Cowfold

Cowfold

Coordinates: 50°59′23″N 0°16′21″W / 50.98975°N 0.27256°W / 50.98975; -0.27256

Cowfold
Cowfold junction.JPG
Cowfold is located in West Sussex
Cowfold

 Cowfold shown within West Sussex
Area  19.26 km2 (7.44 sq mi) [1]
Population 1,864 [1] 2001 Census
    - Density  97 /km2 (250 /sq mi)
OS grid reference TQ213225
    - London  36 miles (58 km) N 
Parish Cowfold
District Horsham
Shire county West Sussex
Region South East
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
UK Parliament Horsham
Website http://www.cowfold-pc.gov.uk/
List of places: UK • England • West Sussex

Cowfold is a village and civil parish between Billingshurst and Haywards Heath in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, located at the intersection of the A272 and A281 roads. The parish has a land area of 1926 hectares (4756 acres). In the 2001 census 1,864 people lived in 729 households, of whom 987 were economically active.

The village has two pubs and some shops. The thirteenth century Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter. At Parkminster, formerly Picknoll Farm, is St. Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster, the only post-Reformation Carthusian monastery in the United Kingdom.[2] An Éolienne Bollée there has been restored.

Sport

Cowfold F.C. participate in the West Sussex Premier League, in tier 11 of the English football league system.

References

External links

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