About
Lying between the sea and the South Down’s National Park, Goring by Sea is an attractive and wealthy area benefiting from shops, cafe's, bars and restaurants and boasting 2 miles of pristine pebble and sand beach. The parish of Goring is reflected in the Domesday survey in 1086, under the name Garinges (after the Gara people). The name Goring is said to mean 'people of the wedge-shaped land' and the first community was established in Anglo Saxon times.
People and property
Situated between Worthing and Ferring, Goring-by-Sea is a small settlement of just over 8,000 people (at last census) and is a popular residential area developed mostly from the 1950's onward. It consists of properties ranging from sea facing homes to retirement bungalows and flats with around 80% of housing stock consisting of houses and 20% flats. It is an area of predominantly owner occupiers and larger homes. Almost 50% of properties are detached and approximately 50% of all property is owned outright without a mortgage.
- Almost 30% of the population is aged 65 or older and almost 60% of residents are aged 45 years or older.
- Over 50% of property is owned outright and a further 30% + is owned with a mortgage.
- Appoximately 15% of residents live in rented property.
- Almost 90% of the properties are served with ultra fast broadband (over 300 mbps) compared with regional average of 53%.
- The most predominant industry of employment is Public admin, education & health which comprises 32.9% of the working age population.
- Approximately 70% of the working population commute by car.
Transport
The area has a well connected transport infrastructure and has it's own train station with direct trains to Brighton, London, Portsmouth and Chichester. Approximately 85%+ of housing is within 200 walking meters of either a bus stop or railway station.
Schools
Goring Primary School, Chatsmore High School
Did you know?
- Goring by Sea lies just a few miles from Bognor Regis, which with 1,902 hours of sunshine per year, is officially the sunniest place in the United Kingdom.
- The English Martyrs Catholic church has a replica of the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling in Rome. It was painted by local artist Gary Bevans and finished in 1993 having taken five and a half years to complete. Bevans began the work when he was 33, the same age Michelangelo was when he started painting the Sistine Chapel.
- Rock star Billy idol spent his youth here. Originally named William Broad, rumour has it that he was so inspired by being called “idle” by a teacher that he adopted the stage name Billy Idol
- Peter Townshend of The Who recorded the beach sound for his album Quadrophenia on Goring beach.
Things to do
Visit English Martyrs Church in Goring Way to see the replica Sistine Chapel ceiling. Then take a walk down Ilex Way, which is one of the country's best know avenues of Holm Oaks, an evergreen broadleaf tree normally found in the Mediterranean. Take a stroll along the sea front and stop for lunch on the beach at the Sea Lane Café.
