Bognor Regis

Bognor Regis is a beach resort town and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, on the southern coast of Britain. It lies 55.5 miles (89 km) south southwest of London, twenty-four miles (39 km) west of Brighton, and six miles (10 km) southeast of the county town of Chichester. Other close by towns includes Littlehampton east northeast and Selsey to the southwest.

The close by towns of Felpham, quickly home to the poet William Blake, and Aldwick are now suburbs of Bognor Regis, with those of North and South Bersted. Bognor Regis was initially named just "Bognor", being a fishing town till the eighteenth century, when it was converted into a resort by Sir Richard Hotham. Tourism continuously took off over the following hundred years, the area being selected as the ultimate location for King George V to recover in during 1929, the King and Queen essentially staying at Craigwell House.

Sir Billy Butlin opened one of his Butlin's Vacation Camps in Bognor in 1960. The camp later came to be called Southcoast World till 1998 and is now known as Butlin's Bognor Regis Resort. In 1999 Butlin's erected a giant indoor leisure park, the buildings construction sharing aspects similar with the Millennium Dome in London.

In 2005, a new £10m hotel, called "The Shoreline" was exposed at the Bognor Regis resort annually Bognor Rox is held on Bognor Promenade, where 2 stages are set up for artists to perform. The town is also home to the Bognor Regis Concert Band, who performs at varied local locations and events, including the annual “Promenades in the Park".

The Alexandra Theatre is a 352 seat auditorium showing a selection of entertainment from comedy to drama to pantomime. It replaced the Esplanade Theatre in the latter 1970s. It is well supported by area folk and means to stay where it is despite plans to demolish it.