Ardingly

Ardingly

St. Peter's Parish Church
Ardingly
Ardingly shown within West Sussex
Area 16.09 km2 (6.21 sq mi) [1]
Population 1,833 [1] 2001 Census
1,936 (2011 Census)[2]
• Density 114/km2 (300/sq mi)
OS grid reference TQ3429
• London 31 miles (50 km) N
Civil parish
  • Ardingly
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Haywards Heath
Postcode district RH17
Dialling code 01444
Police Sussex
Fire West Sussex
Ambulance South East Coast
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament
Website Ardingly Parish Council

Ardingly (/ˈɑːrdɪŋlaɪ/ AR-ding-lye), an English village and civil parish in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of Haywards Heath in the Mid Sussex district of the county of West Sussex, within historic Sussex England. The village, on the B2028 road, is about 33 miles (53 km) south of London, 6 miles (9.7 km) south-south-west of East Grinstead, 6.5 miles (10.5 km) south-east of Crawley, 14 miles (23 km) north of Brighton and 33 miles (53 km) east-north-east of the county town, Chichester. The parish covers an area of 3,974 acres (1,608 ha). The 2001 Census recorded 1,833 people in 627 households, of whom 830 were economically active. The population at the 2011 Census had increased to 1,936[2]

Heritage

There is mention of a place spelt as Ertlyngeleghe, in 1396, which may refer to Ardingly.[3]

St Peter's parish church, towards the western end of the village, dates from the 14th century.

Wakehurst Place and its grounds, "Kew in the Country", are about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of the village. Ardingly Reservoir is about 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the village. The Big-Upon-Little rock formation is close to a footpath between Ardingly and West Hoathly.

Events

In June the South of England Agricultural Show early in the month and the London to Brighton cycle event (usually held on Father's Day) attract visitors from a wide area. The South of England Showground hosts regular antiques fairs, some of which have featured on the BBC Television game show Bargain Hunt.

Every four years an international Scout camp is held on the showground, attended by about 3,000 Scouts and Girl Guides from West Sussex and other areas at home and abroad. The most recent event, WS 2017, was held on 5–12 August 2017.

Schools

Ardingly College

At the southern edge of the village is Ardingly College, an independent school. The village also has a Church of England primary school, St. Peters CE Primary, with about 120 pupils. Most of the children of secondary-school age attend Oathall Community College in Haywards Heath.

Public transport

Ardingly Inn

Ardingly has a low-frequency bus service to the nearby towns of Haywards Heath and Crawley.

Ardingly railway station was opened 1 October 1864 by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway.[4] The Southern Railway electrified the line in the 1930s but British Railways closed the line and station to passenger trains in 1963.[4] The goods yard and connection to the main line remain open as an ARC Aggregates terminal.[4] The nearby Bluebell Railway owns the former trackbed between Ardingly and Horsted Keynes and has a long-term aspiration to re-open the line.[4]

Notable people

References

  1. 1 2 "2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish" (PDF). West Sussex County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives CP40/541; ; 6th entry – the defendant Richard atte Lynde appears as an MP for Horsham in 1402.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Ardingly railway station on Disused-Stations.org.uk - Nick Catford - Accessed 9 September 2007
  5. ↑ Jane Brown, "Wolseley, Frances Garnet, Viscountess Wolseley (1872–1936)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, UK: OUP, 2004). Retrieved 27 December 2016. Pay-walled.
  6. ↑ "News items: Jon Snow". University of Sussex. Retrieved 20 July 2015.

Further reading

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus; Nairn, Ian (1966). The Buildings of England: Sussex. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-300-09677-1.
  • Salzman, L.F. (1940). Victoria County History: A History of the County of Sussex, Volume 7: The Rape of Lewes. pp. 127–132.
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