Burgess Hill: Mid Sussex Town That Grew From a Crossroads Into a Commuter Base
Burgess Hill sits in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, about nine miles north of Brighton and 40 miles south of London. The population is around 32,000. The town barely existed before the railway arrived in 1841; it grew from a few scattered farms and the crossroads of routes between London and Brighton. The Victorian expansion brought brickworks, which used the local Weald Clay, and the town developed steadily as a residential settlement. St John's Church on Church Road was built in 1863 to serve the new community. The town does not have the medieval heritage of nearby Lewes or the Georgian elegance of Brighton; it is honestly a product of the railway age and 20th-century suburban growth.
The town centre along Church Walk, Church Road, and the Martlets shopping centre handles retail. The new development at the former Keymer Tile Works site, called The Hub, has added retail and leisure. Burgess Hill station is on the Brighton Main Line, with services to London Bridge and Victoria in about 50 minutes and to Brighton in around 15. The A273 connects south to Brighton and the A23/M23 corridor runs to the east. Haywards Heath is about three miles to the north. For those interested in adult companionship in the Mid Sussex area, Burgess Hill's main line rail connections and proximity to the A23/M23 connect it to Brighton, Crawley, Gatwick, and London.
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Burgess Hill sits in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, about nine miles north of Brighton and 40 miles south of London. The population is around 32,000. The town barely existed before the railway arrived in 1841; it grew from a few scattered farms and the crossroads of routes between London and Brighton. The Victorian expansion brought brickworks, which used the local Weald Clay, and the town developed steadily as a residential settlement. St John's Church on Church Road was built in 1863 to serve the new community. The town does not have the medieval heritage of nearby Lewes or the Georgian elegance of Brighton; it is honestly a product of the railway age and 20th-century suburban growth.
The town centre along Church Walk, Church Road, and the Martlets shopping centre handles retail. The new development at the former Keymer Tile Works site, called The Hub, has added retail and leisure. Burgess Hill station is on the Brighton Main Line, with services to London Bridge and Victoria in about 50 minutes and to Brighton in around 15. The A273 connects south to Brighton and the A23/M23 corridor runs to the east. Haywards Heath is about three miles to the north. For those interested in adult companionship in the Mid Sussex area, Burgess Hill's main line rail connections and proximity to the A23/M23 connect it to Brighton, Crawley, Gatwick, and London.
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