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The Oscar Wilde connection (he wrote The Importance of Being Earnest in Worthing, naming the central character after the town), the pier, the beach, the Worthing Museum, and a Sussex seaside town of literary heritage and improving independent culture
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Oscar Wilde wrote The Importance of Being Earnest while staying in Worthing in 1894 — he named the main character Ernest Worthing in tribute to the town. The pier is one of the South Coast's finest. The town has a growing independent food scene and arts culture.
The Worthing Museum is free and excellent. The pier for the classic seaside experience. The town centre for improving independent food. The West Beach and Goring-by-Sea for the best beach stretches.
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Worthing is a place in West Sussex known for the Oscar Wilde connection (he wrote The Importance of Being Earnest in Worthing, naming the central character after the town), the pier, the beach, the Worthing Museum, and a Sussex seaside town of literary heritage and improving independent culture. Oscar Wilde wrote The Importance of Being Earnest while staying in Worthing in 1894 — he named the main character Ernest Worthing in tribute to the town. The population is around 110,000.
Worthing has an excellent and growing independent food scene. The town centre has outstanding cafes and restaurants. Local West Sussex produce throughout.
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Roam covers Worthing and the surrounding area in West Sussex, including Goring-by-Sea, Ferring, Lancing, Findon, West Tarring, Durrington, Salvington and Heene.
