Ferring

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Ferring
Sussex

Ferring Beach
Location
Grid reference: TQ094026
Location: 50°48’46"N, 0°26’53"W
Data
Population: 4,480  (2011)
Post town: Worthing
Postcode: BN12
Dialling code: 01903
Local Government
Council: Arun
Parliamentary
constituency:
Worthing West

Ferring is a village in Sussex, on the south coast and now swallowed within the built-up area of Worthing. To the east is Goring-by-Sea and to the west East Preston.

The area's seafront is pedestrianised and the beach itself is a mixture of shingle and pebble, reinforced by groynes.

The 2011 census recorded a populaiton of 4,361 people.

History

The site of the village is an ancient one: the name itself is Saxon, and it is mentioned in the Domesday Book.

The parish church, St Andrew, is Norman, and is dedicated to St Andrew. In the churchyard are buried the ashes of Major John Bigelow Dodge (1894-1960), veteran of the Great Escape of 1944.[1]

Until the 1920s the village was a small one; when the south coast began to be built-up, particularly with holiday homes, Ferring began to increase in size.

Sport and leisure

  • Football: Ferring Football Club, which plays at the Glebelands.

Ferring Radio was a community licensed station broadcasting across the South Coast on 97.7 fm originally for the benefit and experience of clients with special needs attending Ferring Country Centre. The station has been revived in 2020 on-line to provide music and local news and information during the extreme medical crisis and isolation.

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