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Coordinates: 50°55'57?N 0°16'20?W? / ?50.93248, -0.27221
Henfield is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies eight 18 kilometres (12 miles) north west of Brighton at the junction of the A281 with the A2037.
The parish has a land area of 1734.8 hectares (4285 acres). In the 2001 census 5012 people lived in 2153 households, of whom 2361 were economically active.
[edit] Facilities
One of the largest village communities in the Horsham District, Henfield has an old and attractive centre.
It has a modern and intensely used village hall just off the High Street, the 13th century St Peter's church, old inns, a wide and attractive common, and many interesting houses in private ownership.
There is a fire station, part of the West Sussex Fire Brigade, equipped with a single fire engine.
Henfield has one of the oldest cricket clubs in the world, dating back to 1771.
Henfield is also thought to have the oldest Scout group in the country (1st Henfield) dating from 1907.
To the south is Woods Mill, a restored mill, now the headquarters of the Sussex Wildlife Trust, its attractions including an extensive nature trail.
[edit] Sports facilities
Henfield Leisure Centre at Northcroft has a sports hall and fitness suite. There is a skate park located next to the sports centre where users like to build their own dirt jumps.
[edit] The Cat House
The Cat House is at Pinchnose Green, so called because there used to be a tannery nearby and tanning is a very smelly process. This house was once owned by George Ward who had a Canary. This bird was killed by a cat belonging to the Anglican Canon Nathaniel Woodard who lived at nearby Martyn Lodge. So incensed was Ward that he painted his house with pictures of a cat holding a bird that would be seen by the canon every time he walked past on his way to the church. He also rigged up strings of sea shells to rattle, and a black figure would appear at a small window called the zulu hole when the hapless Canon was seen approaching.
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