East Chiltington

East Chiltington is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. It is centred four miles (5.9 km) south-east of Burgess Hill and five miles (8 km) north-west of Lewes. It is a strip parish of 3.76 square miles (9.7 km2), stretching northward (south of Plumpton) from the crest of the South Downs. The village church is 13th century in origin; the vicar also has charge of two churches in Plumpton. Near the church there is a pub called The Jolly Sportsman. The Sussex Greensand Way, a Roman road, runs from east to west through the centre of the parish.

East Chiltington
East Chiltington Parish Church
East Chiltington
Location within East Sussex
Area9.75 km2 (3.76 sq mi) 
Population474 (Electors-2011)
• Density61/sq mi (24/km2)
OS grid referenceTQ389148
• London41 miles (66 km) N
Civil parish
  • East Chiltington
District
  • Lewes
Shire county
Region
  • South East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLEWES
Postcode districtBN7
Dialling code01273
PoliceSussex
FireEast Sussex
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
  • Lewes
Websitehttp://www.eastchiltington.net/

Eton College owns a 500 acre plot in the parish and in 2021 applied to build 3,000 homes in the area north of the railway line. The proposal has met with resistance from locals, citing amongst other things the risk to the biodiversity of the area.

There is no public access to the majority of the banks of Bevern Stream through East Chiltington.

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