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Worthing · West Sussex
Solid oak is one piece of timber from face to back, 18 mm thick in this range, fixed to a timber base and able to be sanded and refinished for as long as the house stands. In Worthing roughly one home in 3 is a flat (35%), so sound through the floor matters alongside the base under it.
Solid Wood in Worthing
The Worthing district counts 49,538 households in the 2021 census, and the mix of houses and flats in that count is what decides how a solid wood floor is specified here.
Flats are 35% of the homes in the Worthing district, and a flat is usually the wrong place for a solid board: the base is often concrete, the lease usually has an impact-sound clause, and a solid floor cannot be floated on an acoustic underlay. In a converted house with a timber floor and no clause, it can work; in a purpose-built block, an engineered board over acoustic underlay is the right answer and the wood looks the same.
Owner-occupation is 68% in Worthing, and that is the buyer solid oak is made for. A floor that can be sanded and refinished for as long as the house stands is bought once. In Worthing the older houses with timber floors are the natural home for it, and the finish, oiled or lacquered, decides how it is looked after rather than how long it lasts.
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All 15 solid wood floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, Worthing (E07000229) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across Worthing and West Sussex. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Goring-by-Sea, Ferring, Lancing, Shoreham-by-Sea, Findon and the surrounding coastal and South Downs areas.
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The Windsor boards come in 90, 125 and 150 mm widths and in brushed, smooth, hand-scraped and smoked faces; Windsor Narrow Smooth Solid Oak suits a hallway or a small room, Windsor Solid Smoked Oak a larger one. The Marlow Solid Natural Oak Parquet Blocks are the solid answer to a herringbone floor. None of the solid range is listed for underfloor heating.
| Product | Format | Wear layer / thickness | Fitting | Underfloor heating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor Narrow Brushed Solid Oak Wood Flooring 18 x 90 | 18mm x 90mm x RL | 18mm thick | Tongue & Groove | Not Compatible |
| Windsor Narrow Smooth Solid Oak Wood Flooring 18 x 90 | 18mm x 90mm x RL | 18mm thick | Tongue & Groove | Not Compatible |
| Windsor Solid Coffee Hand Scraped Oak Wood Flooring 18 x 125 | 18mm x 125mm x RL | 18mm thick | Tongue & Groove | Not Compatible |
| Windsor Solid Brushed Oak Wood Flooring 18 x 125 | 18mm x 125mm x RL | 18mm thick | Tongue & Groove | Not Compatible |
| Windsor Solid Smooth Oak Wood Flooring 18 x 150 | 18mm x 150mm x RL | 18mm thick | Tongue & Groove | Not Compatible |
| Windsor Solid Smoked Oak Wood Flooring 18 x 150 | 18mm x 150mm x RL | 18mm thick | Tongue & Groove | Not Compatible |
| Marlow Solid Natural Oak Parquet Blocks 18 x 90 x 300 | 18mm x 90mm x 300mm | 18mm thick | Tongue & Groove | Not Compatible |
| Marlow Solid Unfinished Oak Parquet Blocks 18 x 90 x 300 | 18mm x 90mm x 300mm | 18mm thick | Tongue & Groove | Not Compatible |
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Our West Sussex delivery covers: Worthing, Broadwater, Goring-by-Sea, Tarring, Findon Valley, West Worthing, Durrington, High Salvington, Salvington, Offington, East Worthing, Ferring, Lancing, Sompting, Shoreham-by-Sea, Findon, Angmering, Rustington, Steyning, Storrington and the surrounding West Sussex coastal and South Downs area
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Worthing in the 2021 census: 49,538 households, 65% houses, 35% flats.
Broadwater, Goring, Durrington, Heene, Offington and Marine all sit inside BN11, BN13 and BN14. Flats total 35.3% of the stock in this part of West Sussex, 23.9% in purpose-built blocks and 9.0% converted out of former houses, while social renting is low at 9.8% against 67.5% owned. Conversions are the awkward category, because the floor between two dwellings was never designed as a separating structure: it is timber, it flexes, and it passes footfall straight downwards. A floating system over a resilient layer, with skirtings kept clear of the finish, is the honest answer there. Purpose-built blocks are usually concrete and more forgiving, though the lease still governs what may be laid.
Worthing blends Regency and Victorian seafront terraces with extensive interwar and postwar suburban semis in Broadwater, Goring and Durrington. This regenerating Sussex resort now attracts a growing market of young families priced out of Brighton alongside downsizers, drawn by coastal living, period charm and more affordable, spacious homes near the sea.
A pallet cannot be left in a communal hallway, a lift may not take a long board, and a stairwell with a tight turn sets a hard limit on what can be carried up. Where access is awkward, a shorter board format solves in the ordering what would otherwise be improvised.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
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For a room with a timber floor structure and a steady climate, yes: it is fixed to the joists as the original floor was, and it can be sanded and refinished for decades. For a concrete ground floor, a flat with a sound clause or a heated screed, the engineered range is the right oak.
The solid range is not listed for underfloor heating. Every engineered board in the range is, so a heated floor in Worthing points to that range.
Keep the room climate steady, keep grit off the surface with a mat at the door, and clean it dry or barely damp. An oiled floor is re-oiled where it wears; a lacquered one is recoated when the film dulls. The care guides linked below take each finish in turn.
Yes — a Regency seafront house takes wood, with two allowances. Salt air keeps the humidity higher than inland, so engineered board holds its shape better than solid; and a matt surface carries the fine grit that comes in from the beach without showing every mark.
Yes. We deliver across Worthing and West Sussex from our UK warehouse, including the BN11, BN13 and BN14 postcode districts. Delivery cost and timing depend on the delivery postcode and are shown at checkout, and samples come by post first so the floor can be seen in the room before the full order.
Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Worthing address. Two or three side by side on the floor, in the room's own light morning and evening, settle the colour faster than any photograph.
All ranges
Every range and room for Worthing, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
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Parquetin Worthing15 floors
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SPC Rigid Vinylin Worthing36 floors
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