[4] The borders of the former civil parish of Heene are defined by the Teville Stream and Tarring Road to the north and Elm Grove and Wallace Avenue (once known as Sea Lane) to the west.

During the English Civil War in January 1644, the Spanish warship the Santiago (St James), was beached at Heene.

[5] The ship had several Royalist officers on board, as well as 24 brass guns, 2,000 arms and 100 barrels of gunpowder and a large cargo of linen.

[6] The ship had set sail from the port of Dunkirk, at the time part of the Spanish Empire, having been pursued by Dutch men of war and to avoid capture seems to have tried to head for either Shoreham or Arundel.

[6] The ship was seized by the Parliamentarian William Waller and its contents taken to be securely stored at Arundel Castle.

In the early 19th century, the area along the coast known as Heene Common was made up of rough pasture intersected by watercourses and covered with gorse.

In 1865, the property of the two companies became the new town of West Worthing, which was intended to be an upmarket resort and residential area in its own right.

Under an Act of 1865 the township of West Worthing gained its own commissioners who had powers to pave, light, drain and cleanse the streets, establish and maintain sea defences, contract for the supply of gas and water and levy rates.

Historically, the station was planned to be the southern terminus of a new line running from the Midlands to the South Coast, and delivering holidaymakers to the new town of West Worthing; it was consequently built near the northern end of Grand Avenue, which runs from the station to the sea.

Routes include the Coastliner 700 which connects the area to central Worthing, Brighton and Portsmouth and its most-frequent cross-town service, branded the PULSE.

[10] Dolphin Lodge (completed 1922−23) was begun in 1893 as the Hotel Metropole and was intended to be significantly grander, as the centrepiece of the new town of West Worthing.

[10] A house named 'Black Nest' on Bath Road was completed in 1926−27, having originally been built as an 18th-century barn in the Surrey village of Dunsfold and transported to West Worthing.

[10] Manor Lea, a 43-metre (141 ft) tall residential block has been Worthing's tallest building since it was built in 1967.

The club then moved to the Rotary Ground in Broadwater before returning to West Worthing, to Rugby Road, in 1924–25 where they remained until 1927.