Handcross

Handcross
Sussex
Location
Grid reference:	TQ262297
Location:	51°3’13"N, 0°12’2"W
Data
Post town:	Haywards Heath
Postcode:	RH17
Dialling code:	01444
Local Government
Council:	Mid Sussex
Parliamentary constituency:	Horsham

Handcross is a village in Sussex, lying on the A23 road, four miles south of Crawley. The village's High Street forms the boundary between the Rapes of Bramber to the west, and Lewes to the east. At the 2011 Census the population fell within the civil parish of Slaugham.

Nymans Garden, 30 acres of parklands run by the National Trust, is located adjacent to the High Street, as are 20 acres of woodland and water gardens at High Beeches Garden.

Handcross has one public house, The Red Lion (High Street), which was refurbished in 2010 in contemporary style. It formerly had three, the other two being The Fountain (demolished in 2012 and replaced by housing) and The Royal Oak (closed in 2020). Handcross also has a Social club.

Handcross Primary School, situated at the northern end of the village recently underwent extensive building works to increase capacity. Opposite the primary school is Handcross Park School, an independent prep school.

Handcross Hill

Handcross Hill is a stretch of the A23 road which runs past the village. This part of dual carriageway is notorious for accidents due to its being on a steep gradient, being surrounded by trees and containing a number of sharp bends, those being unsuitable for a road of its type.

The hill has proved to be dangerous enough to be widened and straightened by the Highways Agency and the cutting of the surrounding trees began overnight in mid-2011. The project was completed in late 2014.

Sharp righthand bend on the original road design

References

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