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{{Short description|Market town in West Sussex, England}}
{{about|the town in England|}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name            = Arundel
| country                  = England
| civil_parish             = Arundel<ref>{{cite web |title=Arundel Town Council Website |url=https://www.arundeltowncouncil.gov.uk/ |website=Arundel Town Council |access-date=28 July 2021 |archive-date=5 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505224419/https://www.arundeltowncouncil.gov.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| region                   = South East England
| static_image_name        = Arundel wikipedia.jpg
| static_image_caption     = Town overlooked by [[Arundel Castle|castle]]
| area_footnotes           = <ref name="WSCC2001">{{Cite web|url=http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/communityandliving/census2001/pop_parish_summary.pdf |title=2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish |publisher=West Sussex County Council |access-date=26 March 2009 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608075926/http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/communityandliving/census2001/pop_parish_summary.pdf |archive-date=8 June 2011 }}</ref>
| area_total_km2           = 12.13
| population               = 3475
| population_ref           = (civil parish, 2011)<ref name=ons>[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030211201309/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/ |date=11 February 2003 }} [[2011 United Kingdom census]] ''[[Office for National Statistics]]'' Retrieved 21 November 2013</ref>
| os_grid_reference        = TQ018070
| coordinates              = {{coord|50.85439|-0.5539|display=inline,title}}
| post_town                = ARUNDEL
| postcode_area            = BN
| postcode_district        = BN18
| dial_code                = 01903
| constituency_westminster = [[Arundel and South Downs (UK Parliament constituency)|Arundel and South Downs]]
| london_distance          = {{convert|49|mi}} [[Boxing the compass|NNE]]
| shire_district           = [[Arun District|Arun]]
| shire_county             = [[West Sussex]]
}}

'''Arundel''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ær|ə|n|d|əl}} {{Respell|ARR|ən|dəl}} {{Small|or}} {{IPAc-en|local|ˈ|ɑː|n|d|əl}} {{Respell|AHN|dəl}}) is a [[market town]] and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[Arun District]] of the [[South Downs]], West Sussex, England.

The much-conserved town has a [[Arundel Castle|medieval castle]] and [[Arundel Cathedral|Roman Catholic cathedral]]. Arundel has a museum and comes second behind much larger [[Chichester]] in its number of [[listed building]]s in West Sussex.  The [[River Arun]] runs through the eastern side of the town.

Arundel was one of the boroughs reformed by the [[Municipal Reform Act 1835]]. From 1836 to 1889 the town had its own Borough police force with a strength of three.<ref>Neville Poulsom, Mike Rumble and Keith Smith ''Sussex Police forces; a pictorial history from 1836 to 1986'' (Middleton Press) (1987) {{ISBN|0 906520 436}}</ref> In [[Local Government Act 1972|1974]] it became part of the [[Arun District|Arun district]], and is now a civil parish with a town council.

==Name==
[[File:Arundel 2012 035.jpg|thumb|left|Arundel's old marketplace]]

The name comes from the [[Old English]] {{lang|ang|Hārhūnedell}}, meaning 'valley of [[Marrubium vulgare|horehound]]', and was first recorded in the [[Domesday Book]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Open Domesday: Arundel|url=https://opendomesday.org/place/TQ0107/arundel/|access-date=19 November 2022|archive-date=27 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127062806/https://opendomesday.org/place/TQ0107/arundel/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Hanks, Patrick|author2=Hodges, Flavia|author3=Mills, A. D.|author4=Room, Adrian|title=The Oxford Names Companion|date=2002|location=Oxford|publisher=the University Press|isbn=0198605617|page=1011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Sussex/Arundel|title=Key to English Place-names|website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk|access-date=18 July 2021|archive-date=29 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629031247/http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Sussex/Arundel|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Folk etymology]], however, connects the name with the [[Old French]] word {{lang|fro|arondelle}}, meaning 'swallow', and swallows appear on the town's arms.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

==Governance==
[[File:Arundel Town Hall - geograph.org.uk - 1303583.jpg|thumb|left|[[Arundel Town Hall]]]]
An [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] of the same name exists. This ward stretches north to [[Houghton, West Sussex|Houghton]] with a total population at the 2011 census of 4,298.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/arundel-e05007579#sthash.TkrbB1sp.dpbs|title=Ward population 2011|access-date=13 October 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061213/http://www.ukcensusdata.com/arundel-e05007579#sthash.TkrbB1sp.dpbs|url-status=live}}</ref> Arundel Town Council is based at [[Arundel Town Hall]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arundeltowncouncil.gov.uk/|title=WElcome|publisher=Arundel Town Council|access-date=17 April 2022|archive-date=5 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505224419/https://www.arundeltowncouncil.gov.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Arundel 2012 031.jpg|thumb|left|Arundel's old town main street]]

Arundel civil parish occupies an area somewhat larger than its built-up clusters, with the old town towards the north and the new to the south, separated by a main road.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=800372&c=Arundel&d=16&e=15&g=495075&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1207425674189&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |title=Parish Headcounts, Area: Arundel CP |year=2001 |access-date=5 April 2008 |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612132442/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=800372&c=Arundel&d=16&e=15&g=495075&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1207425674189&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |archive-date=12 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Image:Arundel, West Sussex - River Arun.jpg|thumb|right|The River Arun at Arundel.]]

