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Road Routes

Mulberry Pub
  • Time: Meet from 6.30pm onwards. Run starts at 6.45pm.
  • Meeting Place: Meet on the pavement outside the Mulberry Pub, Goring Road, Goring-by-Sea (Google Maps)
  • Parking: Residential parking available on Sea Lane
  • Routes: 12km // 10km // 7.9km
  • Social: Optional drink in the Mulberry afterwards.
Brewhouse
  • Time: Meet from 6.30pm onwards. Run starts at 6.45pm.
  • Meeting Place: Brewhouse and Kitchen, Wykeham Road, Worthing BN11 4JD (Google Maps)
  • Parking: Residential parking available in nearby roads, such as Richmond Road. If parking in the pub car park itself, be sure to register your license plate in the pub afterwards.
  • Routes: 13.0km // 10.2km // 7.6km
  • Social: Optional drink in the Brewhouse afterwards.

Note: This route has been reversed, running clockwise and ending with the level crossing rather than starting with it. Please redownload the route if you need to!

Unders and Overs – Sidney Walter Centre
  • Time: Meet from 6.30pm onwards. Run starts at 6.45pm.
  • Meeting Place: Sidney Walter Centre, Sussex Road, Worthing BN11 1DS (Google Maps)
  • Parking: Limited free parking at the centre. Very limited residential parking available, or park in Lidl or Waitrose for a limited time.
  • Routes: 11.0km // 8.6km // 6.6km
Goring Cricket Club
  • Meeting point at Goring Cricket Club
  • Full address: Goring Cricket Club, Fernhurst Drive (Google Maps)
  • Different options: 10.2km // 7.9km // 6.0km
  • Limited free parking on the roadside

Please note that the route involves going straight down Ilex Way. If the conditions aren’t suitable, we’ll turn left out of Fernhurst Drive and go round on Goring Way. This will add a maximum of 500m and the rest of the route is unaffected.

The Eight Pubs – Thomas A Becket
  • Time: Meet from 6.30pm onwards. Run starts at 6.45pm.
  • Meeting Place: Thomas A Becket, 146 Rectory Road, Worthing BN14 7PJ (Google Maps)
  • Parking: Free parking in the car park on Poulters Lane (about 50m away)
  • Routes: 10.2km // 8.1km // 6.3km
  • Social: Optional drink in the Thomas A Becket afterwards.

Count the pubs! All routes go past Thomas A Becket, John Selden, The Park View, The North Star, George and Dragon, and The Vine. The longer routes may go past the Sussex Yeoman and the Cricketers as well.

Sea Lane Cafe
  • Time: Meet from 6.30pm onwards. Run starts at 6.45pm.
  • Meeting Place: Sea Lane Cafe, Marine Crescent, Goring-by-Sea BN12 4HR (Google Maps)
  • Parking: Ample free parking in the car park adjacent to the cafe
  • Routes: 12.8km // 10.2km // 8.1km
  • Social: Optional drink at The Mulberry afterwards.
Christmas Lights – Goring Cricket Club
  • Meeting point at Goring Cricket Club
  • Full address: Goring Cricket Club, Fernhurst Drive (Google Maps)
  • Different options: 12.2km // 10.0km // 8.0km
  • Limited free parking on the surrounding roads
The Broadwater
  • Starting point The Broadwater pub
  • Full address: 4 Broadwater Street West, Broadwater, Worthing BN14 9DA (Google Maps)
  • Different options: 11.2km // 9.3km // 7.8km
  • Parking is a bit tricky here. There’s a paid car park opposite (Rectory Gardens: £1.40 for two hours), a free car park behind KFC for 90 minutes, or some residential parking on a road nearby.
New Amsterdam
  • Starting point at the New Amsterdam pub
  • Full address: New Amsterdam, 79 High Street, Worthing BN11 1DN (Google Maps)
  • Different options: 12km // 10km // 7.7km
  • Very limited residential parking available on the roads behind the New Amsterdam, such as Sussex Road, Upper High Street, etc.
Sidney Walter Centre
  • Starting point at the Sidney Walter Centre
  • Full address: Sidney Walter Centre, Sussex Road, Worthing BN11 1DS (Google Maps)
  • Different options: 10.8km // 7.9km // 6.2km
  • Limited free parking at the centre
Thomas A Becket
  • Starting point at the Thomas A Becket pub
  • Full address: Thomas A Becket, 146 Rectory Road, Worthing BN14 7PJ (Google Maps)
  • Different options: 10.5km // 8.3km // 6.5km
  • Free parking in the car park on Poulters Lane (about 50m away)
Tesco Trail
  • Starting point outside Durrington Community Centre, New Road (Google Maps)
  • Different options: 15.5km // 13.2km // 10.2km
  • Free parking in Tesco car park for two hours

