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London Road, HAYWARDS HEATH, RH17 5QD

The old course of the A23 is about to rejoin the new route opened in the early 1990s to bypass Bolney, the two way lanes end at the drive to Beggars Bush Cottage on the left. The slip road is by and large used for access to services at Image

The name of the field according to Bolney's 1842 tithe map that lies to the west of London Road, the old course of the A23. The gate to the field has Beggars Bush Nursery painted on it which may explain the origins of what looks like a set of concrete storage areas.

Looking southwards towards the junction with the northbound slip road out from Bolney, a point where the old course of the road rejoins the new course opened in the early and taking the trunk road past the village. Roadworks are currently in progress to extend the lanes and make the area around Handcross Hill safer.

The long distance route links Wandsworth in London to Brighton and largely follows the A23 throughout its route. Here the path runs next to the road between the northern Bolney slip road and Pitts Head Crossroads where it splits, one route continuing to follow the A23, and another veering north eastwards following the old course of the London-Brighton turnpike to Staplefield then Handcross. The new sign awaits the work on the A23 to be completed before its instructions are revealed.

The old alignment comes to an end. It eventually continues some way along on the far side of the new alignment, where it is used as a slip road. The blue sign advises that unmarked police cars are operating. This is no idle threat, and they have used some unlikely makes such as Subaru.