Betley Bridge is a disused railway bridge, now a rail trail bridge, which crosses the confluence of the East and West Adur rivers North of

Henfield Henfield is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies south of London, northwest of Brighton, and east northeast of the county town of Chichester at the road junction of the A281 and A2037. Th ...

West Sussex West Sussex is a county in South East England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the shire districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, and Mid Sussex, and the boroughs of Crawley and Worthing. Covering an ...

. The Steyning Line from Shoreham to Guildford passed over it, and is now the part of the

Downs Link The Downs Link is a footpath and bridleway linking the North Downs Way at St. Martha's Hill in Surrey with the South Downs Way near Steyning in West Sussex and on via the Coastal Link to Shoreham-by-Sea. History For much of its route, ...

, a public footpath. During the Second World War the Steyning Line was an important route to move sugar beet from Sussex farms from Henfield station towards the capital, and Betley Bridge was a strategic target for German bombers.BBC – WW2 People's War – Henfield Railway Station
/ref> Two pillboxes were created, one North and one South, to defend the bridge. A Junkers 88 which was attacking the bridge crashed in Partridge Green to the North West.

References

The National Archives , Access to Archivesbetley bridge , The Wandering Genealogist
*https://web.archive.org/web/20120330182423/http://www.greatwalksinbritain.co.uk/Editions/Walks/Sussex%20River%20Adur%20%26%20Shermanbury.pdf
Search – Sussex Ornithological SocietyThe National Archives , Access to ArchivesThe National Archives , Access to Archives
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