Barns Green

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Barns Green
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Barns Green
Location within West Sussex
OS grid reference TQ127271
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District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town HORSHAM
Postcode district RH13
Dialling code 01403
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51°01′58″N0°23′39″W / 51.03264°N 0.39408°W / 51.03264; -0.39408

Barns Green is a village in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England. It lies on the Billingshurst to Itchingfield road 2+12 miles (4.0 km) north of Billingshurst. The village falls within the parish of Itchingfield and is surrounded by smaller communities of Brooks Green, Dragons Green and Bashurst Hill.

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Barns Green is a rural community, with a village shop and post office, pub, primary school, sports club, campsite, cafe, fishery, village hall, riding school and village green. It has a number of locally based community clubs including toddler group, youth club, brownies, amateur dramatics, book club, and several sports clubs.

Sports

Sports play a large part in this small village, in fact far more sports are offered than most villages of similar or larger sides. The Barns Green Rugby Club plays in the Harvey's Brewery Counties 3 Sussex league, whilst Barns Green Football Club plays in the West Sussex Football League and recently won the Premiership title for 2022/23 season. Other sports include a very active Cricket Club from U9's through to Adults as well as women's team. The tennis club situated at the side of the village green has two recently resurfaced courts with a thriving adult and junior membership. There is also a tag-rugby team which meets throughout the year and the highlight of the year is the Si Viney Tag Tournament which raises funds for the Wooden Spoon Charity and MDNA and has raised £65,000 to date.

Run Barns Green is the largest sporting event of the year with a Half Marathon, 10k, 5k and children's colour run which is run on the last Sunday of September and has been running for over 40 years with an average of 2000 runners which supports local associations and St Catherine's Hospice.

Eating & Drinking

The Village has a pub, Sports & Social club and cafe at Sumners Ponds.

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