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Sylvan Close, HAYWARDS HEATH, RH16 3SG

One of the roads named after species of trees in this modern estate

Viewed from the footpath that links Lyoth Lane to Lewes Road the houses were built in the 1980s on the site of Northlands Wood which was once the northern extremity of Wivelsfield parish but was transferred to Haywards Heath in 1934 and developed over the following decades.

A cul de sac off Northlands Avenue built in the 1970s as part of the Northlands estate on the site of Northlands Wood that had originally been part of the parish of Wivelsfield but was transferred to Haywards Heath in 1934. On the right is the estate's convenience store, originally run by One Stop, which closed in February 2015 for a long refurbishment before reopening in 2016 as a Tesco Express.

One of the roads named after species of trees in this modern estate

Viewed from Northlands Avenue and built in the 1970s as part of the Northlands estate on the site of Northlands Wood that had originally been part of the parish of Wivelsfield but was transferred to Haywards Heath in 1934. To its left is the estate's convenience store, originally run by One Stop which closed in February 2015, and is currently undergoing a long refurbishment before reopening in 2016 as a Tesco Express.

Linking Lyoth Lane to Lewes Road. The path was straightened during an 18th century enclosure and marked the boundary between the former common on the right and the site of Northlands Wood to the left. Both have now disappeared under housing estates. The area was once part of Wivelsfield parish but was transferred to Haywards Heath in 1934.

A modern cul-de-sac off Marlow Drive built in the 1990s on the site of Northlands Wood which once formed the northern end of Wivelsfield parish but was transferred to Haywards Heath in 1934.

The main access route for Franklands Village and the Northlands estate built along with the latter in the 1970s as part of the Northlands estate on the site of Northlands Wood that had originally been part of the parish of Wivelsfield but was transferred to Haywards Heath in 1934. The road begins as Frankton Avenue on the B2272 becoming Northlands Avenue at the junction with Gravelye Lane at the entrance to Franklands Village rejoining that road over the parish boundary with Lindfield. The sewer vent pipe on the right also marks the location of Northlands Brook now culverted and part of the sewer system of the estate.

A new estate built in the 1990s on the site of a former nursery whose name is recalled by Charlesworth Park, the road leading off to the right. The nursery itself was started in the first decade of the 20th century becoming well known for growing orchids. It survived into the 1950s whilst market gardening continued here until the late 1970s before succumbing to the outward growth of Haywards Heath. The land here was once a common that was gradually encroached upon until only a strip remained by the 1840s, Middle Field, Wood Field and Common Field now lie buried under the housing. Lyoth Common was originally part of Wivelsfield parish but was transferred to Haywards Heath in 1934.

Northlands Avenue formed the backbone of a new housing estate on the East side of Haywards Heath a few decades back. It has now matured and is no longer the "new" part, that description being more likely to be attached to the Bolnore Village development West of town. The hills on the skyline are those around Horsted Keynes and Chelwood some miles away.