Felpham

Felpham
The B2259/B2132 junction
Felpham is located in West Sussex
Felpham
Felpham
Location within West Sussex
Area4.26 km2 (1.64 sq mi) [1]
Population9,746 (2011)[2]
• Density2,255/km2 (5,840/sq mi)
OS grid referenceSZ949998
• London54 miles (87 km) NNE
Civil parish
  • Felpham
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBOGNOR REGIS
Postcode districtPO22
Dialling code01243
PoliceSussex
FireWest Sussex
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
Websitehttp://www.felphampc.gov.uk/
List of places
UK
England
West Sussex
50°47′26″N 0°39′14″W / 50.79046°N 0.65394°W / 50.79046; -0.65394

Felpham (/ˈfelpəm/,[3] sometimes pronounced locally as Felf-fm or Fel-thm) is a village and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. Although sometimes considered part of the urban area of greater Bognor Regis, it is a village and civil parish in its own right, having an area of 1.645 square miles, (4.26 km),2 with a population of 9,611 people that is still growing (2001 census). The population at the 2011 Census was 9,746.[2]

Felpham lies on the B2259 coastal road.

The 12th century Anglican parish church is dedicated to the Virgin Mary.[4] There is also a Methodist church close to the three-way junction of Felpham Way, Flansham Lane and Middleton Road, in the east of the village.

  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. ^ a b "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  3. ^ Jones, Daniel (2011), Roach, Peter; Setter, Jane; Esling, John (eds.), Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (18 ed.), Cambridge University Press, p. 185, ISBN 978-0-521-76575-6
  4. ^ Nairn, Ian; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1965). The Buildings of England: Sussex. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 219. ISBN 0-14-071028-0.