Whitemans Green

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Whitemans Green
static_

static_image_caption=Kites on Whitemans Green.
latitude= 51.0055
longitude= -0.1406
civil_parish= Cuckfield
shire_district= Mid Sussex
shire_county = West Sussex
region= South East England
constituency_westminster= Mid Sussex
post_town= REDHILL
postcode_area= RH
postcode_district= RH17
dial_code= 01444
os_grid_reference= TQ305245

Whitemans Green is a village located to the north of the large village and civil parish of Cuckfield in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. It is located on the southern slopes of the Weald, two miles (3.2 km) west of Haywards Heath and surrounded on other sides by Cuckfield Rural civil parish. The village was designated a conservation area in 1989. There are five listed buildings, the earliest of which dates back to the 15th century. [ [http://www.midsussex.gov.uk/Nimoi/sites/msdcpublic/resources/Cuckfield.pdf Mid Sussex Local Plan] ]

History

In 1822 Gideon Mantell discovered the fossilised remains of the first dinosaur to be found in England in a quarry at Whitemans Green. In 1944 the first V-1 flying bomb to land on England fell at Mizbrooks Farm. [ [http://www.cuckfield.org/local_history.php Cuckfield Town Website] ]

Facilities

Whitemans Green has its own Post Office incorporated into the local shop. There is a petrol station which serves Cuckfield, and traffic heading to the A23 road. Cuckfield Golf Course is located to the west of Whitemans Green, along with Cuckfield's largest pet store. Whitemans Green in also home to the "Ship Inn", and a second hand car dealership.

Recreation

Whitemans Green has a large recreation ground, home to the local football team, Cuckfield Cosmos, and neighbouring town Haywards Heath's Rugby Team. The ground is also regularly used by kitesurfers due to the strong winds often present. A recent addition to this area is the Skate Park. Parking is limited, and at busy times, namely Saturday mornings, cars park along the main road. Calls for parking restrictions or car park expansion have been made by local residents of Mill Hall.

Mill Hall

Mill Hall was a school for the deaf, first opened just after the second world war. The first headmistress was Mrs Crosby. It closed in the 1990s with the opening of Court Meadow school in Cuckfield. It has since been developed into housing, and until recently was home to Mill Hall School Day Nursery - which closed in 2008.

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