Brighton Road Baptist Church was re-opened on the 6^th of July of 2008 following extensive redevelopment on the site. The church will be officially opened on Friday 21^st with events continuing until Sunday 23^rd November. This is their third church on the site. The second church was ...more

Denne Park House sits at the top of Denne Hill off the Worthing Road route into Horsham. It lies at the far end of an impressive avenue of with two rows of lime trees...more

Dotted around Horsham are a number of sculptures, some more obvious than others. Bronze seems to be the preferred medium in the town centre, but the use of wood is more popular in the park Perhaps the most notorious in recent years are Lorne McKean's three swans doing a splash landing into water at Swan Walk; they attracted a lot of attention in September 2007 when they were covertly removed after an 'environmental and water safety review' ...more

At the same time as the bell tower was being replaced the clockface was taken down and sent away for renovation. Some 18 months later, on the 12^th of September 2007, it was replaced. The photographic detail confirms that the renovation reflects the original design...more

On Saturday the 20^th of September the Town Hall in Market Square was opened to the public. Whilst the main hall downstairs is frequently open for markets, exhibitions and the like the other areas are more restricted. The Register Office is open...more

The Credit Crunch was a phrase that entered the English language in 2007. It came into circulation with the demise of sub-prime mortgages and, in turn, the expression 'toxic debt' joined the world's vocabulary in September 2008...more

Ian Nairn co-wrote The Buildings of England - Sussex with Nikolaus Pevsner. Only four pages were written about Horsham and the nearest relevant photo is that of ...more

Horsham's first public library was established in 1830. It was known as the Book and Tract Society and founded by the Reverend Robert Ashdown. In time it was renamed the ...more

Collyer's sixth form College is located in Hurst Road. It started out as a boys' school in 1541 in Denne Road, near St Mary's Church in but its history began in...more

The first Horsham Festival took place at the latter end of the school's half term week. It started on Thursday 30th October and finished on Saturday evening with a firework display The weather was initially sunny then turned wet but the event was still well attended. Plans for future festivals are looking to a summer date. There was...more

It was by chance that Hidden Horsham detected a link between Horsham and Amberley Working Museum. When working on the listed buildings project it was discovered that some of Horsham's listed buildings had disappeared in the years since they were first listed. One of these was the tanning house that was once adjacent to the...more