St Andrew the Apostle Church, Worthing

Name: St Andrew the Apostle Church
Address: Worthing, United Kingdom

#28 among attractions in Worthing

Gothic Revival architecture, Church

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St Andrew the Apostle is an Anglican church in Worthing, West Sussex, England. Built between 1885 and 1886 in the Early English Gothic style by Sir Arthur Blomfield, "one of the last great Gothic revivalists", the church was embroiled in controversy as soon as it was founded. During a period of religious unrest in the town, theological tensions within Anglicanism between High church Anglo-Catholics and Low church Anglicans were inflamed by what the latter group saw as the church's "idolatrous" Roman Catholic-style fittings—in particular, a statue of the Virgin Mary which was seized upon by opponents as an example of a reversion to Catholic-style worship in the Church of England. The "Worthing Madonna" dispute delayed the consecration of the church by several years. English Heritage has listed the building at Grade C for its architectural and historical importance, and the adjacent vestry and vicarage are listed separately at Grade II. ()

Completed: 1886 (138 years ago)Coordinates: 50°48'55"N, 0°22'39"W

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Nearby attractions include: Dome Cinema, Worthing Town Hall, Beach House Park, Worthing Tabernacle.

0.5 miSE
Nightlife, Cinema
Dome Cinema, Worthing
14 min walk • The Dome Cinema, Worthing, West Sussex, England, is a grade II* listed building owned by PDJ Cinemas Ltd. The Dome Cinema, which has three screens and a Projectionist's Bar is run by PDJ Cinemas, while Alfresco Services run two function rooms and the cafe at the front of the building.
~1280 ftE
City hall
Worthing Town Hall, Worthing
7 min walk • Worthing Town Hall, or New Town Hall, is a municipal building in Chapel Road, Worthing, West Sussex, England. The town hall, which is a meeting place of Worthing Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.
0.6 miE
Park
Beach House Park, Worthing
16 min walk • Beach House Park is a formal garden in Worthing, a town and local government district in West Sussex, England. Opened by Worthing Borough Council in 1924, the 9.57-acre park has formal lawns and flowerbeds, bowling greens of international standard, and a war memorial commemorating war pigeons.
~1460 ftE
Church, Romanesque architecture
Worthing Tabernacle, Worthing
8 min walk • Worthing Tabernacle is an independent Evangelical Christian church in the town and borough of Worthing, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex.
1 miNW
Church, Historical place, Gothic architecture
St Andrew's Church, Worthing
27 min walk • St Andrew's Church is the Church of England parish church of Tarring, West Sussex, England. Founded in the 11th century in a then rural parish which had earlier been granted to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the church remained a peculier of Canterbury for many centuries thereafter.
0.9 miN
Church
St Mary's Church, Worthing
23 min walk • St. Mary's Church, Broadwater, is a Church of England parish church in the Worthing Deanery of the Diocese of Chichester. It serves the ecclesiastical parish of Broadwater, West Sussex and is named after St. Mary. St Mary's is one of several sites in this benefice along with Queen Street and St. Stephen's.
0.7 miE
Watersports, Swimming pool, Sport complex
Splashpoint Leisure Centre, Worthing
19 min walk • Splashpoint Leisure Centre is a leisure centre located in the centre of Worthing, West Sussex, England. It contains a 25-metre long pool and gymnasium. Designed by WilkinsonEyre it won an award at the World Architecture Festival in 2013.
0.4 miW
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St Botolph's Church, Worthing
11 min walk • St Botolph's Church is an Anglican church in the Heene area of the borough of Worthing, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. It had 11th-century origins as a chapelry within the parish of West Tarring, but declined and fell into disuse by the 18th century.
~1730 ftE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Connaught Theatre, Worthing
9 min walk • The Connaught Theatre is a Streamline Moderne-style theatre and cinema in the centre of Worthing, in West Sussex, England. Built as the Picturedrome cinema in 1914, the venue was extended in 1935 and became the new home of the Connaught Theatre.
~1110 ftSE
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
Christ Church, Worthing
6 min walk • Christ Church and its burial grounds in Worthing, England, were consecrated in 1843 by the Bishop of Chichester, Ashurst Turner Gilbert, to meet the need for church accommodation for the poor. Built by subscription between 1840 and 1843, the Church was initially regarded as a chapel of ease to St Mary's Church in Broadwater.
~730 ftS
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St Mary of the Angels, Worthing
4 min walk • The Church of St Mary of the Angels, Worthing, is in Worthing, West Sussex, England. It is a Grade II listed building and the earliest of the four Roman Catholic churches in Worthing.

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Which popular attractions are close to St Andrew the Apostle Church?

Nearby attractions include St Mary of the Angels, Worthing (4 min walk), Christ Church, Worthing (6 min walk), Teville Gate House, Worthing (6 min walk), Worthing Town Hall, Worthing (7 min walk).

How to get to St Andrew the Apostle Church by public transport?

The nearest stations to St Andrew the Apostle Church:

Bus

Westbrooke • Lines: Pulse (4 min walk)
Amelia Park • Lines: Pulse (5 min walk)

Train

Worthing (7 min walk)
West Worthing (19 min walk)