The Motorists’ Mecca
The Motorists’ Mecca is a memorial in Worthing District, West Sussex, England. The Motorists’ Mecca is situated nearby to Worthing Boer War Memorial, as well as near Two Faced Twins Art Gallery.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Connaught Theatre and Beach House Park.
Connaught Theatre
Theater building
Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.
The Connaught Theatre is a Streamline Moderne-style theatre and cinema in the centre of Worthing, in West Sussex, England. Built as the Picturedrome cinema in 1914, the venue was extended in 1935 and became the new home of the Connaught Theatre. Connaught Theatre is situated 1,500 feet northwest of The Motorists’ Mecca.
Beach House Park
Park
Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.
Beach House Park is a formal garden in Worthing, a town and local government district in West Sussex, England. Opened by Worthing Borough Council in 1924, the 9.57-acre park has formal lawns and flowerbeds, bowling greens of international standard, and a war memorial commemorating war pigeons. Beach House Park is situated 1,400 feet northeast of The Motorists’ Mecca.
Worthing Pier
Pier
Photo: P L Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Worthing Pier is a public pleasure pier in Worthing, West Sussex, England. Designed by Sir Robert Rawlinson, it was opened on 12 April 1862 and remains open to the public. Worthing Pier is situated 1,100 feet southwest of The Motorists’ Mecca.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Worthing and Broadwater.
Worthing
Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worthing is the largest town in West Sussex. The town lies nestled between the English Channel and the South Downs National Park. It is a seaside town with a pier, a prom and pleasant seaside parks.
Broadwater
Suburb
Photo: Oxenhillshaw, Public domain.
Broadwater is a neighbourhood of Worthing, in the borough of Worthing in West Sussex, England. Situated between the South Downs and the English Channel, Broadwater was once a parish in its own right and included Worthing when the latter was a small fishing hamlet.
Sompting
Village
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shoreham-by-Sea is a town in West Sussex, England between Worthing and Brighton. It is the seat of Adur District which includes the parishes of Coombes, Lancing and Sompting. Sompting is situated 2 miles north of The Motorists’ Mecca.
The Motorists’ Mecca
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “In 1899 George Warne, 1864‒1916, an early motoring enthusiast, promoted his new hotel as The Motorists’ Mecca, establishing the first hotel garage, or engine house, in England on this site in York Road in 1900. The garage was demolished in 1947”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Worthing District, West Sussex, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.81034° or 50° 48′ 37″ northLongitude
-0.36606° or 0° 21′ 58″ westInception
2006Operator
The Worthing SocietyOpen location code
9C2XRJ6M+4HOpenStreetMap ID
node 14000451959OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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