Topic summary

This topic consists of 3 Town Trails, designed to help children explore local Victorian buildings, and learn about typical features of Victorian architecture.

• Activity 1 - Bognor Regis
• Activity 2 - Horsham
• Activity 3 - Worthing

The sources for each Activity include modern photographs of Victorian buildings still existing, and maps indicating the sites of the buildings featured. Activity 3 - Worthing also includes original Victorian images of some buildings.

The architectural features illustrated in these 3 activities will help children to recognise Victorian buildings in their own town or local area.

Many more images of buildings from this period are available on West Sussex Past Pictures. One way to source images from your local area: click on Search the Database, then type the following into the search box: architecture/period/victorians followed by the name of your town. For example: 'architecture/period/victorians Crawley'.

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The maps can also be accessed independently here (opens in a new window).