OS grid reference SU984100 Region South East Sovereign state United Kingdom Local time Friday 1:37 PM District Arun UK parliament constituency Arundel and South Downs | Civil parish Madehurst Country England Area 7.66 km² Shire county West Sussex Dialling code 01903 | |
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Population 120 (Civil Parish.2011) Weather 10°C, Wind W at 21 km/h, 65% Humidity | ||
Madehurst is a small village and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England on the south slopes of the South Downs in the South Downs National Park. It is three miles (5 km) north-west of Arundel, to the west of the A29 road. The village of Madehurst is in two well-wooded valleys, listed in park guides.
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Map of Madehurst, UK
Economy
Many of the few inhabitants are farmers, retired or commute as far afield as London, Portsmouth or Brighton.
The parish church
The Anglican parish church, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, is built of local flint. It was restored and enlarged in 1864, when the north aisle and a new chancel were added.
Notable residents
Theodora Elizabeth Lynch, the novelist, was born here in 1813.
Edmund Cooper (science fiction and short story writer) lived in the village until the early 1970s, and wrote there.
Recreation
For its population, the village has a notable Cricket Club. A new pavilion was completed in 2011 which features luxury showers. The view from near Dale Park Farm over New Barn Farm towards Parletts Farm is elevated stretching for tens of miles and open to public visits. A listed walk and marked path is to the local summit at Bignor Post: this starts from Chichester Lodge (on the A29) in the south-west, proceeds through The Drove, New Barn and Parletts farms and finishes at Stammers Wood in the north-west. Other paths scale the local slopes, including The Denture along part of the northern boundary which nearby joins the Monarch's Way through the hills. The parish aside from its aged cluster has been kept mostly undeveloped; before the creation of the National Park, consistently new buildings, residential or commercial, have proven to be against applicable planning policies since the 1950s.