East Chiltington Community Website

Welcome to the new East Chiltington website

We hope you enjoy using the new community site. It is currently being developed, and will soon have information and links to everything you'll want to know about the parish.

If there is anything you'd like to see here, or if you'd like to tell people about local clubs, organisations or businesses, please click the link below.

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About our Parish

East Chiltington is a small rural parish, which forms a narrow strip about 6 miles long and 2 miles across at its widest point. It runs from the top of the South Downs bordering Falmer at the Buckland Bank, follows down the chalk escarpment cutting through the greensand ridge Northwards to the edge of the Wealden clay in Great Home Wood. About one third of the parish at its Southern end is designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The Parish is home to about 180 families. Most of these live in houses and farms scattered along our quiet, single track lanes. There are two clusters of housing; in the centre of the parish, and Pouchlands, a housing development at the Eastern border of the parish with South Chailey.

In the centre of the Parish, Chapel Lane leads past the pub/restaurant, the Jolly Sportsman, and up to the beautiful 13th Century church. Behind the houses at Hollycroft on Chapel Lane there is a playing field and a children’s play area. There is no school, shop, or parish hall. However, East Chiltington is a thriving community. There are several local businesses, most land is still in farming use, and many people in the parish work locally.

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Register as a community user for this site

To register as a user for this website please go to Community services>register. This will give you access to the notice board in order to place small ads or to contact other community users. Your details will remain confidential and are only needed in order to issue you with a password. The help button will tell you more. All registered users have the option to be notified by email when this site is updated; a useful way of getting information quickly.

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