Sidlesham
Sidlesham is a small village and civil parish, on the Manhood Peninsula, five kilometres (3 miles) south of Chichester in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. It has a small primary school. The area has had a prebendary since medieval times. The 13th-century church of St Mary Our Lady is built of stone rubble, not the usual flint of the area.
| Sidlesham | |
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Sidlesham Primary School | |
Sidlesham Location within West Sussex | |
| Area | 17.53 km2 (6.77 sq mi) |
| Population | 1,171. 2011 Census |
| • Density | 65/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | SZ853991 |
| • London | 57 miles (92 km) NNE |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CHICHESTER |
| Postcode district | PO20 |
| Dialling code | 01243 |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | West Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | http://www.sidlesham.org/ |
The parish has a land area of 1753 hectares (4330 acres). In the 2001 census 1139 people lived in 448 households, of whom 579 were economically active. At the 2011 Census the population had increased to 1,171.
The parish has fertile soils on the flat Chichester plain and there are many glasshouses around the village.
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