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  Storrington Location withinWest Sussex | |
| OS grid reference | TQ087142 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PULBOROUGH |
| Postcode district | RH20 |
| Dialling code | 01903 |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | West Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
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Storrington is a town and formercivil parish, now in the parish ofStorrington and Sullington, in theHorsham district ofWest Sussex, England. Storrington lies at the foot of the north side of theSouth Downs. As of 2021[update] it had a population of around 6,000.[1] It has one main shopping street (High Street). TheA283 road runs directly through the town and connects Storrington toSteyning in the east andPulborough in the west. It is three miles (five kilometres) west ofWashington.
Storrington is listed in theDomesday Book as "Estorchestone", meaning a place well known forstorks. A charter to hold a regular market on Wednesdays was granted byHenry IV in 1400, together with permissions for three fairs during the year, on Mayday, Wednesday ofWhit week and theFeast of Martin on 11 November.[2]Tanning andblacksmithing were also important industries and only in the 20th century did these roles fade away. Rabbit breeding was another significant industry reflected in a number of local place names including 'The Warren', 'Warren Hill', 'Sullington Warren' and 'Warren Croft'. This working/small industry background has however, left little behind architecturally.Nikolaus Pevsner, noted only the small door in Browns Lane, the church, and theDominicanconvent known as theAbbey to be historically significant.
TheCinema Museum, London holds home movies of Storrington from 1950.[3]
In 1961 the parish had a population of 2784.[4] On 1 April 2003 the parish was abolished and merged withSullington to form "Storrington & Sullington".[5]
Since 1945 Storrington has expanded with a variety of housing projects which enlarged the village.[6] It is possible to be in open countryside in a few minutes from the town centre when walking towards the downs or one of the commons.
The nearest towns areWorthing, approximately 10 mi (16 km) to the south, followed byHorsham, approximately 13 mi (21 km) to the north. The nearest train stations are atPulborough andAmberley. Current public transport provision consists of two hourly bus routes: the 1 between Worthing andMidhurst (operated byStagecoach South), and the 100 betweenBurgess Hill and Pulborough (operated by Compass Travel), both stopping at the bus station outside of Waitrose.
From the town centre there is walking access to the 100-mile-long (160-kilometre) trail, theSouth Downs Way. From Chantry Hill or Kithurst Hill there are views across theEnglish Channel to the south and opposite, to theNorth Downs. On a clear day you can see theIsle of Wight.[7]
Kithurst Hill which rises steeply above the village is marked at the summit by atrig point, 699 feet (213 metres) above sea level.
Sport and leisure facilities include a recreation ground withfootball andcricket pitches and aleisure centre. Storrington has aNon-League football clubStorrington F.C., who play at the recreation ground.
Storrington is thinly disguised as the home of the home team inHugh de Sélincourt's 1924 novelThe Cricket Match, complete with chestnut trees and duck pond. In later editions a cartoon map of the town is used as end pages. John Parker wrote what was effectively a sequel inThe Village Cricket Match in 1977.[8]
St Joseph's Hall in Greyfriars Lane is a Grade II listed[9] former residence of theBishop of Arundel and Brighton. It was built as a private house for US businessman George Trotter in 1910, and then sold to a Frenchreligious order, theNorbertines. In 1956 it was used byVincent and Nona Byrne as a home for refugees from the Hungarian uprising.[10]
Parham Park, towards Pulborough, is a country house with rolling parkland with a large herd of maintained deer. It is open most weekends to visitors. There is also the privateEdwin Lutyens builtLittle Thakeham nearby.[11]
Places of worship include St Mary's[12] on Church Street, which is the mainChurch of England place of worship, and thePriory of Our Lady of England[12] on Monastery Lane, which is theRoman Catholic parish church of Storrington. The Roman Catholic bishops ofArundel lived nearby for a while. Other Christian denominations have places as well, including theMethodists andJehovah's Witnesses.
Storrington is twinned with the commune ofVillerest in theLoire department of central France.[13]
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