Faygate

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Faygate
Sussex
Location
Grid reference: TQ218342
Location: 51°5’40"N, 0°15’43"W
Data
Post town: Horsham
Postcode: RH12 4
Dialling code: 01293
Local Government
Council: Horsham
Parliamentary
constituency:
Horsham

Faygate is a village in Sussex, on the A264 road three miles south-west of Crawley. It has a railway station on the Arun Valley Line with trains connecting to London and Portsmouth. The village is in the green belt between Crawley and Horsham.

The village of Faygate is directly north west of Colgate, across the A264 road and west of Kilnwood Vale. Other nearby settlements include Lambs Green, Rusper and Pease Pottage.

The name 'Faygate' was first recorded in 1614.[1]

Outside links

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References

  1. Rusper: Victoria County History of Sussex