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Coordinates: 51°00'29?N 0°51'02?W? / ?51.00809, -0.85068
Rogate is a village and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England situated in the Western Rother valley. The village is on the A272 road 16 kilometres (10 miles) west of Midhurst. The parish comprises the villages of Rogate and Rake and the hamlets of Habin, Fyning, Hill Brow, Langley, Durford, Wenham, Durleighmarsh and Terwick Common. The ancient parish of Terwick is included in Rogate and the northern part of the parish is in the ecclesiastical parish of Milland. Until the passing of the Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844 part of Rogate was an exclave of Hampshire.
In the 2001 census the parish covered 23.16 km² (5,721 acres) and had 623 households with a total population of 1,513. 716 residents were economically active.
The parish has two Church of England churches and two primary schools at Rake and in Rogate village.
In February 2008, West Sussex County Council proposed that the Rogate School be closed. There is an active campaign to keep the school open, please see www.saverogateschool.com for more details.
Roman Abramovich owns a large country estate in Rogate. The only pub in Rogate is the White Horse, following the closure of the Wyndham Arms.
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