Free guided walk features famous people with a link to Worthing

Elaine Hammond
By Elaine Hammond

Communities Champion

Published 19th Oct 2026, 14:16 BST

A free guided walk featuring famous people with a link to Worthing has been organised by Worthing and District Trade Union Council.

Pauline Fraser will be leading the guided walk, entitled Making Progress, through central Worthing on Saturday, November 7.

All are welcome. Meet at Worthing Town Hall at 2pm and learn how Jane Austen, Harold Pinter, Shelley and more connect to Worthing.

Tea and cakes will be served at the end of the walk at Worthing Labour Hall, in Lyndhurst Road.

Stanford Cottage, now Pizza Express, is where author Jane Austen stayed with her mother and sister at the end of 1805placeholder image
Stanford Cottage, now Pizza Express, is where author Jane Austen stayed with her mother and sister at the end of 1805

Visit www.eventbrite.com/e/making-progress-a-guided-walk-through-central-worthing-tickets-2002383781794 for more information and book a space.

The walk is scheduled from 2pm to 4pm Email [email protected] for more information.

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