Balcombe
Balcombe is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England.
Balcombe is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. It lies 31 miles (50 km) south of London, 16 miles (26 km) north of Brighton, and 32 miles (51 km) east-northeast of the county town of Chichester. Nearby towns include Crawley to the northwest and Haywards Heath to the south-southeast.
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Getting to Balcombe
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 11 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 51 km · London Luton (LTN), 92 km
- London → Balcombe50 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · £5–7
- Luton, Luton → Balcombe94 km · quickest by road, 2h 9m · £11–15
- London, Essex → Balcombe50 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · £5–7
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Balcombe
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Balcombe. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextThere are many possible day trips from Horsham, here are some suggestions: Leith Hill and the Surrey Hills, 20 minutes north-northwest via the A24 and B2126, one of the most beautiful stretches of the North Downs, with the highest point in south east England.
From Wikivoyage: Horsham (West Sussex), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-05.
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Next door to Balcombe
Balcombe is 50 km from London, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.