East Grinstead

East Grinstead
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East Grinstead is located in West Sussex
East Grinstead
East Grinstead
Location within West Sussex
Area24.43 km2 (9.43 sq mi) [1]
Population26,383 
• Density980/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTQ395385
• London26 mi (42 km) N
Civil parish
  • East Grinstead
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townEAST GRINSTEAD
Postcode districtRH19
Dialling code01342
PoliceSussex
FireWest Sussex
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
Websitewww.eastgrinstead.gov.uk Edit this at Wikidata
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UK
England
West Sussex
51°7′43″N 0°0′52″W / 51.12861°N 0.01444°W / 51.12861; -0.01444

East Grinstead is a town in West Sussex, England, near the East Sussex, Surrey, and Kent borders, 27 miles (43 km) south of London, 21 miles (34 km) northeast of Brighton, and 38 miles (61 km) northeast of the county town of Chichester. Situated in the northeast of the county, the civil parish has an area of 2,443.45 hectares (6,037.9 acres). The population at the 2011 Census was 26,383.[2]

Nearby towns include Crawley and Horley to the west, Tunbridge Wells to the east and Redhill and Reigate to the northwest. The town is contiguous with the village of Felbridge to the northwest. Until 1974 East Grinstead was in East Sussex, before joining with Haywards Heath and Burgess Hill as the Mid-Sussex district of West Sussex.

The town is on the Greenwich Meridian. It has many historic buildings, and the Weald and Ashdown Forest lie to the south-east.

  1. ^ 2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish (PDF), West Sussex County Council, archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011, retrieved 7 April 2009
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.