Pulborough is a large village in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England, of some 5000 inhabitants, located almost centrally within the county being 50 miles due south of London. It is at the junction of the important north-south trunk road A29 and east-west (A283 road) routes. The village is set beside the confluence of the River Arun and River Rother. It looks out over the River Arun across the large flood plain to a backdrop of the South Downs. It should find itself located just to the northern boundary of the proposed South Downs National Park. The parish covers an area of 2098.3 hectares (5183 acres). In the 2001 census there were 4685 people living in 1976 households of whom 2333 were ecomonically active.