Cowfold

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Cowfold
Cowfold (West Sussex)
Cowfold

Cowfold shown within West Sussex
OS grid reference TQ213225
Parish Cowfold
District Horsham
Shire county West Sussex
Region South East
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Sussex
Fire West Sussex
Ambulance South East Coast
European Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Horsham
List of places: UKEnglandWest Sussex

Coordinates: 50°59′23″N 0°16′21″W / 50.98975, -0.27256

Cowfold is a village and civil parish between Billingshurst and Haywards Heath in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, located at the intersection of the A272 and A281 roads. The parish has a land area of 1925.6 hectares (4756 acres). In the 2001 census 1864 people lived in 729 households, of whom 987 were economically active.

The village has two pubs and some shops. The thirteen-century Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Peter.[1] There is a Carthusian monastery dedicated to St Hugh at Parkminster.[2] An Éolienne Bollée there has been restored.

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  1. ^ Sussex Coast
  2. ^ Cowfold Parish Council

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