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{{Infobox Location
|country = United Kingdom
|state = South East England
|map = <map lat="51.06394999999977" lng="-0.32718999999999904" zoom="11" view="0" float="right" />
|pop = 50,700
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|motorways =
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'''Horsham''' is a city in [[England]].
Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 (2008) on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is 31 miles (50 km) south south-west of London, 18.5 miles (30 km) north-west of Brighton and 26 miles (42 km) north-east of the county town of Chichester. Nearby towns include Crawley to the north-east and Haywards Heath and Burgess Hill to the south-east. It is the administrative and market centre of Horsham District Council area.
[[Broadbridge Heath]] is a small village on the Western outskirts of Horsham. It has the main Tescos supermarket and petrol station as well as a smaller Shell petrol station. Both of these can be good hitching grounds. Alternatively walk through Broadbridge Heath to hitch on the A281 towards [[Godalming]] and [[Guildford]]
If headed towards [[Billingshurst]] and [[Petworth]] walk further to the left and there is a Garden Center on the {{agb|264}} A264 with a good space to pull over.
=== East towards {{mgb|23}}/[[Crawley]] ===
The [[M23]]/[[A23]] {{mgb|23}} is a trunk motorway/road that runs from London to Brighton. It is approximately 6 miles to the East of Horsham and the service station at [[Pease Pottage]] can be used to travel both North and South.
2 spots are ideal for hitching out of [[Horsham]] in this direction. The roundabout on the corner of the A264 as it meets Horsham is a good spot. There is a slight lay-by on the North bound carriage way just after the roundabout and traffic is slower. (Lat 51.084062, Lon 0.289249)
[[User:Brackers|Brackers]] stood at the A264 roundabout with a 'Pease Pottage' sign. Slow moving trucker had enough room and time to pull up after 20 minutes (July 2012).
[[Category:South_East_(South East England)]]{{IsIn|South_East_(South East England)}}__NOTOC__
