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Burgess Hill (/ ˌ b ɜː dʒ ə s ˈ h ɪ l / ⓘ) is a town and civil parish in West Sussex, England, close to the border with East Sussex, on the edge of the South Downs National Park, 39 mi (63 km) south of London, 10 mi (16 km) north of Brighton and Hove, and 29 mi (47 km) northeast of the county town, Chichester.
The first station at Burgess Hill was opened on 21 September 1841 by the London and Brighton Railway (L&BR), at the time of the completion of the route to Brighton. The original facilities were all in the small wooden hut (which still stands as a refurbished waiting room on platform 1) and wooden platforms set beside the main line.
Wivelsfield railway station is a railway station on the Brighton Main Line in West Sussex, England.Located in northern Burgess Hill, it primarily serves the town's neighbourhoods of World's End and Sheddingdean.
Mid Sussex is a local government district in West Sussex, England.The largest town is Haywards Heath, where the council is based.The district also contains the towns of Burgess Hill and East Grinstead plus surrounding rural areas, including many villages.
The RH postcode area, also known as the Redhill postcode area, [2] is a group of twenty postcode districts in South East England, within seventeen post towns.These cover east Surrey (including Redhill, Reigate, Betchworth, Dorking, Lingfield, Horley, Oxted and Godstone) and northeastern West Sussex (including Crawley, Gatwick, Haywards Heath, Billingshurst, East Grinstead, Burgess Hill ...
Currently the area includes its own train station, Wivelsfield railway station, one of the two stations in Burgess Hill. World's End has a primary school (Oak Tree) and a recreation ground. World's End is sometimes known incorrectly as Wivelsfield, the confusion being caused by the name of the station. Wivelsfield is in fact a separate village ...
Although once of a distinct identity, the name is now rarely used to describe the area and it would more likely be described as the northern outskirts of Burgess Hill. However, the name still exists in the form of a farm (Little Abbotsford) and on Ordnance Survey maps of the area. Until recently a special school located here was known as ...
Between 6:00 am and 9:00 am on weekdays, northbound services call additionally at Preston Park, Hassocks and Burgess Hill. Services stop additionally at the same stations in the southbound direction between 5:00 pm and 8:00 pm. [24] As of May 2023, the off-peak Monday-Saturday, with frequencies in 'trains per hour' (tph), consists of: [24]