Rookery Wood

Rookery Wood is a forest in Slinfold, Horsham District, England. Rookery Wood is situated nearby to the locality Hayes Park, as well as near Lydwicke.

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Parish Church of St Peter and Christ’s Hospital railway station.

The Parish Church of St Peter

Church

Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, CC0.

Christ’s Hospital railway station

Railway station

Photo: Bluebellnutter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Christ's Hospital railway station is near Horsham in West Sussex, England. It is 40 miles 7 chains down the line from London Bridge via Redhill. It was opened in 1902 by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway and was intended primarily to serve Christ's Hospital, a large private school which had moved to the area in that year.

Priest’s House

Building

Photo: Peter Whitcomb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Priest’s House is a building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Horsham and Broadbridge Heath.

Horsham

Photo: Richard Nevell, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Horsham is a traditional English market town in West Sussex. The first mention of Horsham 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".

Broadbridge Heath

Village

Photo: Andy Potter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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