The Pits

The Pits is a forest in , , . The Pits is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near the hamlet .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Warnham railway station and College of Richard Collyer.

Railway station
Photo: Arriva436, CC BY-SA 3.0.
serves the village of in , England. It is 33 miles 46 chains measured from . Warnham is managed by Southern, which also operates all the services.

College
Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The , formerly called Collyer's School, is a co-educational sixth form college in , , . The college was rated as being 'excellent’ by Ofsted in 2025.

Railway station
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serves the town of in , England. It is 37 miles 56 chains down the line from , measured via , on the Arun Valley Line and the Sutton & Mole Valley Lines, and train services are provided by Southern and Thameslink.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Horsham and Broadbridge Heath.

Photo: Richard Nevell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a traditional English market town in . The first mention of was in King Eadred's land charter of AD 947. The town had connections to the sale of horses and recent ideas suggest the name might be derived from "Horse Ham", meaning "a settlement where horses are kept".

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the Horsham district of , England. It is about two miles west from the historic centre of .

Village
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is a and civil parish in the Horsham district of , England. The village is centred 2 miles north-northwest of , 31 miles from London, to the west of the A24 road. The parish is in the north-west of the Weald.

The Pits

Latitude
51.0855° or 51° 5′ 8″ north
Longitude
-0.3594° or 0° 21′ 34″ west
Open location code
9C3X3JPR+57
Open­Street­Map ID
way 322293338
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­wood
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