OS grid reference TQ085016 Sovereign state United Kingdom Local time Tuesday 12:36 PM District Arun | Area 172 ha Dialling code 01903 | |
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Population 625 (Civil Parish.2011) Weather 14°C, Wind W at 16 km/h, 70% Humidity | ||
Kingston by Ferring, usually known simply as Kingston, is a small civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. It is mixed between a farmed rural interior and the three neighbourhoods of East Kingston, West Kingston and Kingston Gorse and is between Ferring and East Preston civil parishes.
Contents
- Map of Kingston Gorse East Preston Littlehampton UK
- Geography and economy
- Localities
- Farmland crime
- References
Map of Kingston Gorse, East Preston, Littlehampton, UK
Geography and economy
It is three miles (5 km) to the west of Worthing and is among the most sparely populated areas in the Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton conurbation; there is road access from East Preston and Angmering-on-Sea but not from Ferring to the east. A generally pedestrianised seafront connects the parish to Littlehampton and to Worthing.
The original developed village centre including the parish church was lost to the sea some time around 1630 and remains have been found well below the present high water line.
Localities
Kingston Gorse is a directly seaside neighbourhood south of East Kingston farm, centred 3.4 miles (5.6 km) east of Littlehampton.
Farmland crime
Kingston has been devoid of major crime reported widely since at least the early 19th century, save that a family cornfield in the parish is where murder victim Sarah Payne happened to be playing with family but abducted on 1 July 2000. Her body was found 15 miles (24 km) away at Pulborough two weeks later. Littlehampton resident Roy Whiting, a convicted child abuser, was later sentenced to life imprisonment for her murder.