Offington is a neighbourhood of the Borough of Worthing here in beautiful West Sussex
Today, the area is a residential suburb of Worthing. Offington was part of the parish of Broadwater and became part of the borough of Worthing in 1902. It is possibly best known for its large manor house, which survived from medieval times to the 1960s
In the mid-eleventh century, Offington was held by Godwin, Earl of Wessex. Following the successful Norman invasion of 1066, Offington, along with neighbouring settlements became part of the rape of Bramber
Offington Manor House was apparently recorded in 1357. By the mid 15th century there was a large complex of buildings including at least one courtyard, a chapel, a guest-house, and a gate-house. Offington was home to Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr and his son Thomas West, 9th Baron De La Warr. The 8th Baron West was also buried in Broadwater's Parish Church. In the 1850s, Thomas Gaisford extended the house further, including a new library and a chapel. The chapel became Worthing's chief place of Roman Catholic worship until the building of Worthing first Catholic Church, St Mary of the Angels
There is a local legend that a tunnel containing buried treasure led from Offington House to the ancient hill fort of Cissbury to the north and was protected by a serpent, a right snake in the grass!
The former outbuilding of Offington Manor, the Old Brewhouse in Hall Close is grade II listed. Said to date from 1150, the present structure is probably mainly 16th -17th century. Also the 18th century former Stables of Offington Hall remain and are grade II listed. They were known as Offington Hall Riding School in Hall Avenue but have now been converted into living accommodation and are owned by the Offington Park Club
Actor Roger Moore was evacuated to Offington and lived with a family in Shirley Drive during the Second World War
At the given coordinates you will find a lamppost with something on top clearly visible even from the road, take alphabet position of the last item as Z
N 50° 50.(Z - Z)(Z - 1)(Z + 3)
W 000° 23.Z(Z + 6)Z
Checksum of ALL individual numbers = 37
If in the car there is plenty of space so park up, gather info and enjoy a short mooch to the hide