Visit Sompting Places

Welcome to Visit Sompting Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Sompting

  

Sompting Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Sompting

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Sompting etymology

The village’s name comes from Old English *sumpt + -ingas, meaning “(settlement of) the dwellers at the marsh” Its earliest recorded form is Suntinga, in a document of 956, but Domesday Book (1086) renders the name as Sultinges.

Sompting geography / climate

The highest point in the civil parish is Steep Down at 149 metres (489 ft) above Ordnance Datum (sea level) In the western part of the parish of Sompting lies the Sompting Gap. This area was formerly an inlet of the sea and it is here that the Broadwater Brook flows into Brooklands Park and on into the sea.

You can visit Sompting places with Walkfo Sompting to hear history at Sompting’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Sompting has 56 places to visit in our interactive Sompting map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Sompting, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Sompting places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Sompting & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 56 audio facts unique to Sompting places in an interactive Sompting map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Sompting Places Map
56 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Sompting tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Sompting

  

Best Sompting places to visit

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Sompting has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Sompting’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Sompting’s information audio spots:

Elizabeth Almshouses, Worthing The Elizabeth Almshouses are a collection of four almshouses on Elizabeth Road, Worthing built in 1860 by the architect William Burges. The alms houses were paid for by William’s father, Alfred Burges, in memory of his wife. The building is listed Grade II.

Park Crescent, Worthing Park Crescent is an example of Georgian architecture in Worthing, England. It was designed in 1829 by Amon Henry Wilds, son of the architect Amon Wilds. The terrace overlooks thickly planted grounds of Amelia Park, in the manner of Bath.

Vintners Parrot The Thieves’ Kitchen occupies two early 19th-century listed buildings in Worthing, West Sussex. The main part of the pub is in the wine merchants building facing Warwick Street, while the old chapel (usually called Bedford Hall), facing Bedford Row, serves as its function room.

Red Lion Inn, Shoreham-by-Sea The Red Lion Inn is a 16th-century public house in the ancient Old Shoreham part of the town of Shoreham-by-Sea, in the Adur district of West Sussex. English Heritage has listed the building at Grade II for its architectural and historical importance. Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poem Rizpah is based on events at the inn in the 19th century which resulted in the capture of some robbers.

Cissbury Ring Cissbury Ring is an 84.2-hectare (208-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Worthing in West Sussex. It is the largest hill fort in Sussex, the second largest in England and one of the largest in Europe overall. Fortifications were built around the beginning of the Middle Iron-Age possibly around 250 BC.

Montpelier Villa F.C. Montpelier Villa F.C. is located in Falmer, Brighton in East Sussex. The club are currently members of the Southern Combination Division One and play at Culver Road, Lancing.

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