Autumn Lectures: The Archaeology of the Adur Valley

James Sainsbury, curator at Worthing Museum, is taking over the Richmond Room on Tuesday 10 November for a talk on the archaeology of the river Adur. It runs from 18:30 to 20:00, and it's part of the museum's Autumn Lectures, a series of eight talks Sainsbury is delivering that cover everything from the prehistoric archaeology of Worthing and the wider area to the dawn of photography and the town's development in the 19th and 20th centuries. This one is a brand-new addition to that line-up.

Sainsbury traces the archaeology of the Adur and its valley from the Palaeolithic through to the arrival of the Normans, following the water from the port of Shoreham up to Henfield. Along the way, he stops at Erringham, Botolphs, Edburton and Bramber, the latter home to a Norman church and castle. It's a long stretch of history to cover in one evening, and the route takes you from the coast up into the valley, so it's as much about the landscape as it is about the finds.

The Richmond Room is an intimate space attached to the Assembly Hall on Stoke Abbott Road, BN11 1HE. It's usually used as a training or meeting space, for smaller fairs and AGMs, and it comes with its own private bar, a kitchen surface area and an inbuilt projector and screen. It's fully wheelchair accessible, and the age guidance is 16+. Tickets start from £10.75 plus a £0.75 transaction fee.