Hickmans Lane Recreation Field, Lindfield
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Hickmans Lane Recreation Field, Lindfield
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 15 Aug 2015
The land within the southern arc of Hickmans Lane remained open meadows until into the 1960s when the owner died and the estate decided to sell to developers despite a verbal agreement that they would be left as open space to the public. Eventually a compromise agreement was reached whereby the two northern fields would remain open space and those to the south, now the Pickers Green estate visible to the left, would be developed. The recreation ground is currently home to Lindfield Football Club who moved here fairly recently from the common.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.014965
Longitude
-0.084383