Hurst Green, East Sussex

Hurst Green
View along the A21 towards Hastings with the old courthouse on the left
Hurst Green Hurst Green shown within East Sussex
Area	10.4 km² (4.0 sq mi) ^[1]
Population	1,481 (Parish-2011) ^[2]
– density	362/sq mi (140/km²)
OS grid reference	TQ733271
– London	42 miles (68 km) NW
Civil parish	Hurst Green
District	Rother
Shire county	East Sussex
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ETCHINGHAM
Postcode district	TN19
Dialling code	01580
Police	Sussex
Fire	East Sussex
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Bexhill and Battle
Website	www.hurstgreen.com
List of places UK England East Sussex

Coordinates: 51°01′N 0°28′E / 51.02°N 0.47°E / 51.02; 0.47

Hurst Green is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England.

The village is located on the A21 road, halfway between Tunbridge Wells, Kent, in the north and Hastings in the south, approx thirteen miles (20 km) each way.^[3]

There is one active church in the village: the brick-built Church of England parish church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The Roman Catholic church of Our Lady Help of Christians is now disused and has now been converted into a community shop.^[4] The local primary school is Hurst Green CE Primary School.^[5]

Hurst Green is twinned with the village of Ellerhoop nr. Hamburg in Schleswig Holstein, Germany.^[6]

The settlements of Silver Hill and Swiftsden are also located within the parish.

Village organisations

The Hurst Green Short Mat Bowls Club gives villagers, both young and more mature, the opportunity to play short mat bowls for fun, and competitively.

The village sign
The village hall
The old Hurst Green post office on the A21
Station Road (A265)

References

↑ "East Sussex in Figures". East Sussex County Council. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 7 October 2015.
↑ East Sussex Community Information Service
↑ http://www.hurstgreen.com/blog/index.php
↑ Hurst Green CE Primary School
↑ http://www.ellerhoop.de/html/hurst_green.html

External links

A brief history of Hurst Green at VillageNet.co.uk
Photos of Hurst Green from the early 20th Century

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hurst Green, East Sussex.

Settlements in the Rother district of East Sussex

Towns	Battle Bexhill-on-Sea Rye

Villages and hamlets	Ashburnham Ashburnham Forge Beckley Bodiam Bowler's Town Brede Brightling Brownbread Street Burwash Cackle Street Camber Catsfield Cliff End Cripps Corner Crowhurst Dallington East Guldeford Etchingham Ewhurst Green Fairlight Fairlight Cove Flimwell Guestling Green Guestling Thorn Hollingrove Houghton Green Hurst Green Icklesham Iden Kent Street Mountfield Northbridge Street Northiam Oxley's Green Peasmarsh Penhurst Pett Pett Level Playden Ponts Green Robertsbridge Rye Foreign Rye Harbour Salehurst Saltcote Saltcote Street Sedlescombe Silver Hill Springfield Staplecross Stonegate Ticehurst Three Oaks Twelve Oaks Udimore Westfield Whatlington Winchelsea Winchelsea Beach

Civil parishes	List of civil parishes in Rother

Ceremonial county of East Sussex

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Unitary authorities	City of Brighton and Hove

Boroughs or districts	Borough of Eastbourne Borough of Hastings District of Lewes District of Rother District of Wealden

Major settlements	Battle Bexhill-on-Sea Brighton Crowborough Eastbourne Hailsham Hastings Heathfield Hove Lewes Newhaven Peacehaven Polegate Rye Seaford Telscombe Uckfield Wadhurst Winchelsea See also: List of civil parishes in East Sussex

Rivers	Cuckmere Rother Tillingham

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