Horsham
Horsham is a market town and civil parish on the upper reaches of the River Arun on the fringe of the Weald, in West Sussex, England.
Horsham is a market town and civil parish on the upper reaches of the River Arun on the fringe of the Weald, in West Sussex, England. The town lies 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 centre of the Horsham district. In 2018 it had an estimated population of 50,934.
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Getting to Horsham
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 14 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 46 km · London Luton (LTN), 90 km
- London → Horsham51 km · quickest by road, 1h 57m · £6–8
- Luton, Luton → Horsham91 km · quickest by road, 2h 14m · £10–14
- London, Essex → Horsham51 km · quickest by road, 1h 57m · £6–8
- 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 Horsham
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 Horsham. 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 Horsham
Horsham is 52 km from London, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.