Wick, West Sussex

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Wick
Wick, West Sussex (West Sussex)
Wick, West Sussex

Wick shown within West Sussex
OS grid reference TQ026030
Parish Littlehampton
District Arun
Shire county West Sussex
Region South East
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Sussex
Fire West Sussex
Ambulance South East Coast
European Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
List of places: UKEnglandWest Sussex

Coordinates: 50°49′05″N 0°32′39″W / 50.81806, -0.54419

Wick is a community in the Arun district of West Sussex, England. Originally a separate village, it now forms part of the built up area around Littlehampton. It lies on the A284 road 0.6 miles (1km) north of the town centre.

There is an annual summer festival held in Wick. The village hall is one of the largest in the area, there are several flint Victorian buildings including All Saints Church and one thatched cottage. Wick contains three separate parades of shops, including a Somerfield supermarket, green grocers, bakers, a laundrette, two pubs and various other small specialist shops.


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The name "Wick" came to England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. The village of Wick formed around the Wick Manor. The village has an ancient Roman Brick/clay making site, (this now lies under a road called 'Potters Mead', off courtwick road).

An Alleyway or Twitten that passes by the True Blue public house, is known locally as 'Dark Alley' due to the black clinker surface laid down along its route.

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