Arundel town is a major bridging point over the River Arun as it was the lowest road bridge until the opening of the [[Littlehampton]] swing bridge in 1908. [[Arundel Castle]] was built by the [[Normans]] to protect that vulnerable fairly wooded plain to the north of the valley through the South Downs. The town later grew up on the slope below the castle to the south.<ref>Arundel Castle, Schedule Ancient Monument and Grade I listed building {{National Heritage List for England|num=1012500|access-date=5 May 2014}}</ref> The river was previously called the Tarrant and was renamed after the town by [[antiquarians]] in a [[back-formation]].

Arundel includes meadows to the south but is clustered north of the [[A27 road]], which narrowly avoids the town centre by a short and congested [[single carriageway]] [[bypass route|bypass]]. Plans for a more extensive, [[high-quality dual carriageway]] bypass were debated intensely between 1980 and 2010 and a junction was built for it at Crossbush. In Spring 2018, [[Highways England]] published their preferred route for the new bypass.<ref name="a27arundelbypass">{{Cite web|url=https://highwaysengland.citizenspace.com/he/a27-arundel-bypass/results/a27arundelbypassprabrochure-webversion-final-100518.pdf|publisher=Highways England|title=A27 Arundel Bypass Preferred route announcement|access-date=16 July 2018|archive-date=17 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717013109/https://highwaysengland.citizenspace.com/he/a27-arundel-bypass/results/a27arundelbypassprabrochure-webversion-final-100518.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> During 2018-19 there is a further period of consultation when views on a more detailed design for the {{convert|4|mi|km|0|abbr=off|adj=on|spell=on}} dual carriageway will be sought.

[[Arundel railway station]] is on the [[Arun Valley Line]]. The [[Monarch's Way]] long-distance footpath passes through the town and crosses the river here, while just under {{convert|5|mi|km|0|abbr=off|spell=on}} north and northwest of the town the route of the [[South Downs Way]] runs.

The town itself lies outside the boundaries of the [[South Downs National Park]].

==Society==
[[File:Arundal cathedral from the S.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Arundel cathedral from the South]]
Arundel is home to [[Arundel Castle]], seat of the [[Duke of Norfolk]]; and to [[Arundel Cathedral]], seat of the (Catholic) [[Bishop of Arundel and Brighton]].

On 6 July 2004, Arundel was granted [[Fairtrade Town]] status.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/get_involved/campaigns/fairtrade_towns/default.aspx|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307015351/http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/get_involved/campaigns/fairtrade_towns/default.aspx|url-status=dead|title=Fairtrade town status|archivedate=7 March 2008}}</ref>

People born in Arundel are known locally as Mullets, due to the presence of [[Mullet (fish)|mullet]] in the River Arun.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/content/your-council/news-room/facts-about-west-sussex.en?page=2 |title=Facts about West Sussex |date=23 October 2006 |publisher=West Sussex County Council |access-date=28 March 2009 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608154344/http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/content/your-council/news-room/facts-about-west-sussex.en?page=2 |archive-date=8 June 2009 }}</ref>

Arundel is home to one of the oldest Scout Groups in the world. 1st Arundel (Earl of Arundel's Own) Scout Group was formed in 1908 only a few weeks after [[Scouting]] began.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.arundelscouts.org.uk/magazine/1st%20Arundel%20Scout%20Group%20-%20Forward%20Once%20More%20-%20Jan08.pdf |title=Forward! Once more... |date=January 2008 |work=Newsletter Issue 1 |publisher=Arundel Scout Group |page=1 |access-date=16 March 2009 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309051251/http://www.arundelscouts.org.uk/magazine/1st%20Arundel%20Scout%20Group%20-%20Forward%20Once%20More%20-%20Jan08.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2012 }}</ref> Based in an HQ in Green Lane Close, it has active sections of [[Beaver Scouts (The Scout Association)|Beaver Scouts]], [[Cub Scouts]] and Scouts.
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==Sport and leisure==

Arundel has a [[non-League football]] club [[Arundel F.C.]] which plays at Mill Road.

The town also has [[Arundel Castle Cricket Ground|its own cricket ground]] at the castle, often cited as being one of the country's most picturesque.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/england/content/ground/56747.html |title=Cricinfoengland |access-date=16 March 2008 |archive-date=25 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725190542/http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/england/content/ground/56747.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It hosts [[Sussex County Cricket Club]] for a number of games each season.

