Worthing

Worthing is the largest town and a local government district in West Sussex, England. It has a population of almost 100,000 and is situated between the coast and the South Downs. It is often considered a retirement town, and has the third busiest crematorium in Europe; it has also had an active underground culture for many years, though. The Worthing Workshop (a late-60s meeting place for musicians, actors and poets whose famous sons include The Damned’s Brian James, Leo Sayer, Billy Idol, Martin Quittenton (who wrote Rod Stewart’s Maggie May) and Track Record’s supremo Ian Grant); Deadline (Featuring Jamie Hewlett's Tank Girl); and more recently the Revolutionary Arts Groop .

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Local government district - West Sussex - England - South Downs - Underground culture - The Damned - Brian James - Leo Sayer - Billy Idol - Rod Stewart - Jamie Hewlett - Tank Girl

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It has two MPs—Tim Loughton (Conservative) for East Worthing and Shoreham, and Peter Bottomley (Conservative) for Worthing West .

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Tim Loughton - Peter Bottomley

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Worthing is twinned with Le Pays des Olonnes (France) and the Elztal region (Germany).

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Olonnes - France - Germany

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