Things To Do in Worthing

You’ll find this little shopping hub just behind Rockley’s beach – a 10-minute stroll from Worthing. Inside, stalls are filled with pottery, carvings and other souvenir-friendly items. There’s a couple of clothing shops, too, selling surfer-dude brands like Quiksilver and Billabong. If you’re really looking to splash the cash, Bridgetown is a 15-minute drive away. Here, make for Broad Street where duty-free jewellery shops line the pavements, and malls house designer names like Tiffany & Co.

Tucking into burgers and seafood on the sand is how dining’s done in Worthing. There are a few open-air cafés along the beach, serving local dishes like flying fish with macaroni pie and mahi-mahi wraps, along with piled-high burgers. On Friday, you can make the 10-minute drive into Oistins for the famous Fish Fry. You’ll find vendors dishing out straight-off-the-grill seafood, which you can wash down with a chilled beer. This is all accompanied by live music and dancing with the locals.

This street fair celebrates all things fishy. You can expect vendors touting their catch of the day, as well as activities like the fish-deboning competition and a climb-the-greasy-pole challenge. Caribbean music comes courtesy of steel and tuk bands.

The waters are really shallow at Worthing Beach, so you can wade in and swim with green, hawksbill and leatherback turtles. There are lots of catamaran trips, too, so you’ll get the chance to combine snorkelling amongst tropical-coloured fish in the reef just off-shore, with dives to the island’s wrecks. And, if you happen to be on the beach at low tide, you can watch the sea gradually give way to colourful coral and sand dollars – a form of sea urchins.