Ferring is a village and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. It is part of the built-up area of Worthing and is accessed along the A259 road 3 miles (4.8 km) west of the town - comprising North Down Farm and Highdown Hill to the north and the town itself to the south, with approximately equal size green buffers to the town in size, to east and west. In the 2001 census 4361 people lived in 2179 households, of whom 1423 were economically active.