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Mooeys Horsham has new flooring, wallpaper and seating after 75,000 appointments in ten years. The salon has also signed a new five-year lease.
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Best places to live
'Handsome' Horsham named among UK's best places to live, and what a house costs there
Horsham has been named among the UK's best places to live for 2027, one of eight places in Sussex on the list.
Local Plan
West of Ifield: Local Plan Inspector says the plan strikes the right balance, and the golf course goes
The Local Plan Inspector's 30 October letter backs Land West of Ifield, says the golf course would not be retained and raises its homes by 2040 from 1,600 to 2,500.
Parks
Horsham Park is protected forever, but only 6% of Horsham lives near a park that is
Horsham Park can never be built on after a Fields in Trust deed, and it won Gold again at South and South East in Bloom. Only 6% of Horsham residents live near a protected green space.
Local Plan
Horsham Local Plan Changes: Have Your Say From 17 November
A last seven-week consultation on Local Plan changes is due to run from 17 November to 5 January. West of Ifield would get one primary school, not two.
Charity
Horsham Matters gets county funding to widen support by 15%
West Sussex County Council funding lets Horsham Matters grow its Outreach and Support service by 15%, with advisors now visiting cafés and groups. Updated November 2026.
Parks
Broadbridge Heath's new £102,000 games area opens at Charrington Way
A new multi-use games area and hang-out space for teenagers and families has opened at Charrington Way, Broadbridge Heath, paid for by developer contributions.
Culture
Capitol Horsham gets urgent fire door repairs before it reopens
Horsham District Council has hired a contractor without the usual three quotes to repair The Capitol's fire doors before the venue reopens on 29 November.
Christmas
Christmas Shopping in Horsham: 13 Shops From the Carfax to Steyning
We checked 13 Horsham shops, from Crates Local's hampers to the Steyning Bookshop, for opening hours and what each one sells. Updated November 2026.
Christmas
Where to Buy a Christmas Tree Near Horsham 2026
We checked 6 Christmas tree sellers near Horsham, from cut your own at Slinfold to a barn of trees at Faygate, for prices and dates. Updated November 2026.
Christmas
Ice Rinks Near Horsham This Winter: Six Places to Skate, One of Them Free
We checked 6 ice rinks near Horsham, from Tulleys Farm to Worthing and Guildford, for 2026 dates, prices and age rules. Updated November 2026.
Horsham District Council
Horsham council shake-up slips a year to April 2029
Horsham District Council will run services until April 2029, a year later than planned. Its May 2027 election goes ahead for a likely two-year term, and no decision has yet been made on what replaces it.
Bin day, parking charges, and the council tax band on a house somebody is thinking of buying. Between them those three account for most of what anyone needs from a local website in an ordinary month, so we look after them properly, set them against Horsham District Council’s published figures, and say on the page when we last checked.
The rest of the time we read the record. Applications and decisions for Horsham itself, for Southwater, Billingshurst, Storrington and Pulborough, what gets agreed in the council chamber, crime data by ward, food hygiene inspections. All public, all fairly dull to sit down with, and all worth knowing about well before the diggers turn up. We write it in plain English and say where each number came from, with a link.
Horsham is one market town and a great many villages, and a decision taken a few minutes’ walk from the Carfax can change a lane five miles out. We try to report it that way round.