Hassocks
Hassocks is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. Its name is believed to derive from the tufts of grass found in the surrounding fields.
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Hassocks viewed from the South Downs | |
Hassocks Location within West Sussex | |
| Area | 10.88 km2 (4.20 sq mi) |
| Population | 7,667 2011 Census |
| • Density | 627/km2 (1,620/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TQ299154 |
| • London | 40 miles (64 km) N |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HASSOCKS |
| Postcode district | BN6 |
| Dialling code | 01273 |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | West Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
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| Website | http://www.hassockspc.net/ |
Located approximately 7 miles (11 km) north of Brighton, with a population of 8,319, the area now occupied by Hassocks was just a collection of small houses and a coaching house until the 19th century, when work started on the London to Brighton railway.
Until 2000 the site fell in two parishes, Clayton and Keymer; Hassocks was only the name of the postal district. It is said that with the advent of the railway in 1841 the two parish councils were given the opportunity of naming the new station but could not agree, and eventually the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway chose the station name 'Hassocks Gate'.