The site was acquired by the Sussex Archaeological Trust in 1931 and part of the villa was opened to the viewing public during summer months.

In 1953-4 the site was sold to a property developer and in 1965 the Methodist church on Manor Hall Road was built.

[4] There is a tradition that King Charles II stayed overnight at the cottages on Southwick Green before escaping to France.

[2] The town's open-air shopping centre, Southwick Square, is home to many traditional and local businesses as well as some larger chains, and is central to the village since its expansion north of the Old Shoreham Road in the middle of the twentieth century.

There is a leisure centre and recreation ground in Old Barn Way, which is home to Southwick Football Club.

[8] The Green, once common land central to the old village, consists of two separate fields divided by a short road of the same name.

The smaller southern field, also home to the town's war memorial located in the south-eastern corner, is often used for local cricket matches.

The larger northern field contains a small children's playground and is most often used for general recreation and is also the location where travelling fairgrounds and local fairs will set up during the summer and autumn months.

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