The Minepits
The Minepits is a forest in Colgate, Horsham District, England. The Minepits is situated nearby to the village Colgate, as well as near the hamlet Barnsnap.Places of Interest
Highlights include Faygate railway station and All Saints Church, Roffey.
Faygate railway station
Railway station
Photo: Pete Chapman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Faygate Station is located on the Arun Valley Line, between Littlehaven and Ifield, 34 miles 28 chains down the line from London Bridge, measured via Redhill.
All Saints Church, Roffey
Church
Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.
All Saints Church is the Anglican parish church of Roffey, in the Horsham district of the English county of West Sussex. The present church, built to serve the Victorian suburb of Roffey—part of the ancient market town of Horsham—replaced a schoolroom in which religious services had been held since 1856.
Littlehaven railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nse1986, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Littlehaven railway station serves the areas of Littlehaven, Holbrook and Roffey in the northeast of the town of Horsham, West Sussex, England. It is on the Arun Valley Line, 36 miles 50 chains down the line from London Bridge, measured via Redhill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Horsham and Crawley.
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".
Crawley
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Crawley is a bustling town of 119,000 people in the northern part of West Sussex, on the border with Surrey, in the South East of England. The biggest influence on the town is Gatwick Airport, which many people claiming it to being the 6th-busiest airport in the world.
Bewbush
Village
Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, CC0.
Bewbush is one of 14 neighbourhoods in Crawley in West Sussex, England. Bewbush is located in south west Crawley and is bordered by Broadfield to the south, Ifield to the north, Kilnwood Vale to the west and Gossops Green to the north east.
The Minepits
- Type: Forest
- Location: Colgate, Horsham District, West Sussex, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.0777° or 51° 4′ 40″ northLongitude
-0.2589° or 0° 15′ 32″ westOpen location code
9C3X3PHR+3FOpenStreetMap ID
way 421795666OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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