Traditional county: West Sussex · District / Borough: Horsham · Region: South East
Explore Colgate, West Sussex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Colgate map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
| Place | Colgate |
| Traditional County | West Sussex |
| District / Borough | Horsham |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.081463 |
| Longitude | -0.244285 |
| Place Type | Village |
Colgate, a quiet corner of West Sussex, breathes softly under the expansive English sky. It lies 5.4 km south-west of Crawley (from Crawley: bearing 227°T, OS grid TQ 230 328), and is situated south-east of Faygate village. The land here, a gentle sweep of greens and browns, has long been a place of quiet cultivation, where the air often carries the scent of damp earth and distant hedgerows. Though its origins are humble, Colgate holds a certain unassuming grace, a place where the passage of time feels less like a rush and more like a slow, deliberate unfolding. The sunlight, when it breaks through the clouds, can cast a warm, almost buttery glow upon the surrounding fields, hinting at the enduring, unhurried life of the countryside.
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Explore Colgate, West Sussex, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.081463, -0.244285. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | June 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |