Wisborough Green
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  Wisborough Green shown within West Sussex |
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| OS grid reference | |
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| District | Chichester |
| 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: UK • England • West Sussex | |
Wisborough Green is a village and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex England 2 miles west of Billingshurst on the A272. It has two pubs by a large village green used for playing cricket, and a village shop. St Peter's Church stands on higher ground near a small pond with pollarded willow trees.
The parish has a land area of 1756.9 Hectares (4339.5 acres). The 2001 census recorded a population of 1360 people living in 570 households. 621 people were economically active.
Newbridge where the A272 crosses the River Arun 1 mile east of the village was the highest point of the Arun Navigation, and the southern end of the Wey and Arun Canal. Newbridge Wharfe on the southern side of the bridge was an important part of the local transport system in the nineteenth century.[1]
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- ^ P.A.L.Vine, London's Lost Route to the Sea, Redwood Books 1996
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