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Westlands Road, HAYWARDS HEATH, RH16 2SR

Viewed from its junction with Gravelye Lane. Built in the early 1970s to provide access to America Lane replacing the former route which is now a bridleway.

A cul de sac off Westlands Road that was developed in the early 1970s on a former field called Kiln Field on Lindfield's 1845 tithe map.

A cul de sac off Gravelye Lane built in the grounds of Gravelye House, whose drive is on the left, in the 1990s. White Gables is the house at the far end.

The original lane that linked Graveleye Lane with the early 19th century allotment colony later known as America. This section from the former down to The Hollow is now a bridleway. To the right are the outbuildings of Graveleye House built in 1826 for William Allen, the founder of America which was designed to enable the poor to become self sufficient through their allotments.

A small cul de sac off Image built in the early 1970s.

A small cul de sac off Gravelye Lane that was built around 1992 in the grounds of a large house, Orchard Lea, located on the right and built in 1946 on the site of a former orchard belonging to then neighbouring Gravelye Farm.

Small cul de sac off Image built in the mid 1960s on a former field called Shoulder of Mutton Field according to Lindfield's 1845 tithe map.

Located between Image and an unnamed tributary of Scrase Stream which currently forms the parish boundary between Haywards Heath and Lindfield. Originally a small meadow called Lower Bottom on Lindfield's 1845 tithe map.

The lane originally ran west from Gravelye Lane then along what is now Hanbury Lane turned south down what is now Barn Cottage Lane then west again to provide access to a smallholder's settlement originally known as The Colony, nicknamed America by locals which eventually stuck. The cottages were pulled down in 1944 being part of land transferred from Lindfield to Haywards Heath in 1934 and replaced with a new housing estate and a rerouting of the road. This section was downgraded to the status of a bridleway in the late 1960s with the construction of Westlands Road to the north. The creator of 'America', William Allen, lived in Gravelye House, out of shot to the right, built for him in 1825-26. On the left is what was originally Gravelye Cottage built at the same time as the neighbouring house and now subdivided into two dwellings; Gravelye Cottage to the west and Overmist, originally known as Gravelye Cottage East, to the east.

The road was formerly Haylind Road and has been renamed for the new development, see Image and Image, for a former view from the south. Beyond the junction with Plymouth Way is Image Originally an open field called Furze Field on Lindfield's 1845 tithe map that was transferred to Haywards Heath during the 1930s. To the north is what is now the Scrase Valley Nature Reserve, to the south was the original course of America Lane, see Image, whilst to the west was Bent's Wood. During the Second World War the field was turned into allotments and after the conflict the southern end adjacent to the lane was developed with prefabs. This remained the case until the end of the 1960s when a new estate was built. Wilmington Way was another temporary measure designed to last twenty years but ending up being in place for nearly forty, the exception being a set of flats at the northern end that have remained. In 2008 a decision was taken to demolish the estate and rebuild again with the new estate roughly following the old road routes as well as a green strip that has been retained running north-south through the estate. For the former Wilmington Way, taken in 2007, see: Image Image Image For the site after demolition, taken in 2011, see: Image Image Image For the current estate, taken in 2015, see: Image Image Image Image Image Image