Findon, West Sussex

Coordinates: 50°52′06″N 0°24′26″W / 50.8682°N 0.4072°W / 50.8682; -0.4072
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Findon
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWORTHING
Postcode districtBN14
Dialling code01903
PoliceSussex
FireWest Sussex
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
Arundel and South Downs
List of places
UK
England
West Sussex
50°52′06″N 0°24′26″W / 50.8682°N 0.4072°W / 50.8682; -0.4072

Findon is a semi-rural clustered village and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England, 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Worthing.

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name. This ward stretches south west to Patching with a total ward population as at the 2011 census of 2,557.[3]

Geography

The parish is on the slopes of and between two hills:

A24 as it crosses the South Downs: the bypass was constructed in 1938. A modern settlement to the south of the village, inside the boundary of the Borough of Worthing is called Findon Valley. The parish is settled as a nucleated village
at between 128 ft (39 m) and 276 ft (84 m) above sea level (Ordnance Datum) and the South Downs rise to 560 ft (170 m) and 594 ft (181 m) to west and east respectively.

Amenities

The parish church, dedicated to

Saint John the Baptist. It boasts many annual events, including a fireworks display and May Day
celebrations.

Sport and recreation

The Monarch's Way long-distance footpath crosses the village. It is the only significant settlement on the route between Arundel and Bramber.

Culture

Nationally famous stage and screen Actress, Nancy Price, lived with her husband for many years in 'Arcana', a house in Heather Lane, till her death, in 1970.

The village is the host of the Findon Sheep Fair, an annual event held on the second weekend of every September with a history dating back to approximately 1785. The event was historically used for the commercial trading of livestock, though this is no longer practise due to both risk of

foot and mouth disease
and the main road into the village, Long Furlong, becoming unsuitable for livestock herding since the widespread adoption of motor vehicles. At its peak, the fair saw livestock herded in from London, Brighton, Sussex and Surrey of 300 different breeds. Despite changes in its nature, the fair is still a popular event, seeing approximately 7000 visitors each year.

References

  1. ^ "2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish" (PDF). West Sussex County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
  2. United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National Statistics
    Retrieved 10 May 2014
  3. ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  4. ^
    ISBN 0-14-071028-0
    .
  5. ^ "Muntham Court Romano-British site, Findon - 1005850 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2020.

External links

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