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Beech Hill, HAYWARDS HEATH, RH16 3UG

A tributary of Scrase Stream that has been straightened and culverted since the building of the Northlands Wood estate. The houses at the far end are on Beech Hill in Franklands Village now part of Haywards Heath.

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.

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.

Once a quiet country lane through Franklands Wood. When neighbouring Northlands Wood was developed the lane was bypassed with this part being the northern end of the Franklands Village section and now a dead end. 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.

Looks like an 18th century cottage on the bend of Lyoth Lane.

A cul de sac off Gravelye Lane that was built in 2001 in the former grounds of Wood Knoll House, a large Victorian house built between 1845 and 1875, which still exists as a single residence on the right.

An old country lane linking Gravelye Lane to Snowdrop Lane on the former Lyoth Common. The western end has now been engulfed by the growth of suburbia with the development of a new estate beyond the trees to the right, see Image

Part of the new Heathwood estate being built by Barratt homes. The path in the foreground links the estate to Lyoth Lane, vehicular access is via Langmore Lane. Originally an open field that was unnamed on Lindfield's 1845 tithe map but contained Jordans Barn up to at least the First World War.

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.

I think the house dates from the early 19th century though I'm not certain. Originally sited at the northern tip of Franklands Wood as a country residence the house was swallowed up by the expansion of Haywards Heath during the 1970s with the extensive grounds turned into a small cul-de-sac called Knoll Place sometime during the 1990s.