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{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Withyham
| country = England
| region = South East England
| static_image_name = Weatherboarded Cottage, Withyham - geograph.org.uk - 1585843.jpg
| static_image_caption = Withyham
| area_footnotes = <ref name=ESiF>{{cite web |url=http://www.eastsussexinfigures.org.uk/webview/ |title=East Sussex in Figures |access-date=26 April 2008 |publisher=East Sussex County Council}}</ref>
| area_total_km2 = 36.8
| population = 2654
| population_ref = (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130829&c=TN3+9TN&d=16&e=62&g=6421867&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1444400821350&enc=1|title=Civil Parish 2011|website=Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk|access-date=9 October 2015}}</ref>
| population_density = {{convert|187|/sqmi|/km2|abbr=on}}
| os_grid_reference = TQ495356
| coordinates = {{coord|51.100|0.132|display=inline,title}}
| label_position = bottom
| post_town = HARTFIELD
|historic_county=[[Sussex]]
| postcode_area = TN
| post_town=HARTFIELD
| postcode_district = TN7
| postcode_area=TN
| dial_code = 01892
| postcode_district=TN7
| constituency_westminster = [[Wealden (UK Parliament constituency)|Wealden]]
| dial_code=01892
| london_distance = {{convert|30|mi}} [[Boxing the compass|NNW]]
| constituency_westminster=[[Wealden (UK Parliament constituency)|Wealden]]
| shire_district = [[Wealden District|Wealden]]
| london_distance={{convert|30|mi}} [[Boxing the compass|NNW]]
| shire_county = [[East Sussex]]
| shire_district=[[Wealden District|Wealden]]
}}
| shire_county=[[East Sussex]]
}}
'''Withyham''' is a village and large [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[Wealden District|Wealden]] district of [[East Sussex]], England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.villagenet.co.uk/ashdownforest/villages/withyham.php|title=The Village Reference: Withyham (De la Warrs and Sackvilles)|website=Villagenet.co.uk|access-date=3 March 2019}}</ref> The village is situated 7&nbsp;miles south west of [[Royal Tunbridge Wells]] and 3.5&nbsp;miles (5.6&nbsp;km) from [[Crowborough]]; the parish covers approximately {{convert|7500|acre|km2}}.
 
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Withyham parish lies on the edge of [[Weald]], in the valley of the [[River Medway]], where a group of tributaries enter from the south, and to the north of [[Ashdown Forest]]. The B2110 road passes [[File:Dorset Arms, Withyham.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Dorset Arms]]through the village, between [[Groombridge]] and [[Forest Row]]. Much of the area is rural; the hamlet of Buckhurst, part of the parish, contains [[Buckhurst Park, Sussex|Buckhurst Park]], the home of [[William Sackville, 11th Earl De La Warr|Lord De La Warr]]. [[New Groombridge]] is also within the parish, and Old Groombridge is in the [[Speldhurst]] District of Kent.
 
Withyham village itself is very small, containing a few houses, the church, a bed and breakfast,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040902075615/http://www.dorset-house.co.uk/] </ref> and the Dorset Arms (a village [[Public house|pub]] which was once a farmhouse).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dorset-arms.co.uk/|title=The Dorset Arms Pub - Withyham, Hartfield, Sussex|website=Dorset-arms.co.uk|access-date=3 March 2019}}</ref>
 
==History==
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==Public transport==
The village has a regular bus service. The [[Metrobus (South East England)|Metrobus]] 291 bus route serves [[East Grinstead]], [[Tunbridge Wells]], and [[Crawley]] – as well as neighbouring villages.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130319082734/http://www.metrobus.co.uk/places-to-go/whats-on-route-291/] </ref>
 
In nearby [[Ashurst, Kent|Ashurst]] there is a railway station. [[Ashurst (Kent) railway station|Ashurst station]] is on the [[Uckfield]] to London line via [[Oxted Line|Oxted]] and [[East Croydon railway station|East Croydon]]. Trains are hourly in each direction.