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A warm welcome awaits you at Spring Cottage. A new boutique B&B with high standards of decoration,comfort, good quality linens and a breakfast to remember.

Both rooms benefit from flat screen digital televisions with Freeserve included.. Designer linens,fresh flowers and a complimentary mineral water. We will also deliver a newspaper of your choice in the morning, a great way to start the day.

A healthy organic breakfast will be served in the cosy dining room and in the summer, on the terrace of our lovely secluded garden, weather  permitting.

Spring Cottage is an attractive flint cottage built at the beginning of the last century. Set in the heart of the village  and only  a few minutes walk from the seafront promenade with putting green, tennis courts and seafront cafes. 

For our guests who are in need of  relaxation, Michele, a fully qualified therapist,  offers treatments such as reflexology or massage It's the perfect destination for seaside lovers or a week-end  away from it all.

More Information About Bognor Regis

Bognor Regis is a seaside resort town and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, on the south coast of England. It lies 55.5 miles (89 km) south southwest of London, 24 miles (39 km) west of Brighton, and 6 miles (10 km) southeast of the county town of Chichester. Other nearby towns include Littlehampton east northeast and Selsey to the southwest. The nearby villages of Felpham, briefly home to the poet William Blake, and Aldwick are now suburbs of Bognor Regis, along with those of North and South Bersted.

Origin of name

Bognor is one of the oldest recorded Saxon place names in Sussex. In a document of 680AD it is referred to as Bucgan ora meaning Bucge's (a female Saxon name) shore, or landing place.^[2]

History

Bognor Regis was originally named just "Bognor", being a fishing (and one time, smuggling) village until the 18th century, when it was converted into a resort by Sir Richard Hotham. Tourism gradually took off over the next hundred years, the area being chosen as an ideal location for King George V to convalesce in during 1929, the King and Queen actually staying at Craigwell House ^[3] Aldwick; as a result, the King was asked to bestow the Regis ^[4] suffix on Bognor. Legend has it that the King's last words, upon being told that he would soon be well enough to revisit the town, were "Bugger Bognor!" Although there is little evidence that these words were actually uttered in this context, it is certain that the King had little regard (to put it mildly) for the town. (Rose, Kenneth: King George V, London 1983. pp. 359–361)

Bognor was a part of the ancient parish of South Bersted in the county of Sussex, attaining parish status separate from South Bersted in 1828. Until 1894 it formed part of the Hundred of Aldwick, an ancient division of Chichester Rape. From 1894 to 1974 it was part of Bognor Urban District (Bognor Regis Urban District from 1929), and since 1974 it has been a part of Arun District.

The historic meeting of the crews (and associated handshake) of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project on 17 July 1975 was supposed to have taken place over Bognor Regis, but a flight delay caused it to occur over Metz in France instead. ^[5]

Bognor Regis town centre was damaged in 1994 by an IRA device left in a bicycle outside woolworths. 15 shops were damaged but no injuries occurred. ^[6]

On the beach between Bognor Regis and Aldwick lies the wreck of a Floating Pontoon. Its is part of the Mulberry Harbour which was toed across to Normandy on D-Day June 6 1944. This particular section of Mulberry didn't make it across the channel and was washed up on the beach shortly after D-Day. It is clearly visible at low tide throughout the year.

Geography

Town

Bognor Regis has a large town centre, much of which has either been pedestrianized or made pedestrian-friendly. Since the end of World War Two the town has been subject to some piece-meal commercial redevelopment, notably in the early 1960s when a new shopping parade and road (called Queensway), a health centre and a high-rise block of flats were built on land just north-west of the High Street. In the three decades between 1950 and 1980 much residential development took place to the west and north of the town, since then mostly in-fill development has taken place, predominantly redeveloping land on brownfield sites that had formerly been used for commercial business.

The town has several areas, and buildings, that still firmly link it with its past. Good examples, and prominent local landmarks, are the Royal Norfolk Hotel and Hotham Park.

Tourism

Butlin's Holiday Camp

Sir Billy Butlin opened one of his Butlin's Holiday Camps in Bognor in 1960. The camp later became known as Southcoast World until 1998 and is now known as Butlin's Bognor Regis Resort. In 1999 Butlin's erected a large 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 unveiled at the Bognor Regis resort.^[16] A second hotel "The Ocean" is due to open on the site in Summer 2009 and general landscaping and upgrading has also taken place. Postcards featuring the Butlins' Reception Hall and Sun Lounge were reprinted in the book Boring Postcards (1999). More luxury hotels are planned for the site. In May 2009 Butlins have also announced that they will be looking into adding a third hotel to the Bognor Regis site. ^[17]

Culture

Birdman of Bognor

The International Bognor Birdman was an annual competition for human-powered 'flying' machines held each summer in Bognor Regis. Contestants launch themselves from the end of the pier; a prize being awarded to the one who glides the furthest distance. Rarely taken completely seriously, the event provides competitors with an opportunity to construct improbable machines complete with outlandish dress. The spectacle drew a sizeable crowd in addition to the local media. Inaugurated in nearby Selsey in 1971, the Birdman transferred to Bognor in 1978 when it had outgrown its original location. Such celebrities as Richard Branson are famous for taking the leap of faith.

The Birdman Event of 2008 was transferred to Worthing at the '11th hour' due to the council instructing some 79 feet (24 m) of pier to be removed in March 2008. This meant that there were question marks over the possible safety of the contestants landing in shallower water. Worthing is now the official home of the competition.^[18]

Music scene & festivals

Each year Bognor Rox is held on Bognor Prom, where two stages are set up for artists to perform.^[19]

Theatre and cinema

The Alexandra Theatre is a 352 seat auditorium showing a variety of entertainment from comedy to drama to pantomime. It replaced the Esplanade Theatre in the late 1970s. It is well supported by local people and intends to stay where it is in spite of plans to demolish it.

Bognor Regis is the home of the Regis School of Music and possibly the largest classical guitar society in the UK, the West Sussex Guitar Club.

The film The Punch and Judy Man, starring Tony Hancock, was made in Bognor Regis. Several scenes of the film Wish You Were Here, were also filmed in Bognor Regis.

External scenes from the comedy series "Hope It Rains" starring Tom Bell and Holly Aird were filmed on the esplanade at Bognor.

More recently, the BBC TV series Jekyll (TV series) had several scenes throughout the series set in Bognor.

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