Getting to Worthing town centre

From independent retail and cinemas and theatre to walks on the promenade and amazing food and drink, there's so much to enjoy in Worthing town centre.

Visiting Worthing is easy. Our seaside town centre hosts more than 1,500 parking spaces and excellent bus and train services.

Our picturesque promenade also makes active travel simple and enjoyable. Whether you are cycling on your own bike or hiring one of the town's Donkey Bikes, there are bicycle racks across our town centre to facilitate your journey.

Below you will find some more information about visiting our town centre:

Parking my vehicle

Worthing town centre hosts multiple multi-storey and surface car parks. There's also plenty of street parking around the town and along our coastline.

The prices at our car parks remain very competitive compared to other shopping centres in the area, and we believe they are great value for money considering how much our town centre has to offer.

High Street, Buckingham Road and Civic Quarter multi-storey car parks are our largest parking facilities. Each of these car parks are council-owned.

  • High Street multi-storey: joins onto the Guildbourne Centre, which hosts a number of independent and national shops. It's only a minute or two walk away from the shops and restaurants on Warwick Street, Chapel Road and South Street, and is only approximately a five-minute walk from Montague Street.
  • Buckingham Road multi-storey: is located just to the west of our town centre and is entered from Shelley Road. Some of the closest shops to the car park include The Body Shop, Bert's Homestore, Millets and CeX, and it’s around a three-minute walk from Marks & Spencer on Montague Street.
  • Civic Quarter multi-storey: is the town's newest major car park. It's located just to the north of our town centre near Worthing Library and Worthing Town Hall, meaning it's less than a 10-minute walk away from the shops, services and restaurants on Montague Street, South Street and Warwick Street.

The map below shows the locations of car parks in Worthing, as well as the surrounding area:

To find out more about our car parks, their opening hours and our charges, see:

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Bus services, timetables and maps

Worthing town centre is well connected and hosts a number of bus services to help you get around town and back home again. For details of bus routes, timetables and maps, see the relevant websites below:

There are also bus passes and discount schemes available. To find out more, please visit the websites above, as well as:

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Train services

Worthing is well served by regular train services to and from Brighton, Gatwick Airport, Portsmouth, Southampton, London and more.

The town hosts five train stations (East Worthing, Worthing, West Worthing, Durrington-on-Sea and Goring-by-Sea), but the best station for accessing our town centre is Worthing Station.

Worthing Station is approximately a 15-minute walk from the heart of our town center, and Worthing Pier is about a 20-minute walk away.

Several train companies operate passenger services in Worthing and the surrounding area. These include Southern Railway, Thameslink and Great Western Railway.

For train timetables and tickets, visit the relevant websites below:

Visit the West Sussex County Council website to find out more about discounts on train fares and obtaining a disabled person's railcard, which offers a third off the cost of rail travel for disabled people.

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Parking or storing my bicycle

If you are planning on cycling into Worthing, our town centre hosts dozens of bicycle racks in key locations to accommodate your visit.

The town also hosts Cycle Hubs, allowing members to safely store their bikes in a secure and convenient location in the centre of town. There are hubs at High Street and Civic Quarter multi-storey car parks and one at Worthing Station.

The map below shows locations of cycle facilities in Worthing and the surrounding area. Key to icons on the map are as follows:

  • Light blue bike - bicycle racks
  • Orange bike - bicycle hire locations (Donkey Bikes)
  • Dark blue spanner - bicycle repair stations
  • Purple house - Cycle Hubs

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Hiring a bicycle

Fancy cycling to Worthing or around our town centre and don’t have a bike? No problem, hire a Donkey Bike! These bright orange, super comfy and easy to ride bikes can be hired to get you around. The Donkey Bike system makes bike hire simple and quick for all.

For more information about the scheme and to see the locations of the bikes, view our Bike Hire page.

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What to do in our town centre

Looking for some ideas of what to do in our town centre? Visit the websites below:

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Page last updated: 12 June 2025

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