Editing Shoreham-by-Sea (section)

== Shoreham Beach ==
Shoreham Beach, to the south of the town, is a [[slate|shingle]] [[Spit (landform)|spit]] deposited over millennia by [[longshore drift]]. This blocks the southerly flow of the [[River Adur]] which turns east at this point to discharge into the [[English Channel]] further along the coast at a point that has varied considerably over time. During the 17th and 18th centuries, the mouth of the river shifted eastwards which restricted trade to the port; by 1810, it was almost opposite [[Aldrington]] church. In 1816, work had been completed to fix the position of the river in its present position, flowing into the sea between two piers. Once the harbour mouth was stabilised, it was defended by [[Shoreham Redoubt|Shoreham Fort]], which was built in 1857.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shorehamfort.co.uk/content/history-of-the-fort/history/ |title=Shoreham Fort – History |last1=Baines |first1=Gary |website=www.shorehamfort.co.uk |publisher=Friends of Shoreham Fort |access-date=7 November 2013 |archive-date=31 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031135646/http://www.shorehamfort.co.uk/content/history-of-the-fort/history/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Converted railway carriages became summer homes around the start of the 20th century, and 'Bungalow Town', as it was then known, became home to the early [[United Kingdom|British]] [[film]] industry.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2011 |title=Bungalow town |journal=The Southern Way |issue=15 |pages=54–56 |isbn=9781906419547}}</ref> [[Francis L. Lyndhurst]] founded the Sunny South Film Company, which made its first commercial movie on [[Shoreham Beach]] in 1912 and built a film studio there.<ref>[http://www.shorehamfort.co.uk/page19.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920073753/http://www.shorehamfort.co.uk/page19.html|date=20 September 2010}}</ref><ref>[http://www.worthingherald.co.uk/CustomPages/CustomPage.aspx?SectionID=14109] {{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Shoreham Beach officially became part of Shoreham-by-Sea in 1910. Much of the housing in the area was cleared for defence reasons during the [[Second World War]] and most of what remained after the war is now long gone, having been replaced by modern houses.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/80/a4502080.shtml BBC – WW2 People's War: Evacuation of Shoreham Beach] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061118044727/http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/80/a4502080.shtml |date=18 November 2006 }}</ref> The Church of the Good Shepherd, built in 1913, still stands. Along the Adur mud flats adjacent to Shoreham Beach sits (and at high tides floats) a large collection of [[houseboat]]s made from converted barges, tugs, mine sweepers,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shorehamhouseboats.co.uk/|title=Main Page|work=shorehamhouseboats.co.uk|access-date=22 April 2014|archive-date=30 December 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051230144829/http://www.shorehamhouseboats.co.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{better source needed|reason=primary source|date=September 2022}} and [[motor torpedo boat]]s. The seaside shingle bank of Shoreham beach extends further east past the harbour mouth, forming the southern boundary of the commercial harbour in [[Southwick, West Sussex|Southwick]], [[Portslade]], and [[Hove]]. The [[Monarch's Way]] long-distance footpath, commemorating the escape route of [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] to [[France]] after the [[Battle of Worcester]], follows the beach westwards from Hove past Portslade and Southwick, ending by the harbour mouth's east breakwater.