| Billingshurst
The town of Billingshurst is located eight miles west of Hosham
and straddles the historic Roman road called Stane Street. It's high street
sits on one of the longest straighht roads in Sussex and the coaching
inn is one of the oldest buildings in the town.

The village has a secondary school and a sixth form college, known together
as The Weald School. Billingshurst Infant and Junior Schools are situated
near to The Weald. A decision was taken in 2009 to combine these two schools
into the new Billingshurst Primary School.
The Weald School site contains a leisure centre with swimming pool and
gym which is open to the public. A new sports area, Jubilee Fields, contains
football pitches, two cricket pitches and pavilion, a fishing lake, and
an exercise (trim trail) path. Other facilities in the village include
a tennis club and a lawn bowling club.
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