ARCADES PROJECT

There are hints to this arcade’s rather splendid past, both in some of the remaining features, such as the stained glass windows and the old clock (naming The Arcade, Bognor Regis) over the entrance at the High Street end, and in some of the shops still operating in the arcade today: a rather fine menswear…

Arguably the best-preserved arcade on the South Coast, Royal Arcade in Worthing is celebrating its centenary in 2025, and is looking a lot better than many other arcades built in the 1920s. One end of the arcade looks out towards the sea and the end of Worthing Pier. The other fronts on to South Street,…

Stone arches at either end of Littlehampton’s Arcade show the year the arcade was built – 1922 – and the year it was proudly renovated – 1992. There are attractive murals over the internal wall at one end, showing images of Littlehampton – a lighthouse, beach huts, deck chairs; and in one empty unit a…