Pulborough is a village/small town in West Sussex, England, of some 5000 inhabitants, located almost centrally within the county, and overlooking the floodplain of the River Arun, some five miles to the north of the South Downs. Should plans come to fruition, it should find itself located just to the northern boundary of the proposed South Downs National Park.

In earlier times, it was an important watering/overnighting halt for cattle drovers, standing as it does at the intersection of important north-south (Stane Street - A29) and east-west (A283 road) routes, and providing easy access to the waters of the (oft-times flooded) brooks (floodplain). It is now home to the RSPB Nature Reserve Pulborough Brooks, where a wide variety of birdlife can be viewed from a number of professionally constructed hides and with an informative Visitors Centre. Unfortunately, the village also hit the headlines in July 2000 when the body of a missing schoolgirl called Sarah Payne was found 3 miles to the north at Adversane. (She had been abducted at Littlehampton and then murdered by Roy Whiting, a paedophile who was subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment.)

Other than this brief and tragic episode, Pulborough remains a most scenic and peaceful place to live, with a variety of facilities including relatively large Sainsburys and Tesco stores, and a railway station on the Arun Valley Line from London Victoria to Arundel. It is around 75 minutes away from London Victoria on the train.

External links

• Pulborough parish council
• RSPB Pulborough Wildbrooks

Towns in West Sussex