Ford, West Sussex

Ford
St. Andrew by the ford
Ford Location within West Sussex
Area	4.08 km2 (1.58 sq mi) [1]
Population	1,690 (Civil Parish 2011)[2]
• Density	414/km2 (1,070/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TQ000036
• London	51 miles (82 km) NNE
Civil parish	Ford
District	Arun
Shire county	West Sussex
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Arundel
Postcode district	BN18
Dialling code	01903 or 01243
Police	Sussex
Fire	West Sussex
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Arundel and South Downs
List of places UK England West Sussex 50°49′26″N 0°34′48″W / 50.824°N 0.580°W / 50.824; -0.580

Ford is a village and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. It is centred 2 miles (3 km) south by south-west of Arundel and west of Worthing. The civil parish very gently slopes to the east, where it has the public track alongside the River Arun and the land is low but well-drained at 2 to 7 metres above Ordnance Datum (sea level).

The parish includes HM Prison Ford, otherwise known as Ford Open Prison centred on the site of two former government installations, the RAF Ford Battle of Britain airfield and the Royal Naval Air Station HMS Peregrine. These have a small commemorative garden, Rollaston Park, along the road of the same name.

Ford railway station is on the West Coastway Line which has the listed building and pub next to it on semi-rural Arundel Road. Some larger units of Rudford Industrial estate are in the south of the parish.