==Notable people==
[[File:The Church of St Nicholas at Arundel, West Sussex - geograph.org.uk - 1650633.jpg|thumb|The [[Arundel Priory|Church of St Nicholas, Arundel]]]]
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*[[Christopher Alexander]], architect.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.patternlanguage.com/bios/whoswho.htm|title=Professor Christopher Alexander|publisher=International Who's Who|access-date=27 April 2022|archive-date=7 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407155930/https://www.patternlanguage.com/bios/whoswho.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Eluned Allen-Williams]], Girl Guide executive, in 1975 became the first woman to hold position of chair on the Arundel bench<ref>{{cite news |date=1975-11-14 |work=Worthing Herald |author=<!--Not stated-->   |title=JPs first woman chairman |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001920/19751114/427/0029 |page=29 |location=Worthing, UK }}</ref>
*[[Mary Cuningham Chater|Mary Chater]], composer, Music Advisor to the Girl Guides and Justice of the Peace for Arundel from 1945 to 1961.<ref>{{cite news |date=23 September 1955 |newspaper=Littlehampton Gazette |title=Bird flew in the face of the law |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001927/19550923/022/0002 |location= Littlehampton, U.K. |page=2 |access-date=21 September 2021  |quote=Miss Mary Chater, a magistrate, drew the chairman's attention to the blue-tit}}</ref>
*[[Derek Davis (artist)|Derek Davis]], [[Pottery|potter]] and [[Painting|painter]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/derek-davis-eclectic-painter-and-potter-928814.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120032710/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/derek-davis-eclectic-painter-and-potter-928814.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 November 2010|title=Derek Davis: Eclectic painter and potter|last=Cooper|first=Emmanuel|date=13 September 2008|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=13 September 2008}}</ref>
*[[Judy Geeson]], actress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/judy-geeson/|title=Judy Geeson|publisher=Classic Movie Hub|access-date=27 April 2022|archive-date=10 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910214718/http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/judy-geeson/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel|St Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel]], part of the court of Queen [[Elizabeth I]] and a martyr for the Catholic faith.<ref>{{cite book |contribution-url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07503a.htm |author-link=John Hungerford Pollen (Jesuit) |author-last=Pollen |author-first=John Hungerford |contribution=Ven Philip Howard |title=[[Catholic Encyclopedia|The Catholic Encyclopedia]] |volume=7 |editor-link=Charles George Herbermann |editor-last=Herberman |editor-first=Charles George |location=New York |publisher=Robert Appleton Company |date=1910 |via=New Advent |access-date=4 April 2013 |archive-date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720001214/https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07503a.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon]], teacher and artist, was born in nearby [[Littlehampton]] and lived in Arundel as a child.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IAM_BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA22|title=Picturing Canada: A History of Canadian Children's Illustrated Books and Publishing|first1= Gail |last1=Edwards|first2= Judith |last2=Saltman|year=2014|page=22|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-1442622821}}</ref>
*[[C. E. M. Joad]], [[philosopher]] and [[Radio presenter|broadcaster]], wrote many books at South Stoke Farm near Arundel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/opinion/letters/memories-of-prof-cem-joad-2354856|title=Memories of Prof CEM Joad|date=4 February 2013|publisher=Sussex World|access-date=27 April 2022|archive-date=7 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407155930/https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/opinion/letters/memories-of-prof-cem-joad-2354856|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[George MacDonald]], pastor of [[Trinity Congregational Church, Arundel|Trinity Congregational Church]], 1850.<ref>{{cite web |title=George MacDonald |url=https://www.wheaton.edu/academics/academic-centers/wadecenter/authors/george-macdonald/ |website=Wheaton College |access-date=19 June 2018 |archive-date=20 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620074158/https://www.wheaton.edu/academics/academic-centers/wadecenter/authors/george-macdonald/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Liam Treadwell]], jockey.<ref>{{cite news|title=Grand National winner Liam Treadwell offered chance to fix teeth for free|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/horseracing/5203611/Grand-National-winner-Liam-Treadwell-offered-chance-to-fix-teeth-for-free.html|work=The Telegraph|date=23 April 2009|access-date=6 August 2018|archive-date=26 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426235045/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/horseracing/5203611/Grand-National-winner-Liam-Treadwell-offered-chance-to-fix-teeth-for-free.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Amberley Working Museum]]
*[[An Arundel Tomb]], a poem by [[Philip Larkin]]
*[[Arundel Museum]]
*[[Earl of Arundel|Earls of Arundel]]
** [[Roger de Montgomery]] (died 1094), also known as Roger the Great de Montgomery
*[[Fitzalan Chapel]]
*[[List of places of worship in Arun]]
*[[Portsmouth and Arundel Canal]]
*[[South Marsh Mill, Arundel]]
*[[Sussex in the High Middle Ages]]
*[[Tortington]]
*[[WWT Arundel]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.arundeltowncouncil.gov.uk/ Town Council]
*{{OpenDomesday|TQ0107|arundel|Arundel}}

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