West Blatchington is an area of Hove in the city of Brighton and Hove, in the ceremonial county of East Sussex, England.
 The windmill | |
  West Blatchington Location within East Sussex | |
| Unitary authority | |
|---|---|
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HOVE |
| Postcode district | BN3 |
| Dialling code | 01273 |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | East Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | |
The area grew rapidly in the inter-war period, but unlike nearby Hangleton it had more infrastructure, with St Peter's Church, a working farm, a windmill and an industrial area grouped around the Goldstone Pumping Station and its workers' cottages.[1]
Blatchington Mill School, formed in 1979 from the Hove County Grammar School, Knoll Boys School and Nevill Secondary School, lies in the centre of West Blatchington.
The area is crossed by the Monarch's Way long-distance footpath, heading towards its terminus at Shoreham-by-Sea.
Civil parish
editIn 1951 the parish had a population of 5796.[2] On 1 April 1974 the parish was abolished.[3]
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to West Blatchington.
- ^ "Welcome to West Blatchington". My Brighton and Hove website. My Brighton and Hove (c/o QueensPark Books). 22 March 2006. Retrieved 27 September 2008.
- ^ "Population statistics West Blatchington CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "Hove Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 4 February 2023.