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Ashurst is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Henfield, and 11 miles (18 km) south of Horsham on the B2135 road. The village is about 0.6 miles (0.97 km) west of the River Adur. There is a 12th-century parish church dedicated to St James, where local resident Laurence Olivier's funeral was held,[3] as well as a Church of England primary school and a pub, the Fountain Inn.

Ashurst
St James' church and war memorial
Ashurst Location within West Sussex
Area	10.09 km2 (3.90 sq mi) [1]
Population	226 [1] 2001 Census 279 (2011 Census)[2]
• Density	22/km2 (57/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TQ179161
• London	40 miles (64 km) NNE
Civil parish	Ashurst
District	Horsham
Shire county	West Sussex
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	STEYNING
Postcode district	BN44
Dialling code	01903
Police	Sussex
Fire	West Sussex
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Arundel and South Downs
List of places UK England West Sussex 50.93227°N 0.3229°W / 50.93227; -0.3229

The parish has a land area of 1009 hectares (2493 acres). In the 2001 census 226 people lived in 97 households, of whom 112 were economically active. At the 2011 Census the population was 279.[2]

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ashurst, West Sussex.

• Ashurst Primary School
• St. James' Church

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