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Bolnore Road, HAYWARDS HEATH, RH16 4AD

Not marked on Cuckfield's 1843 tithe map but in place by the first edition of the OS map in 1874 to enable access to Bolnore House from the east. The houses in view were added in the late 19th century whilst Wealden Way on the left was built in the late 1970s.

Small cul de sac off Bolnore Road that lies to the east of Beech Hurst gardens.

Originally a field called Upper Eight Acres according to Cuckfield's 1843 tithe map during the mid 19th century it became part of the grounds of a substantial villa called Beech Hurst. On the death of the last owner the grounds were offered to the local council who landscaped it into a public garden that included bowling greens and a miniature railway. The Lower Meadow covers the area between the railway and Bolnore Road.

Very pleasant public gardens.

The brown locomotive from Image has just commenced its second circuit of the day. A circuit takes about five minutes and costs adults and children £1 per circuit. The railway usually opens at weekends from Easter to October with Bank Holidays and Wednesday's during the summer school break as additional days. The trains generally operate from 2.00-5.00 but are out in the sidings steaming up from about 1pm onwards.

Part of the large recreation ground and found between Bolnore road to the south and the miniature railway to the north.

Haywards Heath first acquired its own court in 1888 when the bench moved from Cuckfield and occupied a building near the station in Paddockhall Road where it stayed until the 1980s when it moved to this site, once occupied by a house called Elfinsward built in the 1860s which became a Diocesan Conference Centre from 1928 and until its sale to Sussex Police in 1973 who subsequently demolished it but then had to wait a number of years of legal wrangling to finally be able to build a new police station. The magistrates court sat until 2012 when it was closed as part of the government's cost cutting measures with the building being demolished and set to be replaced by sheltered housing.

No idea if these were part of the house before its acquisition by the council or arrived after. Located to the south of the current Harvester public house with Image in view. Beech Hurst was originally a large Victorian house dating from the 1860s which was bequeathed along with its substantial grounds to the local council in 1946 for public recreational use. The council took over the property in 1950 and demolished the house around 1952 replacing it with a quadrangle and an attached tea room. The gardens include a miniature railway, bowling greens, petanque pistes, play areas and open green space and are popular with locals.

The railway was opened in 1954 and was extended in 1974 to include a 50 yard tunnel and footbridge, see Image See http://www.beechhurst-railway.org.uk/about.htm for more information. This is the only station on the half mile circuit.

In Bolnore Road in the west of the town.