Village and parish in West Sussex, England

Thakeham

Thakeham is a village and civil parish located north of the South Downs in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England.

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London → Thakeham
66 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · £7–10
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Luton, Luton → Thakeham
104 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · £12–16
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London, Essex → Thakeham
66 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · £7–10
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The field note

What is in and around Thakeham, 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 Thakeham has

YScheduled flightsLondon (LGW), 28 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: Worthing, 14 km.

50.944°, -0.422°

The village is situated approximately 12 miles south-west of Horsham and 11 miles north of the sea-side town of Worthing. Its nearest large village is Storrington. The parish includes the hamlets of Abingworth and Goose Green and has a land area of 1170.6 hectares.

How locals move

Getting around Thakeham the local way

Get inFerries to Newhaven and Portsmouth, and the London airports (especially Gatwick) are handy for overseas visitors.
Go nextOr you could head south to Newhaven and catch a ferry to Dieppe in France.

From Wikivoyage: South Downs, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-08.

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