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Felpham | |
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The B2259/B2132 junction | |
Location within West Sussex | |
Area | 4.26 km2 (1.64 sq mi) [1] |
Population | 9,746 (2011)[2] |
• Density | 2,255/km2 (5,840/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | SZ949998 |
• London | 54 miles (87 km) NNE |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BOGNOR REGIS |
Postcode district | PO22 |
Dialling code | 01243 |
Police | Sussex |
Fire | West Sussex |
Ambulance | South East Coast |
UK Parliament | |
Website | http://www.felphampc.gov.uk/ |
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.