Village in West Sussex, England

Sharpthorne

Sharpthorne is a village in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, South-East England.

Every way there

London → Sharpthorne
49 km · quickest by road, 1h 53m · £5–7
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Luton, Luton → Sharpthorne
93 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · £12–15
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London, Essex → Sharpthorne
49 km · quickest by road, 1h 53m · £5–7
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The field note

What is in and around Sharpthorne, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Sharpthorne has

YScheduled flightsLondon (LGW), 13 km
NTrains and coachesno timetable feed known for this country
NFerriesno crossing within 25 km
YDriving and taxiOpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
NBike and scooter shareno share feed known
NCruisesno open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Crawley, 11 km.

51.075°, -0.041°

It lies on the West Hoathly to Forest Row road 3.8 miles (6.2 km) south of East Grinstead.

How locals move

Getting around Sharpthorne the local way

Get aroundScale 1:25,000 (4 cm:1 km, 2½ in:1 mi) would be fine, costing usually under £8.00 Cycling is very limited on Ashdown Forest land to the few public bridleways, although several groups are petitioning for more open access for off-road cycling however it is fully allowed on roads.
Go nextEastbourne Petersfield South Downs Way, a popular walking path.

From Wikivoyage: Ashdown Forest, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: The Basingstoker (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.