Coates, West Sussex
| Coates | |
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Church of St. Agatha | |
Coates Location within West Sussex | |
| OS grid reference | SU998179 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | West Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | |
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location within West Sussex | |
| Location | West Sussex |
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| Grid reference | SU991175 |
| Coordinates | 50°56′54″N 0°35′18″W / 50.9483°N 0.588398°W |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 7.59 ha (18.8 acres) |
| Notification | 1993 |
| Natural England website | |
Coates is a downland village in the civil parish of Fittleworth, in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. Coates lies one mile (1.7 km) southwest from Fittleworth and four miles (6.8 km) south-east-by-south from Petworth. It is within the ancient divisions of the Bury Hundred and the Rape of Arundel. The village is bounded north by the Rother Navigation. On 1 April 1933 the parish was abolished and merged with Fittleworth. At the 1931 census (the last before the abolition of the parish), Coates had a population of 70.