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GUIDE BOOKS
An excellent guide book
is available on the history and background of
the Parish Church. This includes details of the architecture, the Royal
Arms, stained glass, monuments, porches, lych-gate, and one-handed clock and
was compiled by Morris M Heynes.
There is also a series of illustrated books
on the history of Rustington, under the main title of "This Was Rustington" -
(1) What We Have Lost; (2) The Early Years; (3) In Times of War; (4) Do you Remember?,
(5)
The Sea
Estate &
Beach
and (6) Origins of the Village Hall
by Mary Taylor.
Rustington A Pictorial History (Publisher - Phillimore)
Rustington, In Picture Postcards (Publisher - European Library)
Also available:-
Rustington A Pictorial History (Publisher - Phillimore)
Rustington,
In Picture Postcards (Publisher - European Library)
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TRANSPORT
Bus and
Coach - Stagecoach Coastline Buses provide the local bus service, also
through bus services to London, Chichester, Portsmouth and Brighton.
Numerous coach excursions and tours serve Rustington.
Rail -
Angmering Station - 1 mile, Littlehampton
Station - 3 miles, Arundel
Station - 5 miles |
GOLF
Ham
Manor Golf Club is just outside the Parish boundary at Angmering. The
18-hole course is in a parkland setting, and the Georgian manor house has
been converted into the clubhouse.
The Rustington
Golf Centre and Course, including an extensive undercover Driving Range, is
on the northern boundary of the Parish adjoining the Rustington By-Pass.
There are also
golf courses at West Beach, Littlehampton, at Bognor and at Worthing. |
THEATRES
Connaught Theatre, Worthing
Regis Centre, Bognor
Festival Theatre,
Chichester
Theatre Royal, Brighton
Brighton Centre, Brighton
Kings
Theatre, Southsea |
ROMAN VILLAS
Bignor Roman Villa
Fishbourne Roman Palace |
WILDFOWL
Arundel Wildfowl Trust, Mill Road, Arundel |
AMATEUR THEATRES
Amateur productions are staged several times are year at The Woodlands
Centre, Rustington and at The Windmill Theatre, Littlehampton, along
with musical comedy, variety shows and dancing. |
HORSE RIDING AND RACE MEETINGS
There are local riding schools and livery stables nearby at Arundel and Findon.
Racing
takes place frequently at Fontwell Park (10 miles), Goodwood (12
miles) and Brighton (19 miles). |
SWIMMING
There
is a Swimming Centre at Sea Road, Littlehampton with heated indoor pools.
There is also a heated indoor pool complex in Worthing. |
TENNIS
Nearest grass courts are at Maltravers Road, Littlehampton.
Hard Courts
at Norfolk Road, Littlehampton and at Sea Road, East Preston. |
BOWLS
There are greens at Sea Lane, East Preston, Maltravers Road, Littlehampton,
and at Worthing.
Indoor Short Mat Bowls are played at the Woodlands Centre,
Woodlands Avenue, Rustington and at the Community Primary School in North Lane,
Rustington. |
OUT
AND ABOUT IN RUSTINGTON
 Rustington, centrally situated on the West Sussex Coast almost midway between the
cathedral city of Chichester and Brighton, one of the most well-known seaside
resorts in England, is ideally placed for exploring the district. The whole
of West Sussex and part of East Sussex (including Brighton), Surrey and Hampshire
are within twenty-five miles radius of the village.
In Rustington itself,
there are a number of old flint built and thatched cottages and houses to
be seen. Most of them date from the early 18th century, but have been considerably
altered and extended over the years.
Possibly Knights Croft House
in Sea Lane is the most famous house in the Village. It was designed by
Norman Shaw and built by a local builder, Robert Bushby, for the musician and
composer, Sir Hubert H Parry, in 1879. It was in his lovely music room here
that he composed the famous music to Blake's verses "Jerusalem".
Further
on towards the sea, is a house called Green Bushes.
It was built in 1915
and was the home for many years of Graham Sutherland, the renowned artist, and
his parents.
Nearer the sea was a house (now demolished) called "Timbers",
which was the home of the great operatic soprano, Conchita Supervia. A
plaque to her memory has been placed on a public seat on the seafront.
The
only remaining timber framed and jettied house to be seen in Rustington (it
still retains a few rows of Horsham slabs on its roof) is in Station Road and is
called Pigeon House Farm.
Rustington's nearest town is Littlehampton, the
popular seaside resort situated at the mouth of the river Arun, which caters
for the yachting and fishing enthusiast. There is a Marina and a Yacht Club
on its west bank.
The International Headquarters of Body Shop plc is at
Littlehampton, just half a mile from Rustington's western boundary. The
Body Shop Tour is now a well-known attraction for residents and visitors alike.
On
the approach road to Arundel (5 miles) from either the Lyminster or Ford
direction, one obtains a striking view of the town of Arundel, set on the southern
slopes of a steep hill, with its terraces of houses crowned by the Roman
Catholic Cathedral, the Parish Church and the Castle. The latter, the ancestral
home of the Dukes of Norfolk, is open to the public during the summer.
The park adjoining is open throughout the year. |
COMMUNITY
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