[Sussex] Where in Sussex

[Return of the Rev]

Seaford seems to be very popular at the moment.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...GRAB&usg=AOvVaw2B6kAvvWSp6tpYrSmoy053&ampcf=1

Direct trains to Falmer too

 

[jakarta]

West, West Sussex, whole bunch of very pleasant villages from Henfield, through Steyning, Storrington, Petworth all the way to Midhurst.

Thanks to Horsham District Council getting into bed with Developers, you will have many hundreds of houses around my part of the world to choose from...

 

[zefarelly]

Wow there's been a model shop there for years hasn't there?

I believe so, I've never been, last time I went anywhere near was a gig in the pub by the railway station about 20 years ago!

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Arundel, if you don't have young children, Horsham if you do.

Did you enjoy your time in Horsham with the kids Tim?

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

To be close to the sea, for me is walking distance, otherwise I would quite likely move north toward Steyning.

Lol @ north towards Steyning, where l live must be akin to the North Pole to you.

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

Did you enjoy your time in Horsham with the kids Tim?

Horsham's so different now to what it was when I was a lad, the population must be over 50,000. Sam's still there.

 

[zefarelly]

Lol @ north towards Steyning, where l live must be akin to the North Pole to you.

In a word . . . . when I moved in 2003 my old neighbours in our local accused me of moving 'up north' because I'd crossed the railway line!

 

[zefarelly]

Horsham's so different now to what it was when I was a lad, the population must be over 50,000. Sam's still there.

Shorehams been massively over devloped in recent years, but Horsham, like Burgess Hill in the 90's must have doubled in size.

The only saving grace is the National park boundary

 

[HalfaSeatOn]

Might want to do some research before moving to Bexhill. May have been nice once upon a time.

I would love to time travel to Bexhill in the 50's. Some of its housing stock is superb but now looking too big and tired for its residents. Says to me the days of localised businesses and professions before the world got big.

 

[zefarelly]

Likewise many of the coastal Towns in Sussex . .. . being an Art Deco fan, there's lots of very nice houses about. most of them have been ruined, particularly in the window department!!!

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

In a word . . . . when I moved in 2003 my old neighbours in our local accused me of moving 'up north' because I'd crossed the railway line!

You sound the same as a typical Brightonian, Sussex ceases to exist at the roundabout on the A23 at Patcham!

 

[ForestRowSeagull]

Forest Row is pretty nice, although pricey. A bit more cosmopolitan than most Sussex villages.

Some pretty crazy locals, me included!

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Forest Row is pretty nice, although pricey. A bit more cosmopolitan than most Sussex villages.

Green routemaster buses used to run to Forest Row, not a lot of people know that.

Mind you, not a lot of people will want to know that.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Truthfully, I love it here, but I have to admit it is pretty low down on the "picturesque" list of Sussex towns,

I had a conversation with a vicar in Southampton who was based in one of the “worst” parts of the City, and he was a Great bloke.

But talking about his parish, he said: “no one who doesn’t live here would want to live here, but the people who do live here wouldn’t want to live anywhere else.”

 

[zefarelly]

You sound the same as a typical Brightonian, Sussex ceases to exist at the roundabout on the A23 at Patcham!

Not me, my old neighbours. I'm a Steyning boy originally. Coolham and Shipley for my grandparents having moved out of London in the 30's.

Crawleys too far though

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Not me, my old neighbours. I'm a Steyning boy originally. Coolham and Shipley for my grandparents having moved out of London in the 30's.

Crawleys too far though

Well three very nice villages, the Zefarellies have done very well, l salute you!

I often have my Sunday lunch at the Selsey Arms.

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

Ok, thanks NSC, Crawley it is.....

I had never thought about Arundel but looks a really good fit with Climping nearby, avoiding the inmates.

Also Rottingdean, ticks several of the boxes especially the sea.

Steyning, Upper Beeding and Ditchling are great options.

Lewes too big? Cuckfield passport and local characters appealing but too inland i think. So many others.

I might do a week trip including Rottingdean, Ditchling, Steyning and Uppper Beeding then Arundel. As well as some of the seaside towns recomended.

Arundel also has some superb pubs and restaurants!

 

[RioGrandeGull]

All those mentioned are excellent areas.
This has got to be the best county in England by far.

Definitely, a distant member of my family traced our history back over 400 years.....
Thakenham, Henfield, Cowfold, West Grinstead, Bolney!

 

[Rugrat]

Seaford then for you?

It ticked most of our our boxes and 6 years on haven't regretted it once, quite the opposite.

But each to their own, one mans meat is another mans poison and all that.

All I know is that when we did that 3 day look around it was really helpful, and changed many of our views (positively as well as negatively) on a number of places

 

[Cheshire Cat]

You should check the various local plans prepared by the County and District Councils to see what developments are planned for the next few years. Otherwise your current rural idyll could become suburban commuter belt housing estates before you know it.

Anywhere around the London-Brighton rail link especially is likely to be concrete within a decade. Hassocks area especially. Lots of new housing but no new facilities (schools, doctors etc)