Jane Austen
Jane Austen is a memorial in Worthing District, West Sussex, England. Jane Austen is situated nearby to the art gallery Room with a View, as well as near the pub Thieves Kitchen.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Connaught Theatre and Thieves Kitchen.
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 910 feet northwest of Jane Austen.
Thieves Kitchen
Pub
Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.
The Thieves' Kitchen is a pub in the centre of the town and borough of Worthing, West Sussex. Established as a public house in the late 20th century, it occupies two early 19th-century listed buildings in the oldest part of the town: a Greek Revival-style former wine merchants premises, and a Neoclassical chapel built for Wesleyan Methodists in 1839.
Worthing Museum and Art Gallery
Museum
Photo: Basher Eyre, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Worthing Museum and Art Gallery is in the centre of Worthing near the grade II* listed St Paul's. The building, which celebrated its centenary in 2008, was originally designed to house the town's library as well as the museum, the library section being funded by Andrew Carnegie. Worthing Museum and Art Gallery is situated 1,300 feet northwest of Jane Austen.
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 1½ miles north of Jane Austen.
Jane Austen
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “Jane Austen, 1775‒1817, novelist, stayed here at Stanford Cottage from 18th September 1805 to the year end”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Worthing District, West Sussex, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.81146° or 50° 48′ 41″ northLongitude
-0.36833° or 0° 22′ 6″ westInception
2010Operator
The Worthing SocietyOpen location code
9C2XRJ6J+HMOpenStreetMap ID
node 14003264028OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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