Terry Harper wrote to uk.transport.london on Wed, 1 Dec 2004:
Yes, I should have qualified it as Southampton for most of Sussex and
Manston (or Lydd) for the rest.
Honestly, for much of Sussex, except those parts east of Chichester,
Gatwick is a lot nearer - it's only about 35 miles from where my parents
live, between Worthing & Arundel, but So'ton is at least 50 miles and
the traffic can be atrocious around Arundel & Chichester, although a
good road between the two.
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