Broadwater, West Sussex

Broadwater
Broadwater Church
Broadwater Location within West Sussex
Population	9,373 (2011.Ward) [1]
OS grid reference	TQ145044
District	Worthing
Shire county	West Sussex
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WORTHING
Postcode district	BN14 7-9
Dialling code	01903
Police	Sussex
Fire	West Sussex
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	East Worthing and Shoreham
List of places UK England West Sussex 50°49′41″N0°22′27″W / 50.82819°N 0.3742°W / 50.82819; -0.3742

Broadwater is a neighbourhood of Worthing, in the borough of Worthing in West Sussex, England. ^[2] Situated between the South Downs and the English Channel, Broadwater was once a parish in its own right and included Worthing when the latter was a small fishing hamlet. Before its incorporation into the Borough of Worthing in 1902 Broadwater also included the manor of Offington to the north. It borders Tarring to the west, Sompting to the east, and East Worthing to the south-east.

History

In 1931, the civil parish had a population of 1187. ^[3] On 9 November 1902, the parish was abolished and merged with Worthing, Durrington and Sompting. ^[4]

St Mary's Church is in Broadwater.

Education

There are nine schools in Broadwater: Broadwater C of E Primary School, Downsbrook Primary School, Springfield Infant School, Whytemead Primary School, Bramber Primary School, the private Lancing College Prep School Worthing (formerly Broadwater Manor School), St Andrew's High School, Worthing High, Davison High School and Bohunt School Worthing.

Notable people

• Walter Dew (1863–1947), police officer ^[5]
• William Henry Hudson (1841–1922), author, naturalist and ornithologist
• Richard Jefferies (1848–1877), nature writer
• Ann Thwaytes (1789–1866), philanthropist

References

1. "Worthing Ward population 2011" . Retrieved 17 October 2015.
2. Ordnance Survey (2003), Brighton and Lewes (Landranger Map 198), Ordnance Survey, ISBN   978-0-319-22820-3
3. "Broadwater CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 28 March 2024.
4. "East Preston Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
5. The Annotated I Caught Crippen: Memoirs of Ex-Chief Inspector Walter Dew, CID of Scotland Yard, ed. with an introduction by Nicholas Connell (Mango Books, 2018), n. 108.