Fittleworth

Fittleworth
The southern approach at The Swan
Fittleworth is located in West Sussex
Fittleworth
Fittleworth
Location within West Sussex
Area11.64 km2 (4.49 sq mi) [1]
Population978 2011 Census[2]
• Density80/km2 (210/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTQ009194
• London42 miles (68 km) NNE
Civil parish
  • Fittleworth
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPULBOROUGH
Postcode districtRH20
Dialling code01798
PoliceSussex
FireWest Sussex
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
List of places
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West Sussex
50°57′55″N 0°33′50″W / 50.96527°N 0.56381°W / 50.96527; -0.56381

Fittleworth is a village and civil parish in the District of Chichester in West Sussex, England located seven kilometres (4 miles) west from Pulborough on the A283 road and three miles (5 km) south east from Petworth. The village has an Anglican church, a primary school and one pub, The Swan. It is within the ancient divisions of the Bury Hundred and the Rape (county subdivision) of Arundel. The village is bounded south by the Rother Navigation.

In the 2001 census the parish covered 1,164  hectares (2,875 acres) and had 405 households with a total population of 931 people, of whom 434 were economically active.[1] The 2011 Census included the hamlets of Egdean and Stopham and had a population of 978.[2]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b "Civil parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2015.