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Coolham
Coolham
	Selsey Arms, Coolham
	Coolham Location within West Sussex
OS grid reference	TQ120227
Civil parish	Shipley;
District	Horsham;
Shire county	West Sussex;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HORSHAM
Postcode district	RH13 8
Police	Sussex
Fire	West Sussex
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Horsham;
	List of places UK England West Sussex 50°59′36″N 0°24′19″W / 50.99322°N 0.4052°W

Coolham is a small village in the civil parish of Shipley and the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is at the crossroads of the A272 and B2139 roads 2.8 miles (4.6 km) south-east of Billingshurst.

During the Second World War there was an Advanced Landing Ground nearby called RAF Coolham, used to support the D-Day landings.^[1]^[2] This was only in use for about eighteen months, and had almost no permanent buildings.

There was once a prominent Quaker community in Coolham, and the "Blue Idol" meeting house, a timber-framed building, still exists just under 1 mile to the west, in the adjacent parish of Thakeham. William Penn, who earlier had founded Pennsylvania in America, was closely involved in its establishment, and is believed^{[by whom?]} to have worshipped there. The local junior school was founded as the Coolham British School (later Coolham Primary School) in 1889 by the Quakers.

Coolham is in the ancient parish of Shipley, which adjoins the A24, near the ruin of Knepp Castle. The castle dates back to medieval times,^[when?] and was used as a hunting lodge for King John.^[3]