Nuthurst facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Nuthurst |
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Sedgwick Park |
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Area | 16.97 km2 (6.55 sq mi) |
Population | 1,711 2001 Census 1,777 (civil parish 2011) |
• Density | 101/km2 (260/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | TQ192261 |
• London | 34 miles (55 km) NNE |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | HORSHAM |
Postcode district | RH13 |
Dialling code | 01403 |
Police | Sussex |
Fire | West Sussex |
Ambulance | South East Coast |
EU Parliament | South East England |
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Nuthurst is a village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England. The north of the parish borders Horsham town, with Nuthurst village 3 miles (5 km) south from the border. Within the parish is the estate and largely 19th-century country house of Sedgwick Park.
Geography and Demography
Nuthurst parish is approximately 35 miles (60 km) south from London, and 25 miles (40 km) north-east from the county town of Chichester. The parish is towards the north and at the east of the Horsham district of West Sussex.
Parish land area is 4,191 acres (1,697 hectares). Apart from six nucleated settlements and dispersed residential properties, the parish is entirely rural and agricultural, delineated by farms and woods. Settlements are the parish village of Nuthurst, approximately at the centre, Mannings Heath, a dormitory for Horsham and the largest parish village at the north-east, and the hamlets of Monk's Gate between Nuthurst village and Mannings Heath, Copsale and Maplehurst at the south, and Sedgwick, a hamlet attached to Sedgwick Park to the west. The only major road in the parish is the Horsham to Brighton A281 that runs through Mannings Heath.
Adjacent parishes are Horsham (town) at the north, Colgate at the north-east, Lower Beeding at the east, Cowfold at the south-east, West Grinstead at the south, Shipley at the south-west, and Southwater at the west. The River Arun forms the northern border between Nuthurst and Horsham.
In the 2001 census 1,711 people lived in 702 households, of whom 875 were economically active. At the 2011 Census the population had increased slightly to 1,777.