Handcross

Handcross
Handcross  Handcross shown within West Sussex
OS grid reference	TQ262297
Civil parish	Slaugham
District	Mid Sussex
Shire county	West Sussex
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HAYWARDS HEATH
Postcode district	RH17
Dialling code	01444
Police	Sussex
Fire	West Sussex
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Horsham
List of places UK England West Sussex

Handcross is a village in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A23 road 4.2 miles (6.8 km) south of Crawley.

Nymans Garden, 30 acres (120,000 m²) of parklands run by the National Trust, is near to Handcross, as are 20 acres (81,000 m²) of woodland and water gardens at High Beeches Garden.^[1]

Handcross has two public houses, The Red Lion (High Street) which was refurbished in 2010 in contemporary style, and The Royal Oak (Horsham Road), which is a more traditional "English" pub, offering home cooked food and cask ales. Handcross also boasts a Social club, serving the community.

Handcross Primary School,^[2] situated at the northern end of the village, was rated outstanding by Ofsted in May 2011. It is currently undergoing extensive building works to increase capacity, due for completion in early 2014. Opposite the primary school is Handcross Park School, an independent prep school.

Handcross Hill

Handcross Hill is a stretch of the A23 road which runs past the village. This part of dual carriageway is notorious for accidents due to it being on a steep gradient, being surrounded by trees and containing a number of sharp bends, those being unsuitable for a road of its type. The hill has proved to be dangerous enough to be widened and straightened by the Highways Agency and the cutting of the surrounding trees began overnight in mid-2011. The project is due for completion in late 2014.^[3]

Sharp Righthand Bend On The Original Road Design

References

External links

Media related to Handcross at Wikimedia Commons