Pagham

Pagham
Pagham
Pagham shown within West Sussex
Area 9.88 km2 (3.81 sq mi)
Population 5,941 (Civil Parish.2011)[1]
• Density 601/km2 (1,560/sq mi)
OS grid reference SZ886975
• London 57 miles (92 km) NNE
Civil parish
  • Pagham
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BOGNOR REGIS
Postcode district PO21
Dialling code 01243
Police Sussex
Fire West Sussex
Ambulance South East Coast
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament
Website http://www.paghamcouncil.co.uk/
Pagham Beach

Pagham is a semi-rural, semi-urban coastal village and civil parish in the Arun district of West Sussex, England, with a population of around 6,100.

Governance

Pagham is part of the electoral ward called Pagham and Rose Green. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 7,538.[2]

Geography

The village can be divided into three contiguous neighbourhoods (merging seamlessly as one clustered village):

  • Pagham Beach, coastal area, developed in the early 20th Century,
  • Pagham, the original 13th Century village
  • Nyetimber, originally a separate village but has now been subsumed as part of a Local Authority rationalisation and the growth of the area.

Buildings and facilities

Many of the original Pagham Beach dwellings are bungalows constructed from old railway carriages - most of these have been later rebuilt using sturdier construction methods.

The Church of St. Thomas a'Becket is considered to be one of the finest of its type in England.

Pagham is home to ale and beer pubs 'The Lamb', 'The Lion' and 'The Bear' as well as the popular 'Inglenook Hotel' which is a favourite stop off point for many during visits to events at Goodwood Circuit and races.

Landmarks

The Site of Special Scientific Interest known as Pagham Harbour is to the south-west; almost one quarter of the area falls within the parish.[3] The harbour and surrounding land is of national importance for both flora and fauna. The shingle spit is of geological interest.

A Phoenix breakwater, a concrete caisson that was intended to be part of a wartime Mulberry Harbour, is visible in the bay at low tides.

Sport and leisure

Pagham has a Non-League football club Pagham F.C. who play at Nyetimber Lane. The village has a cricket team, who play at the cricket ground at Nyetimber Lane. Sussex County Cricket Club played two first-class matches there in the 1970s.[4] Pagham is the home of the Pagham Pram Race which is the oldest pram race in the world. The race is run on Boxing day every year at 11am whatever the weather. Thousands of people line the streets of Pagham to watch the wacky contestants navigate the 3 mile course, drinking 3 pints of beer en route. All the money raised by the Pram Race is distributed to local good causes.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National Statistics Retrieved 10 May 2014
  2. ↑ "Pagham and Rose Green ward population 2011". Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "SSSI Citation — Pagham Harbour" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 4 April 2009.
  4. ↑ "Ground profile: Pagham Cricket Club Ground". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  5. ↑ EWCA Civ 7


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