Wick is a community in the Arun district of

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, England. Originally a separate village, it now forms part of the built up area around

Littlehampton Littlehampton is a town, seaside resort, and pleasure harbour, and the most populous civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the English Channel on the eastern bank of the mouth of the River Arun. It is south sout ...

. It lies on the

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0.6 miles (1 km) north of the town centre. There is an annual summer festival held in Wick. The Church Hall (Wick Hall) is one of the largest in the area, there are several flint Victorian buildings including All Saints Church, Lyminster School and one thatched cottage. Wick contains three separate parades of shops, including a Farm Foods, green grocer, florist, a laundrette, one pub and various other small specialist shops.

History

The village of Wick formed around Wick Manor, established after the

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of 1066. It has an ancient Roman Brick/clay making site, (this now lies under a road called 'Potters Mead', off Courtwick Road). Wick had an Art Deco era Steam Laundry built in the 1920s, it has now been demolished. An Alleyway or

Twitten An alley or alleyway is a narrow lane, path, or passageway, often reserved for pedestrians, which usually runs between, behind, or within buildings in the older parts of towns and cities. It is also a rear access or service road (back lane), ...

that passes by the site of the former True Blue

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, is known locally as 'Dark Alley' due to the black clinker surface laid down along its route. During the early 1990s some areas of Wick had developed a reputation for drug and alcohol addiction, high teenage pregnancy, and low ‘community esteem’ this resulted in the establishment of a Christian charity called " The WIRE project" to address these issues. In recent years, efforts have been made to improve the quality of Wick's social housing, with many being refurbished. In 2009 the True Blue pub was demolished to make way for new housing.

Sport and leisure

Wick has a

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club

Wick F.C. Wick Football Club is a football club based in Wick, near Littlehampton, England. Wick joined the Sussex County League Division Two in 1964. In the 1998–99 season, they reached the 4th round of the FA Vase. Prior to the 2013–14 season, the ...

who play at Crabtree Park.

External links

The Wick Village Traders Association Facebook PageThe Wick Village Community website www.wickvillage.comAll Saints Church in Wick Village
Villages in West Sussex Arun District Littlehampton {{WestSussex-geo-stub