Teville Stream
| Teville Stream | |
| River | |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Counties | West Sussex |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Broadwater Brook or Sompting Brook |
| Towns/Cities | Worthing |
| Source | |
| - location | West Tarring, Worthing, West Sussex, UK |
| Mouth | Brooklands Park |
| - location | Worthing, West Sussex, UK |
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Coordinates: 50°49′01″N 0°22′34″W / 50.817°N 0.376°W
The Teville Stream is a stream which flows through the town of Worthing in West Sussex. Once significantly wider than the current stream, it is now culverted for much of its length.
The Teville Stream rises at allotments in Tarring, West Sussex before flowing alongside Tarring Road and Teville Road for much of its length. Passing through Homefield Park and the playing fields of Davison High School, the stream continues into fields near East Worthing railway station, it meets with Broadwater Brook (also known as Sompting Brook) before turning abruptly southwards to Brooklands Lake, from where it flows into the English Channel. The Teville stream forms a shallow valley, so land to the south of the stream rises, reaching a high point along the line of the A259 before falling again to the south, towards the sea.
To the west of modern Teville Gate, there is evidence of a broad lagoon in the valley of the Teville stream which existed in the Mesolithic period and was filled through silting from the start of the Neolithic period until around 2000BC. There is evidence that Worthing's Roman grid system, known as 'centuriation', was based on plots and their distance from the Teville stream and the neighbouring inlet of the sea from which Broadwater gets its name. It is possible that in medieval times a harbour was sited at the stream's estuary. Until the 19th century, Worthing was fairly isolated. The Teville Stream was tidal and considerably wider than it is today. The only road into Worthing from Broadwater and the north was much further west along the Teville Stream, it being the first place the stream could be forded. This was modern South Farm Road (formerly known as Brook Street or Port Street as it led to Worthing's port). In 1803 a new turnpike was opened linking Worthing directly with Broadwater to the north. A tollgate to use the new road, known as Teville Gate, was set up near the Teville stream.
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