Traditional county: West Sussex · District / Borough: Arun · Region: South East
Explore Patching, West Sussex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Patching 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Patching, West Sussex, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Patching |
| Traditional County | West Sussex |
| District / Borough | Arun |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.846848 |
| Longitude | -0.456668 |
| Place Type | Village |
Patching reveals itself as a collection of flint-walled cottages and ancient silences held within the chalky embrace of the South Downs National Park. It lies 4.3 miles east of Arundel (from Arundel: bearing 97°T, OS grid TQ 087 063), and is situated west-north-west of Clapham village. To the north, the steep rise of Patching Hill gathers the morning mist, drawing the eye toward the rolling spine of the downs where the wind tastes of salt and crushed limestone. The village maintains a quiet gravity, its lanes winding past gardens where the light catches the pale, translucent edges of autumn leaves. A short walk to the south-south-east leads to Patching Pond, a mirror for the sky that remains undisturbed by the passage of modern transit. The echoes of the past linger in the nearby earth, where the remnants of ancient enclosures and burial sites suggest a long dialogue between the inhabitants and the stubborn, flint-strewn soil. Patching endures as a place of subtle shifts, where the slow rotation of the seasons dictates the rhythm of the day far more than the frantic pulse of the world beyond the hills.
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Explore Patching, 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: 50.846848, -0.456668. 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 | August 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. |