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It is a mix of coastal urban dwelling and rural Chalk Downland landscape. The oldest non-religious buildings date to around 1500 CE. The 2002 population was around 19,000 and claims the title as the Largest Village In England . The town was a popular seaside resort in the mid-19th century, gaining favour from the gentry of the time for its secluded atmosphere. Lancing today no longer has a notable tourist trade although there are a number of small guest houses, most of them on the coast road. There is a shingle beach with good stretches of clean sand at low water. South of the A259 coast road is Widewater, an internationally rare brackish (slightly saline) lagoon. Immediately north of the developed area is Lancing Ring, a Nature Reserve , part of the designated Sussex Downland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ( AONB ). To the north of that is farmed agricultural downland connected to Lancing College Farm. On its eastern side is Shoreham Airport , the world's oldest continually-operational airport which also served as an RAF base during World War II . Much of the land now covered with housing was formerly taken by a number of family-run that could be rolled into place on a rail track. 'Mr Marshall's Nursery' was also notable. Lancing Railway Station opened with what is now known as the West Coastway Line on 24 November 1845. Between 1908-1912 the London, Brighton And South Coast Railway developed its railway carriage works in the area that is now the Churchill industrial estate at the western edge of town. The railway works were closed 1964-5. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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