Longer set of routes this week, but we’re answering the age old question – just how many Tesco Expresses are there in Worthing!? (At the sacrifice of an additional Tesco, there are obvious shortcuts on every route)

  • Tesco Extra Durrington (all routes)
  • Tesco Express, Goring Way (15.5km route only)
  • Tesco Express, Goring Road (all routes)
  • Tesco Express, Chapel Road (13km and 15km routes only)
  • Tesco Express, South Farm Road (all routes)
  • Tesco Express, Broadwater Street (13km and 15km routes only)
  • Tesco Express, Rectory Road (all routes)
  • Tesco Esso Express, Littlehampton Road (all routes)

Trail Routes

Swallows Return
  • Starting point at the Swallows Return pub
  • Full address: The Swallows Return, 1 Titnore Lane, Worthing BN12 6PB (Google Maps)
  • Different options: 11.1km, 8.2km, 6.8km
  • Limited parking options. Parking at the Swallows Return for customers only. Additional parking at Highdown Rise, possibly Northbrook college, or a nearby residential street.
Bost Hill
  • Time: Run starts at 6.45pm. Meet from 6.30pm onwards.
  • Meeting Point: Bost Hill car park, Bost Hill, Worthing BN13 3DD (Google Maps)
  • Parking: Free parking in the car park
  • Routes: 8.1km / 6.1km / 4.9km
  • Optional drink afterwards in the Refreshment Rooms
The Gun Inn, Findon
  • Time: 6.30pm (for a 6.45pm start)
  • Place: The Gun Inn, High Street, Findon BN14 0TA (Google Maps)
  • Parking: It’s a bit tricky for parking round here, so definitely recommend getting there a bit early. Parking is free on the roads and there’s small car parks at Findon Village Hall (here) and School Hill (here). The Black Horse Inn also has a car park for customers.
  • Optional drink in The Black Horse Inn afterwards. (We contacted the Gun and apparently they’re full. The Black Horse is an 8-minute walk from the Gun.)

Downloadable routes for your watch/phone:

  • 11.3km (with 259m elevation)
  • 9.6km (201m)
  • 7.6km (157m)
  • There will also be a run-walk group.
Honeysuckle Lane, Clapham
  • Time: 6.30pm (for a 6.45pm start)
  • Place: Honeysuckle Lane, Clapham (Google Maps)
  • Parking: There’s a free car park with plenty of space (use the Google Maps link above)
  • Optional drink afterwards at the Refreshment Rooms pub, 4 minutes walk away

Downloadable routes for your watch/phone:

  • 10.2km (153m elevation)
  • 8.6km (126m)
  • 6km (80m)
  • There will also be a run-walk option
River Rife
  • Starting point at Sea Lane Cafe
  • Full address: Sea Lane Cafe, Marine Crescent, Goring-by-Sea BN12 4HR (Google Maps)
  • Different options: 11.3km // 9.2km // 6.8km
  • Ample free parking in the car park adjacent to the cafe
Dover lane
  • Time: 6.30pm (for a 6.45pm start)
  • Place: Dover Lane, Angmering BN18 9PX (Google Maps)
  • Parking: There is a large free car park. However, due to the fact that it’s a bit outside of Worthing, please consider offering lifts to other runners.
  • Optional drink in the Fox or Worlds End pub afterwards

Options of routes: 10.4km, 8.5km and 5.7km. That’s 6.5 miles, 5.3 miles and 3.5 miles respectively in old money. If the weather is good in the days before, road shoes should be perfect.

Intervals Venues

Adur Avenue, Durrington
HILL REPS @ ADUR AVENUE, DURRINGTON
  • Time: Meeting up and warm-up from 6.30pm onwards. Session starts at 6.45pm.
  • Meeting Place: Corner of New Road/Adur Avenue, Worthing BN13 3JS (Google Maps)
  • Parking: Plenty of residential parking available on Adur Avenue

[Leader] to lead. Three periods of running up hill, and then easy recovery on the way back down, and a short break between periods.

  • 12 minutes: Up to bollard the top of Colne Close each time
  • 8 minutes: Up to the corner at Welland Road each time
  • 6 minutes: Up to Dart Close each time
Brooklands, Lancing
  • Meeting Point: Brooklands Pleasure Park, Western Road, Worthing, Lancing BN15 8RR (Google Maps)
  • Parking: Parking is free after 6pm (but please double check!)
Canadian Flag
Intervals @ Canadian Flag, Worthing Seafront
  • Time: Meeting up and warm-up from 6.30pm onwards. Session starts at 6.45pm.
  • Meeting Point: Canadian Flag on Worthing promenade (at the bottom of Grand Avenue), West Parade, Worthing BN11 3RA (Google Maps)
  • Parking: Plenty of free parking available along the seafront or on Grand Avenue

[Leader] to lead. Two blocks of twelve minutes, with a short break in between. Increasingly long efforts on the way out, with increasingly long recoveries on the way back. Run to the first lamppost, and then jog back; run to the second lamppost, and jog back, etc. For the second round of 12, start off where you finish and get shorter each time (i.e. 5, then 4, etc.) and see if you can complete before the timer ends!

