Ashington,_West_Sussex

Ashington, West Sussex

Ashington, West Sussex

Human settlement in England

Ashington is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A24 road 3 miles (4.8 km) north-east of Storrington.

Quick Facts Area, Population ...

The parish has a land area of 805 hectares (1,990 acres). In the 2001 census 2351 people lived in 905 households, of whom 1286 were economically active. The 2011 Census population was 2,526[2]

Amenities and transport

The ancient Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul.

Ashington won two regional categories (Business and Community Life) in the Calor Village of the Year competition in 2001 and was the overall Southern region winner in 2003.[3]

Metrobus operate bus route 23 which links the village to Worthing, Horsham and Crawley.

Sport

Ashington Cougars has football teams from under 6 to under 16 and play in the Horsham and District Youth Football League. Starting in 1999, it attained Charter Development status with Sussex FA in 2009. In 2011 the club were a finalist in the Sussex "Sports Club of the Year" awards where it was recognised for its work in player and community development.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "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. [2]
    "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  3. [3]
    Calor results website Archived September 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  4. [4]
    "F A CHARTER STANDARD CLUBS" (PDF). The FA. 10 January 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2011.


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