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Leisure
and tourism in Adur
Events and days out in Adur and Worthing
This section details events, or organisations that host events, that happen every month or at different times throughout the year in the Adur District.
The regular events have been split and grouped by their type :
- Active
- Allotments
- Arts
- Book groups
- Car boot sales
- Community
- Drama
- Family
- Festivals
- Horticultural / Plants / Gardening
- Libraries
- Markets
- Museums
- Music
- Older people
- Outdoor
- Performance
- Sports
- Young people - see the rUup4it website rUup4it - What's on and rUup4it - Activities
- See also : Other organisations
in Adur that host events through the year : societies, organisations, theatres,
music groups, theatre groups, etc
Looking for events in the Adur and Worthing area?
If you want to find out what is on then our local joint tourism website now details all events in the Adur and Worthing area. For details of all events see :
Organising or planning an event in the Adur and Worthing area?
If you want to add an event to our events listings website, or want to find out how to promote your event, then visit our local joint tourism website. For details see :
Visitors to the Adur and Worthing area
If you are looking for a one stop resource guide to what's on, where to stay and much more then please visit our local joint tourism website :
Visitor Guide and Events Booklet : Your complete guide to Worthing, Shoreham-by-Sea, Lancing, Sompting and Southwick. You can view a guide and event booklet online or order one to be sent to you from our brochure request page :

Active / Outdoor / Sports :
- Beginner Beach Volleyball Sessions, Worthing (.PDF 140kb)
- Coombes Farm tours and events, for details visit www.coombes.co.uk
- Healthy walking events webpage
- Leisure centres - Impulse Leisure
- Sailing, yachting, rowing and canoeing clubs - see 'sailing and other activities' on our River Adur webpage
- Canoeing, kayaking, mountain biking and climbing (at Adur Outdoor Activity Centre) - see 'sailing and other activities' on our River Adur webpage
- Friends of Shoreham Beach : www.fosbeach.com/events
- Storm Outdoor Fitness Class at Buckingham Park, Shoreham-by-Sea
Every Saturday 9am to 10am, for more information and contact details see
www.stormoutdoorfitness.co.uk - Sussex Wildlife Trust events website (www.sussexwt.org.uk/events/event_diary/index.htm)
- Festivals across Sussex through the year - listed on the Adur Festival website (www.adurfestival.com/other-festivals/index.htm)
Arts / Museums :
- Marlipins Museum - lunchtime talks, exhibitions, educational activities
- Ropetackle Arts Centre website (www.ropetacklecentre.co.uk)
- Festivals across Sussex through the year - listed on the Adur Festival website (www.adurfestival.com/other-festivals/index.htm)
Community :
- Blood doning - see the National Blood Service website to find out where to give blood locally and how to book an appointment (www.blood.co.uk)
- Sussex Police Surgeries
- Sussex Police open days and events (on Sussex Police website) (http://www.sussex.police.uk/news-and-events/events)
- West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service open days and events (on WSCC website) (www.westsussex.gov.uk/living/emergencies/fire_and_rescue_service.aspx)
- Southlanders' website events list (www.southlanders.org.uk was previously http://southlanders1.pbworks.com/)
- Sussex Wildlife Trust events website (www.sussexwt.org.uk/events/event_diary/index.htm)
- Festivals across Sussex through the year - listed on the Adur Festival website (www.adurfestival.com/other-festivals/index.htm)
- Individual Members Section Southwick Community Association (IMSSCA)
Family :
- Coombes Farm tours and events, for details visit www.coombes.co.uk
- Sussex Wildlife Trust events website (www.sussexwt.org.uk/events/event_diary/index.htm)
- Sussex Police open days and events (on Sussex Police website) (http://www.sussex.police.uk/news-and-events/events)
- West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service open days and events (on WSCC website) (www.westsussex.gov.uk/living/emergencies/fire_and_rescue_service.aspx)
- Festivals across Sussex through the year - listed on the Adur Festival website (www.adurfestival.com/other-festivals/index.htm)
Festivals :
- Adur
Festival website - the first two weeks of June every year
(pre-festival and post-festival events may run from mid-May to early July) (www.adurfestival.com) - Festivals across Sussex through the year - listed on the Adur Festival website (www.adurfestival.com/other-festivals/index.htm)
- search
for 'festival' on www.visitworthing.co.uk/site/whats-on
(tick the box for 'any date in the future')
Horticultural / Plants / Gardening / Allotments :
- Shoreham Horticultural and Allotment Society Events
- Southwick and Fishersgate Horticultural Society Events
- Southern Counties Orchid Society - meets on the second Wednesday each month, also annual show in March (www.southerncountiesorchidsociety.com - website temporarily unavailable)
Libraries / Book groups :
Markets / Car boot sales :
- Shoreham Farmers' Market : 2nd Saturday
of the month
Worthing Farmers' Market : 4th Saturday of the month - search
for 'market' on www.visitworthing.co.uk/site/whats-on
(tick the box for 'any date in the future') - Car boot sales :
- Car boot sales - Adur Recreation Ground : May to October (normally Saturdays)
- Car boot and table top sale, Sompting Community Association
:
1st and 3rd Wednesdays each month.
Sompting Community Centre, Loose Lane, Sompting, BN15 0EF.
For details contact :
Tel : 01903 208824 or e-mail : office@sompting-ca.org.uk - Car boot sales, Beach Green, Lancing (off A259 Brighton
Road) :
once a month on the following dates:
- Sunday May 23rd 2010,
- Sunday June 27th 2010,
- Sunday July 18th 2010,
- Sunday August 22nd 2010
7:00am - 1:00pm approx (Sellers from 7am - 1pm, Buyers 8am - 1pm)
Cars £8, Car and trailer £10, MPV £10, Small van £10, Large Van £15
Contact Maggie on 07986 884 479 or e-mail : direct.events@hotmail.com
www.sussexcarbootsale.com
- Markets and fairs at The Shoreham Centre, Pond Road,
Shoreham-by-Sea :
For details ring Kelly (The Shoreham Centre Manager) on 07961 851 690
or see : www.shorehamcentre.co.uk
Music / Drama / Performance :
- Lancing College website (music webpage) - includes music events calendar and e-mail contacts (www.lancingcollege.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=52&Itemid=58)
- Ropetackle Arts Centre website (www.ropetacklecentre.co.uk)
- Sussex Organ Society : The Sussex Organ Society
now meet at Queen Street Hall, Queen Street, Worthing, on the first Wednesday
of each month.
For details contact : Laurie Tubb 01903 715764
or see www.organfax.co.uk/events/concerts - The Sir Robert Woodard Academy website (previously known as the Boundstone Community College Performing Arts) (www.srwa.woodard.co.uk/index.phtml?d=204740)
- Festivals across Sussex through the year - listed on the Adur Festival website (www.adurfestival.com/other-festivals/index.htm)
Older people :
- Individual Members Section Southwick Community Association (IMSSCA)
- Lancing College website (music webpage) - includes music events calendar and e-mail contacts (www.lancingcollege.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=52&Itemid=58)
- Sussex Wildlife Trust events website (www.sussexwt.org.uk/events/event_diary/index.htm)
- Festivals across Sussex through the year - listed on the Adur Festival website (www.adurfestival.com/other-festivals/index.htm)
- Individual Members Section Southwick Community Association (IMSSCA)

