Balcombe

Balcombe is a village and a parish in the Civil District Mid Sussex in the county of West Sussex in England. The population in 2001 was 1765 people.

Geography

The city lies 50 kilometers south of London and 25 kilometers north of Brighton. Distance to Chichester in the west is about 50 kilometers. It is close to the architecturally impressive Ouse Valley Viaduct is located on the River Ouse.

History

First houses were built in the early 17th century. The name of the town derives from the term mining camp place, as already past time in the area mining ( mining) was operated. " Bal " means in the Cornish language Mining and " combe " is probably derived from the Roman word camp. It is a Celtic- Roman coinage.

In soil under Balcombe, large fields are with oily rock, after the hydraulic fracturing process ( fracking ) can be used for oil extraction. However, as a further test drilling to test for a possible economic recovery should be carried out, it came in 2013 to significant protests from the population. Opponents and supporters of the political Frackings tried to use the conflict. At the protests there were also arrests of protesters who had competed with the motto "Frack off".