Worthing Borough Council

Beach House Park

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01273 263134

parksandforeshore@adur-worthing.gov.uk

01903 227070

worthingsports@continental-landscapes.co.uk

Lyndhurst Road
Worthing
West Sussex
BN11 2EJ - Location Map 

Area: 38746.64 sq m  (9.57 acres)

Situated between Brighton and Lyndhurst Road, this is the Town's foremost ornamental garden and was purchased from the Beach House Estate in December 1922 and opened to the public in Spring 1924.

The site contains formal ornamental gardens, including an interesting Memorial to wartime carrier Pigeons, five automatically irrigated international class flat bowling greens.

In addition there are three changing pavilions, (including attendants office) WC’s including disabled, and a Bowls Shop run by concession.

Also at Beach House Park there are two outdoor Chess / Draughts boards. This facility is free and can be used by asking either a gardener or the attendant (bowls season only) if the pieces are not out ready.

 Car parking is available.

Bowling at Beach House Park 

The English Bowling Association Headquarters is situated at the north end of the Park (Telephone 01903 820222) who organise the E.B.A. National Championships every Summer.

Various other representative and international Bowls fixtures take place at Beach House Park from time to time including British Isles Championships, Junior Internationals and indeed the Mens World Bowls Championships in 1972 and 1992.  Beach House Park also held the World Bowls Championships for Women in 1977.  Every year the Worthing Ladies and Worthing Mens Opens take place culminating in the final rounds at Beach House Park.

There are four local bowling clubs resident on site:- Beach House Park Ladies, Homefield Park Men, Homefield Park Ladies and Worthing Bowling Club, each of which may have vacancies for new members.

2011 Bowls season is from (23rd April 2011 to 2nd October 2011).  Greens open 10am to dusk.

Horticulture at Beach House Park

Horticulturally, the Park is framed by trees on its East and West boundaries, the ornamental South end of the Park is centred on the Bird Memorial with symmetrical stands of London Plane planted in 1992 surrounding it. The bedding schemes are also symmetrical throughout.

A large double herbaceous border separates the ornamental area from the Bowls green section.

The centre walk between the greens is a mass of colour all year long with its beds up each side with Acer cappadocicum (Cappadocian Maple) avenues through. The Park is punctuated with many free standing cast iron planters with various three dimensional floral features fixed to them. Many mangers, self watering hanging baskets and roof containers feature during the summer.

Sponsorship

To further enchance the landscape within the Parks and Open Spaces it is possible to sponsor hanging baskets and bedding schemes.

Tennis Courts

The Tennis Courts are unavailable for the time being (July 2011).

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