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Revision as of 23:49, 9 September 2005 by Mindmatrix (talk | contribs) (re-stub to {{Sussex-geo-stub}})(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Angmering is a large village between Littlehampton and Worthing in West Sussex, England. It is located approximately 2 miles (3 km) north of the English Channel (La Manche); Worthing and Littlehampton are about 4 miles (6 km) to the east and west respectively.
The parish is about 7 miles (10 km) long (from north to south) and 2 miles (3 km) wide and covers some 19 square kilometres. Its roots stretch back to the Bronze Age and it is also the site of a substantial Roman Villa.
The village has a church (St Margaret's, designed by Samuel Sanders Teulon in 1852), two schools, several small shops, a post office and many historic houses from the 1600s onwards. It is in a semi-rural area with many farms. With the building of the Bramley Green development, the population in 2005 is close to 8000.
Near Angmering is Highdown Hill, a National Trust property where one can picnic on the smooth grass near the edges of a former chalk quarry.
Famous residents
- Lifeboat captain Charles Pelham lived in the area.
Twinning
Since 1976, Angmering has been twinned with the French village of Ouistreham, which is in the Calvados region of Normandy.
External links
- Angmering website has approximately 100 pages of local history, photographs and other resources