The Ferring Rife is a
stream
A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a strea ...
in
West Sussex
West Sussex is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Surrey to the north, East Sussex to the east, the English Channel to the south, and Hampshire to the west. The largest settlement is Cr ...
,
England
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that rises in the
West Durrington area of
Worthing
Worthing ( ) is a seaside town and borough in West Sussex, England, at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of Chichester. With a population of 113,094 and an area of , the borough is the second largest component of the Br ...
. It has multiple sources including one near
Castle Goring and another in
Titnore Wood
Titnore Wood is an area of semi-natural ancient woodland to the north-west of Worthing in West Sussex. With neighbouring Goring Wood it forms one of the last remaining blocks of ancient woodland on the West Sussex coastal plain.
Since 2006 l ...
. The streams converge that make up the Ferring Rife converge north of Littlehampton Road, passing through Maybridge, then west of
Ferring into the sea.
It flows south-west, west and then south into the
English Channel
The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France. It links to the southern part of the North Sea by the Strait of Dover at its northeastern end. It is the busi ...
, between the villages of
Ferring and
East Preston.
Etymology
The word 'rife' is a
Sussex dialect word for a stream, especially between
Selsey
Selsey () is a seaside town and civil parishes in England, civil parish, about south of Chichester, West Sussex, England.
Selsey lies at the southernmost point of the Manhood Peninsula, almost cut off from mainland Sussex by the sea. It is in ...
and
Worthing
Worthing ( ) is a seaside town and borough in West Sussex, England, at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of Chichester. With a population of 113,094 and an area of , the borough is the second largest component of the Br ...
.
See also
*
Teville Stream
*
List of rivers of England
References
Worthing
Rivers of West Sussex
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