Steyning
Steyning is a town and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England.
It is located at the north end of the River Adur gap in the South Downs, four miles north of the coastal town of Shoreham-by-Sea.
Getting to Steyning
Steyning lies on the A283 road, linking Shoreham-by-Sea (about 4 miles south) with the A24 and inland routes. There is no railway station in the town; the nearest stations are at Shoreham-by-Sea and Horsham, both requiring a short bus or taxi connection. Regular bus services connect Steyning with Shoreham, Worthing, and Horsham.
Worth seeing
- 01Church of St Andrew and St Cuthman
A large parish church with Saxon origins, associated with the legend of St Cuthman.
- 02Bramber Castle
Ruins of a Norman castle just outside town, offering views over the Adur Valley.
Getting around Steyning the local way
- Get inFerries to Newhaven and Portsmouth, and the London airports (especially Gatwick) are handy for overseas visitors.
- Go nextOr you could head south to Newhaven and catch a ferry to Dieppe in France.
From Wikivoyage: South Downs, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-08.
Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Charles J. Sharp (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.