Washington, West Sussex
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox UK placeWashington is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located Template:Convert west of Steyning and Template:Convert east of Storrington on the A24 between Horsham and Worthing. The parish covers an area of Template:Convert. In the 2001 census 1,930 people lived in 703 households, of whom 820 were economically active. At the 2011 Census the population of the civil parish was 1,867.<ref name=ONS/>
The village lies at the foot of the South Downs escarpment. The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Mary. There is one pub, the Frankland Arms, a primary school and a village hall with an adjoining sports field. The hamlet named Rock lies to the north of the A283 road.
Landmarks
Chanctonbury Ring, a hill fort based ring of trees atop Chanctonbury Hill on the South Downs, lies on the border of the parish and the neighbouring parish of Wiston. Chanctonbury Hill is a Site of Special Scientific Interest as an uncommon woodland type on a chalk escarpment, providing habitat for many species including the protected Great Crested Newt.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Notable people
- The composer John Ireland lived in a converted windmill in Washington for the final years of his life and died there.<ref name="Randel1996">Template:Cite book</ref>