Britain’s earliest communities...Ancient beginnings
Long before Worthing became a popular seaside destination, the area was home to some of Britain’s earliest communities.
Evidence shows that people were living in and around Worthing as far back as the Stone Age, with discoveries of ancient flint mines on nearby Cissbury Ring, one of the largest Iron Age hill forts in Britain. These archaeological sites remain some of the most significant in the country and continue to attract visitors interested in local heritage.
During Saxon times, the settlement became known as “Ordinges”, later recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. At this point, Worthing was a small agricultural and fishing community made up of just a few households.
