Lancing, West Sussex

Lancing is a municipality in the district of Adur in West Sussex, England. It lies on the western edge of the Adur valley near the town of Shoreham- by-Sea. The oldest secular buildings date from the 15th century.

Tourism

With its location in the Adur Valley near the English Channel and the secretive atmosphere Lancing was a much visited tourist destination of the lower nobility in the 19th century. Nowadays Lancing has given the growing importance of the surrounding resorts (see eg Brighton ) hardly tourist importance. Yet still come visitors because of the fine gravel beach, calm water and the salt water lagoon Widewater after Lancing. In addition, located in the north of the area Lancing Ring, which as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: was klassifierziert and the South Downs National Park ( German area of ​​outstanding natural beauty).

Infrastructure

Lancing is supplied mainly through the coastal road A259. To the east of the village there is the Shoreham Airport, the oldest continuously used airport in the world, served as a base of the Royal Air Force in World War II. From 1849 until its closure in 1965 Lancing was connected to the West Coastway Line rail link.

Lancing was shaped over a long period by agricultural use. So there were numerous nurseries, fruit, vegetables, plants for the nearby Brighton but also manufactured for London. Many of the formerly agricultural land were later used for urban development.

In the hamlet of Sompting, there is the Bound Stone Community College, a public secondary school with around 1,100 students. In addition, there is a bit isolated from the main village, the private boarding school Lancing College. Finally, in Lancing various football and cricket clubs.

Famous sons and daughters of the town

The writer Ted Walker was born in 1934 in Lancing and grew up there.

50.831719 - 0.318689Koordinaten: 50 ° 49 ' 54.2 "N, 0 ° 19' 7.3 " W

• Place in West Sussex