot longer …...
