Worthing
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Worthing Borough of Worthing |
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View of the Seafront from Worthing Pier
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| Nickname(s): Sunny Worthing | ||
| Motto: "Ex terra copiam e mari salutem" (Latin for "From the land plenty and from the sea health") |
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| Coordinates: 50°48′52.96″N 0°22′16.99″W / 50.8147111°N 0.3713861°WCoordinates: 50°48′52.96″N 0°22′16.99″W / 50.8147111°N 0.3713861°W | ||
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 United Kingdom
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| Country |
 England
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| Region | South East England | |
| Historic county |
 Sussex
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| County | West Sussex | |
| Borough | Worthing | |
| Founded | In antiquity | |
| Town charter | 1803 | |
| Borough status | 1890 | |
| Government Leadership Leader & Cabinet Executive Conservative |
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| • Type | Borough | |
| • Leader of Council | Daniel Humphreys (C) | |
| • MPs |
Peter Bottomley (C) Tim Loughton (C) |
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| AreaRanked 307th | ||
| • Borough | 32.48 km2 (12.54 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 7 m (25 ft) | |
| Highest elevation | 184 m (603 ft) | |
| Population (2011 census.) | ||
| • Borough | 104,600 | |
| • Density | 3,312/km2 (8,580/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 183,000 (sub-urban Worthing) | |
| • Ethnicity (Office for National Statistics 2011 Census) |
93.8% White 3.2% British Asian 1.7% Mixed Race 0.9% Black 0.4% Arab and other |
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| Time zone | GMT | |
| • Summer (DST) | British Summer Time (UTC) | |
| Postcode | BN11, BN12, BN13, BN14, BN99 | |
| Area code(s) | 01903 | |
| ONS code | 45UH | |
| Highest Point | Cissbury Ring (184m) | |
| Grid Reference | SU775075 | |
| Website | Adur & Worthing councils | |
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| Total employee jobs | 43,800 | |
| Full-time | 28,000 | 63.9% |
| Part-time | 15,800 | 36.1% |
| Manufacturing | 3,300 | 7.5% |
| Construction | 1,100 | 2.4% |
| Services | 38,900 | 88.7% |
| Distribution, hotels & restaurants | 9,600 | 22.0% |
| Transport & communications | 1,400 | 3.3% |
| Finance, IT, other business activities | 9,600 | 22.0% |
| Public admin, education & health | 16,200 | 36.9% |
| Other services | 2,000 | 4.6% |
| Tourism-related | 3,000 | 7.0% |
Worthing (/ˈwɜːrðɪŋ/) is a large seaside town in England, with borough status in West Sussex. It is situated at the foot of the South Downs, 10 miles (16 km) west of Brighton, and 18 miles (29 km) east of the county town of Chichester. With an estimated population of 104,600 and an area of 12.5 square miles (32.37 km2) the borough is the second largest component of the Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton conurbation, which makes it part of the 15th most populous urban area in the United Kingdom.
The area around Worthing has been populated for at least 6,000 years and contains Britain's greatest concentration of Stone Age flint mines, which are some of the earliest mines in Europe. Lying within the borough, the Iron Age hill fort of Cissbury Ring is one of Britain's largest. Worthing means "(place of) Worth/Worō's people", from the Old English personal name Worth/Worō (the name means "valiant one, one who is noble"), and -ingas "people of" (reduced to -ing in the modern name). For many centuries Worthing was a small mackerel fishing hamlet until in the late 18th century it developed into an elegant Georgian seaside resort and attracted the well-known and wealthy of the day. In the 19th and 20th centuries the area was one of Britain's chief market gardening centres.
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