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Also known as Billingshurst, West Sussex

Billingshurst is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. The village lies on the A29 road (the Roman Stane Street) at its crossroads with the A272, south-west of Horsham and north-east of Pulborough.

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Place details

Locality
Horsham
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
6,911
Timezone
Europe/London

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

UK place.official_name
Billingshurst
UK place.static_image_name
St Mary's Church, Billingshurst.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
St Mary's Church
UK place.area_total_km2
32.19
UK place.population
8,232
UK place.population_ref
(2011)
UK place.os_grid_reference
TQ087259
UK place.london_distance
NNE
UK place.civil_parish
Billingshurst
UK place.shire_district
Horsham
UK place.shire_county
West Sussex
UK place.region
South East England
UK place.country
England
UK place.post_town
BILLINGSHURST
UK place.postcode_area
RH
UK place.postcode_district
RH14
UK place.dial_code
01403
UK place.constituency_westminster
Horsham

via Wikipedia infobox

Official website

Home - Billingshurst Parish Council

billingshurst.gov.uk

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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • Toponymy
  • History
  • Community facilities
  • Transport
  • Religious sites
  • Sport
  • Notable people
  • Film and cultural appearances
  • References
  • Citations
  • Bibliography
  • External links

Billingshurst is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. The village lies on the A29 road (the Roman Stane Street) at its crossroads with the A272, south-west of Horsham and north-east of Pulborough.

The civil parish has a land area of and at the 2001 census had 2,677 households and a population of 6,531 people, which increased to 8,232 at the 2011 census. In the 2021 census, the population grew to 9,127.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Billingshurst” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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