Ridgewood, East Sussex

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Ridgewood is a suburb of Uckfield in South East England

The Village is the south of the town, and includes the Uckfield Millennium Green, with an areas of 100 acres, making it on of the largest in England. The area used to be home to Wares Potteries which operated until 1963 producing tiles and other ceramic products; the name of the factory is commemorated in the nearby Wares Road.

Ridgewood has no church, four nursing homes, (one council, Three private: Copper Beach house (Bupa), New Inn (Privatly owned) and another one.) one post office (with adjoining shop) and two bus routes passing through it (to Eastbourne via Hailsham and Brighton Via Isfield / Halland and Lewes to the south and Uckfield, Crowborough and Tunbridge Wells to the North); two pubs and a local hall, which is often used for community events and poling.

The area is threatened by potential developments (construction of 650 new homes directly around the area) on mainly green field land; this has been fought against by much of the local population.