Like in other villages in the south of Sussex, the people of Goring had land to the north that they used as summer pasture in the Weald, at Goringlee, near Coolham.

[7] Goring's population expanded after 1929, when it became part of the borough of Worthing, and again in 1938 when the railway was electrified.

[9] Begun shortly before 1939, the Goring Hall estate was developed as a garden city, with concentric crescents near the seafront.

[12] Goring has a mixed pebble and sand beach which is a popular beachgoing area for a wide variety of watersports including kitesurfing.

An 1840s avenue of holm oaks leads from Goring Hall to St Mary's Church.

[20] The red-brick Durrington Bridge House, HM Revenue and Customs' building near Durrrington-on-Sea station on Barrington Road, holds 900 employees.

The A259 runs east–west through Goring, connecting it to the centre of Worthing and Brighton to the east, and Littlehampton and Bognor Regis to the west.

The A2032 Littlehampton Road which also runs east–west passes north of Goring proper but within the former parish area.

Both stations lie on the West Coastway Line and connect Goring to Worthing, Brighton, Littlehampton, London and Southampton.