Ardingly
| Ardingly | ||||
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 Ardingly Inn |
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| Basic data | ||||
| status | Village and Civil Parish | |||
| surface | 16.09 km² | |||
| population | 1936 (as of 2011) | |||
| Ceremony county | West Sussex | |||
| District | Mid Sussex | |||
| Constituency | Horsham | |||
| Website: www.ardingly.org | ||||
Ardingly ( spoken : ɑrdɪŋˌlaɪ, "Arding-lye") is a village ( Village ) and a municipality ( Civil Parish ) in the district of Mid Sussex , West Sussex , England . It is about 53 kilometers south of London and 23 kilometers north of the seaside resort of Brighton . Other major cities nearby are Chichester , Haywards Heath , Crawley and East Grinstead . Ardingly is located in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty , an area of outstanding natural beauty known as the High Weald .
Sights in the region include the Ardingly Reservoir , a reservoir that provides fresh water to smaller towns in the region and is also an attraction for water sports enthusiasts, the Royal Botanic Gardens , St. Peter's Church and the Big-Upon-Little rock formation .
Events
The rural tranquility of Ardingly is usually interrupted on Father's Day by the London to Brighton bike race and in June by the Southern England Agricultural Fair . In addition there are a number of smaller events such as antique markets and the Assembly regional scout ( Surrey Scout About ) every three years on the South of England Showground will be held in Ardingly.
education
On the southern edge of the village is Ardingly College , a well-known private school. There is also a state primary school; secondary state schools are located in neighboring Haywards Heath.
Infrastructure
In 1864 a branch line was opened from the Brighton Main Line at Haywards Heath to Horsted Keynes on the East Grinstead - Lewes route with Ardingly as the only intermediate station.
Passenger traffic was shut down on October 28, 1963, but there is still heavy freight traffic from Haywards Heath to a building materials company Hanson in Ardingly. The line towards Horsted Keynes is owned by the private Bluebell Railway , which aims to reopen in the long term.
Web links
- Ardingly Reservoir Overflow Ardingly Reservoir
- South of England Agricultural Society Agricultural Fair information
- Ardingly College Ardingly College
- Big-Upon-Little Rock Formation Big-Upon-Little
Individual evidence
- ↑ Scoutabout 2021 on farnhamscouting.com , accessed on August 15, 2020.
- ↑ Ardingly Railway station on Disused Stations
- ^ Extending the Bluebell Railway , Bluebell Railway website, accessed February 15, 2014
Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ N , 0 ° 5 ′ W