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| Cowfold | |
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  Cowfold Location within West Sussex | |
| Area | 19.26 km2 (7.44 sq mi) [1] |
| Population | 1,864 [1] 2001 Census 1,904 (2011 Census)[2] |
| • Density | 97/km2 (250/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TQ213225 |
| • London | 36 miles (58 km) N |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HORSHAM |
| Postcode district | RH13 |
| Dialling code | 01403 |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | West Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | http://www.cowfold-pc.gov.uk/ |
Cowfold is a village and civil parish between Billingshurst and Haywards Heath in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. The village is at the intersection of the A272 and A281 roads. The parish has a land area of 1,926 hectares (4,760 acres). In the 2001 census 1,864 people lived in 729 households, of whom 987 were economically active. The population at the 2011 Census had risen to 1,904.[2]
The village has a shop, café, Indian restaurant, beauty salon, hairdressers, barbers, VW motor service centre and lawn-mower shop. The 'Hare and Hounds' pub is also to the south of the village. The thirteenth-century Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter. At Parkminster, to the south of the village, is St. Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster, formerly Picknoll Farm, the only post-Reformation Carthusian monastery in the United Kingdom.[3] An Éolienne Bollée there has been restored.[citation needed]
The village has a scout group, which meets in the local scout hut on the playing field, and a guide group, which meets in the school hall.[4]
- ^ 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 28 September 2016.
- ^ "Cowfold Overview". Cowfold Parish Council. Archived from the original on 5 January 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
- ^ Cowfold Parish Council, Our Village, accessed 25 April 2024
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