WHAT'S LOCAL?

A BRIEF HISTORY OF PAGHAM...

The Annexe is situated on the private Pagham Beach estate. Dating from before the First World War, the Beach Estate originally consisted of holiday homes largely created from redundant railway carriages.


These gradually became permanent homes and were extended by various additions.


By virtue of its coastline position Pagham played its part during the Second World War. A granite memorial stone on the hardstanding in front of the Yacht Club honours Pagham’s contribution to Operation Overlord and the famous Mulberry Harbour project.


One of the 6000-ton Mulberry Harbour caissons originally stored offshore prior to D-Day can still be seen at low tide.


During the immediate post-war years the village of Pagham began a period of rapid expansion, this has continued to the present day. From time to time the civil Parish boundaries have been redrawn, but today Pagham still embraces both Nyetimber and Lagness, with over 6.000 residents.

THINGS TO DO IN PAGHAM

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