Ashington, West Sussex

Coordinates: 50°56′01″N 0°23′28″W / 50.93365°N 0.39109°W

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Ashington
St Peter and St Paul's Church
Ashington Location within West Sussex
Area	8.05 km² (3.11 sq mi) ^[1]
Population	2,351 ^[1] 2001 Census 2,526 (2011 Census)^[2]
• Density	292/km² (760/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TQ131161
• London	41 miles (66 km) NNE
Civil parish	Ashington
District	Horsham
Shire county	West Sussex
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PULBOROUGH
Postcode district	RH20
Dialling code	01903

Police	Sussex
Fire	West Sussex
Ambulance	South East Coast

UK Parliament	Arundel and South Downs
Website	http://www.ashingtonpc.org.uk/
List of places UK England West Sussex 50°56′01″N 0°23′28″W / 50.93365°N 0.39109°W / 50.93365; -0.39109

Ashington is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A24 road 3 miles (4.8 km) north-east of Storrington.

The parish has a land area of 805 hectares (1,990 acres). In the 2001 census 2351 people lived in 905 households, of whom 1286 were economically active. The 2011 Census population was 2,526^[2]

Amenities and transport

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The ancient Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul.

Ashington won two regional categories (Business and Community Life) in the Calor Village of the Year competition in 2001 and was the overall Southern region winner in 2003.^[3]

Metrobus operate bus route 23 which links the village to Worthing, Horsham and Crawley.

Sport

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Ashington Cougars has football teams from under 6 to under 16 and play in the Horsham and District Youth Football League. Starting in 1999, it attained Charter Development status with Sussex FA in 2009. In 2011 the club were a finalist in the Sussex "Sports Club of the Year" awards where it was recognised for its work in player and community development.^[4]

References

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^ ^a ^b "2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish" (PDF). West Sussex County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
^ Calor results website Archived September 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ "F A CHARTER STANDARD CLUBS" (PDF). The FA. 10 January 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2011.

External links

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Media related to Ashington, West Sussex at Wikimedia Commons
Ashington in the Domesday Book

v t e Settlements in Horsham District
Towns	Horsham Steyning
Villages and hamlets	Adversane Amberley Annington Ashington Ashurst Barns Green Billingshurst Bines Green Blackstone Botolphs Bramber Broadbridge Heath Broadford Bridge Brooks Green Buncton Codmore Hill Coldwaltham Colgate Coneyhurst Coolham Cootham Copsale Cowfold Crabtree Dial Post Dragon's Green Edburton Faygate Five Oaks Gay Street Graylands Greatham Hardham Heath Common Henfield Itchingfield Kilnwood Vale Kingsfold Lambs Green Littlehaven Littleworth Lower Beeding Mannings Heath Maplehurst Marehill Monk's Gate North Heath North Stoke Nutbourne Nuthurst Old Holbrook Parham Partridge Green Pulborough Rackham Rock Roffey Rowhook Rudgwick Rusper Shermanbury Shipley Slinfold Small Dole Southwater Storrington Sullington Thakeham The Haven Tisman's Common Upper Beeding Warminghurst Warnham Washington Watersfield West Chiltington West Chiltington Common West Grinstead Wiggonholt Wineham Wiston Woodmancote
Civil parishes	List of civil parishes in Horsham district

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