Nymans Garden, 30 acres (12 hectares) of parklands run by the National Trust, is located adjacent to the High Street, as are 20 acres (8 ha) of woodland and water gardens at High Beeches Garden.[1]
Handcross has one public house, The Red Lion[2] (High Street), which was refurbished in 2010 in contemporary style. It formerly had three, the other two being The Fountain (demolished in 2012 and replaced by housing) and The Royal Oak (closed in 2020). This is now due to re-open in 2023, Handcross also has a Social club.
Handcross Primary School,[3] situated at the northern end of the village recently underwent extensive building works to increase capacity. 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 used to be notorious for accidents due to its 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.
On 12 July 1906, a bus crashed into a tree following a mechanical failure, killing 10 people and injuring 26 in the worst road crash in Sussex history.[4]
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 was completed in late 2014.[5]
handcross, village, sussex, district, west, sussex, england, lies, road, miles, kilometres, south, crawley, 2011, census, population, fell, within, civil, parish, slaugham, location, within, west, sussexos, grid, referencetq262297civil, parishslaughamdistrictm. Handcross is a village in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex England It lies on the A23 road 4 2 miles 6 8 kilometres south of Crawley At the 2011 Census the population fell within the civil parish of Slaugham HandcrossHandcrossLocation within West SussexOS grid referenceTQ262297Civil parishSlaughamDistrictMid SussexShire countyWest SussexRegionSouth EastCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townHAYWARDS HEATHPostcode districtRH17Dialling code01444PoliceSussexFireWest SussexAmbulanceSouth East CoastUK ParliamentHorshamList of places UK England West Sussex 51 03 13 N 0 12 02 W 51 05356 N 0 20044 W 51 05356 0 20044 Coordinates 51 03 13 N 0 12 02 W 51 05356 N 0 20044 W 51 05356 0 20044Nymans Garden 30 acres 12 hectares of parklands run by the National Trust is located adjacent to the High Street as are 20 acres 8 ha of woodland and water gardens at High Beeches Garden 1 Handcross has one public house The Red Lion 2 High Street which was refurbished in 2010 in contemporary style It formerly had three the other two being The Fountain demolished in 2012 and replaced by housing and The Royal Oak closed in 2020 This is now due to re open in 2023 Handcross also has a Social club Handcross Primary School 3 situated at the northern end of the village recently underwent extensive building works to increase capacity Opposite the primary school is Handcross Park School an independent prep school Handcross Hill EditHandcross Hill is a stretch of the A23 road which runs past the village This part of dual carriageway used to be notorious for accidents due to its 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 On 12 July 1906 a bus crashed into a tree following a mechanical failure killing 10 people and injuring 26 in the worst road crash in Sussex history 4 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 was completed in late 2014 5 Sharp righthand bend on the original road designReferences Edit High Beeches Garden http www highbeeches com The Red Lion Handcross http www redlionhandcross co uk Handcross Primary School http www handcrossprimary uk MOTOR OMNIBUS ACCIDENT PDF The Times 13 July 1906 Retrieved 5 February 2023 A23 Handcross to Warninglid http www highways gov uk roads road projects a23 handcross to warninglidExternal links Edit Media related to Handcross at Wikimedia Commons This West Sussex location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Handcross amp oldid 1137668179, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
