Petworth is a small town and
civil parish in the
Chichester District of
West Sussex,
England. It is located at the junction of the
A272 east-west road from
Heathfield to
Winchester and the
A283 Milford to
Shoreham-by-Sea road. Some twelve miles (21 km) to the south west of Petworth along the
A285 road lies
Chichester and the south-coast. The parish includes the settlements of
Byworth and
Hampers Green and covers an area of . In 2001 the population of the parish was 2,775 persons living in 1,200 households of whom 1,326 were economically active.