Worthing Pier is now the venue for the International Birdman event which is a competition in which entrants attempt to ‘fly’ as far as possible by launching themselves off a specially constructed ramp in human powered flying machines...

British seaside piers were a product of the Victorian era in the 19th Century With steam trains allowing cheap travel, the public flocked to coastal resorts...

Worthing is a large town with a population of approximately 100,000, situated on the South Coast of England between the South Downs and the English Channel...