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Silver Birches, HAYWARDS HEATH, RH16 3PD

A small housing estate originally located between Image and Reed Pond Walk though access via the latter has now been closed. Built in the 1970son a northern remnant of Franklands Wood.

Towards Silver Birches (road) and then by a more formal path to America Lane.

The name of the field according to Lindfield's 1845 tithe map that lay in a small valley containing an unnamed tributary of Scrase Stream. This is the only open space left as much of the northern tip up to America Lane is now allotments.

Towards Silver Birches (road) and then by a more formal path to America Lane.

Viewed from the northern junction with Graveleye Lane. Franklands Village is a model village built in the 1930s in order to create housing for a fair economic rent. Built on the site of Franklands Wood, which was originally part of the parish of Wivelsfield until transferred to Haywards Heath in 1934, the community consists of two roads, Graveleye Lane, on the right, which runs south to north, and Reed Pond Walk, on the left, which loops around in semi circle rejoining Graveleye Lane further up. Facilities include a purpose built shop, a large village hall, a playing field and a church. The Franklands Village Housing Association still let a considerable number of houses today all of which have their own gardens.

A small cul de sac off Image that was developed in the early 1970s.

Looking northwards towards the junction with Reed Pond Lane. Franklands Village is a model village built in the 1930s in order to create housing for a fair economic rent. Built on the site of Franklands Wood, which was originally part of the parish of Wivelsfield until transferred to Haywards Heath in 1934, the community consists of two roads, Graveleye Lane, on the right, which runs south to north, and Reed Pond Walk, on the left, which loops around in semi circle rejoining Graveleye Lane further up. Facilities include a purpose built shop, a large village hall, a playing field and a church. The Franklands Village Housing Association still let a considerable number of houses today all of which have their own gardens.

Towards Silver Birches (road) and then by a more formal path to America Lane.

Home to Haywards Heath Town formed back in 1888. The ground was opened by Sir Stanley Rous back in 1952 in the days when the team was a local Sussex football power something reflected in the design of the main stand. The team are currently in Sussex Division Three.

Franklands Village is a model village built in the 1930s in order to create housing for a fair economic rent. Built on the site of Franklands Wood, which was originally part of the parish of Wivelsfield until transferred to Haywards Heath in 1934, the community consists of two roads, Graveleye Lane, to the east, which runs south to north, and Reed Pond Walk, to the west, which loops around in semi circle rejoining Graveleye Lane further up. Facilities include a purpose built shop, a large village hall, a playing field and a church. The Franklands Village Housing Association still let a considerable number of houses today all of which have their own gardens. This section of Reed Pond Walk was one of the last to be completed in 1938.