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Valebridge Road, BURGESS HILL, RH15 0QY

The road has its origins as an old droveway that ran from Keymer village north to the great common on Haywards Heath. At this point it ran through Valebridge Common part of which survives as Bedelands Nature Reserve. The common was enclosed in 1828 and the road was straightened though development had to wait until the sale of Theobalds estate in 1920 for the houses either side to be built.

The bridge carries the main London Line between Burgess Hill and Wivelsfield Station

Small private housing estate off Janes Lane opposite World's End Recreation Ground.

The one on the left is now residential whilst the former newsagents awaits a buyer. Worth it whilst the shop name remains as Mr Stubbings the tobacconist sounds like something you would find in a set of Happy Family cards.

Taken at the junction with Image Once part of Valebridge Common until that was enclosed in 1828 with this section going to Theobalds Farm who grew a small wood called The Plantation. The wood lasted until the estate was sold off in 1920 with this area broken up into small plots for housebuilding which duly grew lining the eastern side of Valebridge Road. The small estate was constructed in the 1960s and initially turns east to south as it hits the district boundary between Mid Sussex and Lewes which is also the administrative boundary between both Sussexes.

This view, taken looking WSW shows the Watermill Inn on the left. In the distance is a railway bridge, which is also the location of Wivelsfield Station (left of bridge).

Forming the junction of in clockwise order from the left; Junction Road, Leylands Road and Valebridge Road. World's End's post office is on the left and further on up is the bridge carrying the London-Brighton railway over the road.

A single goalpost lies between two marked pitches suggesting this set may well stay up throughout the year. Manor Court is to the right.

Predating the housing estates that have sprung up around it and since 1974 has been the boundary between East Sussex to the left and West Sussex to the right. However, the trees on the left are a remnant of an old field boundary that has remained intact particularly as the estate beyond it was still a field into the 1990s.