Fernhurst Drive, Goring
550m Reps @ Fernhurst Drive, Goring-By-Sea
  • Time: Meeting up and warm-up from 6.30pm onwards. Session starts at 6.45pm.
  • Meeting Place: Outside the Goring Cricket Club, Fernhurst Drive, Goring-by-Sea (Google Maps)
  • Parking: Plenty of residential parking available on Fernhurst Drive and surrounding roads

[Leader] to lead a session of intervals around Fernhurst Drive. Starting from the corner of Fernhurst Drive and Bodium Avenue (outside the Bull pub), we’ll do lots of twelve minutes of 550m reps at high effort, following by an 80m walking recovery. Focus to be on running the 550m as hard as possible and “enjoying” a decent recovery, rather than running full loops at a mid-pace. For the second batch of twelve minutes, we’ll go clockwise instead of the first batch’s anti-clockwise.

The Gallops, Findon Valley
  • Meeting Place: The Gallops, Findon Valley, Worthing BN13 3DE (Google Maps)
  • Parking: Residential parking available on Vale Drive and surrounding roads
Highdown Rise (Football Fields)
  • Meeting Point: Highdown Football Pitches, Highdown Rise, A259 (Google Maps)
  • Parking: There is a small car park at the bottom of Highdown Rise, or a much bigger one at the top of the hill at Highdown Gardens.
Henty Arms
Intervals @ THE Henty ARMS
  • Time: Meeting up and warm-up from 6.30pm onwards. Session starts at 6.45pm.
  • Meeting Place: The corner of Highdown Way/Downview Road, Ferring, BN12 6QG (Google Maps)
  • Parking: If you’re planning on having a drink afterwards (or before, we don’t judge) then you can park in the car park of the Henty Arms (Google Maps). Otherwise, there’s a bit of residential parking on Langbury Lane.

[Leader] to lead an interval session around Downview Road/Downview Avenue/Cissbury Road.

Lambleys Lane
  • Meeting Point: At the bottom of Langleys Lane, on the North side of the A27. BN14 9JX. (Google Maps)
  • Parking: Plenty of parking available at Lyons Farm retail park (outside B&Q, Lidl, etc.)
Longcroft Park
  • Meeting Point: Longcroft Park, Durrington, Worthing BN13 2TY — specifically in the park where it meets Woodpecker Way (Google Maps)
  • Parking: Parking available at Tesco Extra Durrington, which is less than a half-mile walk/jog from Longcroft Park
Nepcote Green
  • Meeting Point: Nepcote Green, Nepcote, Findon, Worthing BN14 0SL (Google Maps)
  • Parking: There’s a tiny car park here if you’re early, but otherwise there’s bit of residential parking a short walk away.
Princess Avenue
Intervals @ Princess Avenue
  • Time: Meeting up and warm-up from 6.30pm onwards. Session starts at 6.45pm.
  • Meeting Point: Top end of Princess Avenue, Worthing BN13 1AS (Google Maps)
  • Parking: Plenty of residential parking available on Princess Avenue

[Leader] to lead an interval session with laps of Princess Avenue (each lap is about 330m – three laps is 1km).

We’ll be doing 6 sets of 4 minutes, with a minute of static/walking recovery between each one, making the session exactly 29 minutes long.

Would recommend pacing it at about 5km pace, so…

  • Three laps would be 20-minute 5K pace
  • Two-and-a-half laps would be 25-minute 5K pace
  • Two laps would be 30-minute 5K pace
Sea Lane Cafe
  • Meeting Point: Sea Lane Cafe, Marine Crescent, Goring-by-Sea, Worthing BN12 4HR (Google Maps)
  • Parking: Free car park at the cafe
Singleton Crescent
Intervals @ Singleton Crescent
  • Time: Meeting up and warm-up from 6.30pm onwards. Session starts at 6.45pm.
  • Meeting Point: Singleton Crescent, Goring-by-Sea, Worthing BN12 5DJ (Google Maps)
  • Parking: Free residential parking. Please park mindfully of local residents.

[Leader] will be leading a session of speedy intervals around Singleton Crescent. Each lap is just under a kilometre, something like 900m ish.

Windlesham House School
  • Meeting Point: Windlesham House School, London Road, Pulborough RH20 4AY (Google Maps)
  • Parking: There is plenty of free parking available in the school. This is a pain to get to by public transport though, so please offer to carshare.