Findon Valley is a neighbourhood of
Worthing, in the borough of
Worthing in
West Sussex
West Sussex is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Surrey to the north, East Sussex to the east, the English Channel to the south, and Hampshire to the west. The largest settlement is Cr ...
, England. It lies on the
A24 road 2.9 miles (4.7 km) north of the town centre.
The settlement of Findon Valley is named after the dry valley through the
South Downs on which it lies. Like other dry
downland valleys, Findon Valley was created during the last
ice age
An ice age is a long period of reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. Earth's climate alternates between ice ages, and g ...
when chalk that was being frozen prevented water from seeping downwards through the chalk. In summer, streams of melting ice would flow down off the
Weald across the Downs, creating the dry valleys such as Findon Valley.
[Brandon, Peter (1998), The South Downs Phillimore ]
The settlement of Findon Valley is bordered to the west and east by land in the
South Downs National Park. To the west, it is bordered by parkland and downland known as 'the Gallops' and to the east by the steep slopes of Mount Carvey which forms part of the
Worthing Downland Estate and to the north-east the prehistoric site of
Cissbury. It is separated from the village of
Findon by a strategic gap - also part of the South Downs National Park. Findon Valley was built from the 1930s to 1950s, with its library having been built in 1958. It is also home to the Vale School, All Saints Parish Church, Findon Valley Free Church and a
parade of shops.
Notable former residents of Findon Valley include the composer
Charles Williams.
References
External links
Suburbs of Worthing
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