Wivelsfield

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Wivelsfield village, and larger adjacent village of Wivelsfield Green, are part of the civil parish of Wivelsfield in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. The villages are located three miles (5km) south-east of Haywards Heath. It is one of the larger parishes in the county, although the growth of Burgess Hill to the west has reduced what was originally the ecclestical parish. The parish church is dedicated to St Peter and St John the Baptist. Celt and Saxon remains have been found here.

Wivelsfield railway station (originally called Keymer Junction until 1896) is located on the Brighton Line, in the north of Burgess Hill, some 2 miles from Wivelsfield itself.

Construction work has recently started on the new primary school which is due to open in September 2007. This will enable the existing Victorian school in Church Lane to be redeveloped - as Church Lane is a Conservation area, it is likely that the site will be returned to residential use.

The village pub, which for years had been called the Cock Inn, was recently refurbished and re-named The Pear Tree.