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Vermont Place, HAYWARDS HEATH, RH16 3UW

A private cul de sac now found at the eastern end of Woodlands Road, however, it predates that road and was originally accessed via New England Road though that route is little more than a footpath today. The northern side was built in the first decade of the 20th century on a former brick field which had been excavated to provide for houses on New England Road. The houses to the south, out of shot to the right were added intermittently from the 1940s onwards.

Originally a builders yard that was converted into an office block called Progress House in the 1970s. The block was empty when I last passed this way, see Image, and during 2014 was converted into flats.

Looking eastwards from the junction with Mayflower Road, the initial three houses on either side date from the 1920s when the road was originally laid out, those beyond were added in the late 1950s when the road was extended to Windermere Road. Prior to that much of the area was the original site of Haywards Heath's first sewage farm which by 1910 has become allotments. The eastern end of the road is built on the site of a former brick field. The woodlands in the name would have been an acknowledgement of nearby Petlands Wood and Bent's Wood both of which have been lost to development.

Linking New England Road with Franklynn Road (A272). Laid out through Petlands Wood in the 1920s and gradually built up over the next 30 years. The dip in the road marks the entry to the towns cemetery.

Opposite view of Image looking up towards the junction with New England Road. Like the surrounding roads it was laid out before the First World War but not developed until after. The empty office block on the left, Progress House, was built on the site of a builders yard.

Once part of Petland Wood which covered an area now containing Haywards Heath cemetery, Western Road, Eastern Road, North Road and Victoria Road. This part remained undeveloped until the 1970s when this estate was built which was later extended southwards into the former grounds of the Priory.

A strip of land along the stream is fenced off from the cemetery itself to the left and contains the 'Perimeter Nature Walk'. There are steps up to Western Road at this western end.

Section BC in the foreground, according to a plan at the entrance. The section identification letters are presumably to some logical system, but it is far from obvious what it is.

A strip of land along a stream is fenced off from the cemetery itself and contains the 'Perimeter Nature Walk'. This narrow part broadens out somewhat around the corner.