Chiddingly

Chiddingly (/ˈɪdɪŋl/ CHID-ing-lye) is an English village and civil parish in the Wealden District of the administrative county of East Sussex, within historic Sussex, some five miles (8 km) northwest of Hailsham.

Chiddingly
Chiddingly
Location within East Sussex
Area17.6 km2 (6.8 sq mi) 
Population1,247 (Parish-2011)
 Density148/sq mi (57/km2)
OS grid referenceTQ543142
 London43 miles (69 km) NNW
District
  • Wealden
Shire county
Region
  • South East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLEWES
Postcode districtBN8
Post townHAILSHAM
Postcode districtBN27
Dialling code01825
PoliceSussex
FireEast Sussex
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
  • Wealden
Websitehttp://www.chiddingly.gov.uk/

The parish is rural in character: it includes the village of Chiddingly and a collection of hamlets: the largest of these being Muddles Green and Thunder's Hill; others being Gun Hill, Whitesmith, Holmes Hill, Golden Cross, Broomham and Upper Dicker. It covers 7 square miles (18 km2) of countryside. Of the more than 340 dwellings in the parish, over fifty have the word "Farm" in their postal address.

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