page_title: Teville Gate
section_title: Previous uses of the site
hierarchical_section_title: Teville Gate / Previous uses of the site
caption_attribution_description: English: Worthing's white elephant This multi-storey car park at the junction of Teville Road (A2031) and Broadwater Road (A24),Worthing is due for redevelopment.
context_page_description: Teville Gate is a construction site and car park in Worthing in West Sussex, England. Covering about 1.4 hectares the site lies at the main entrance to the town centre of Worthing for both rail, via Worthing railway station, and road, via the A24 and A27. The site is bounded by Railway Approach to the north, the A24 Broadwater Road to the east, the A2031 Teville Road to the south and Grand Victorian Hotel to the west.
  Teville Gate takes its name from the former tollgate that stood on the site for the Worthing to West Grinstead turnpike, close to the Teville Stream which flows through the area.
context_section_description: Teville Common - in the 17th to early 19th centuries land by the Teville Stream formed the Teville Common, which was used as common land for the grazing of livestock.  When the direct Worthing to West Grinstead turnpike opened in 1802 a turnpike gate was put up near the Teville pond.  The gate was removed in 1823 following protests.
  Victorian houses - over the 19th century, homes were built along Teville Road (previously Vapours Lane) and Railway Approach
  Teville Gate shopping centre - was built in the 1960s.  Its multi-storey car park was demolished in June 2018.  The £1.6 million demolition cost was funded from the Local Growth Fund provided by the Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership.
caption: The multi-storey car park at the former Teville Gate shopping centre was demolished in 2018
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