A Place to
Live
Nestled in quintessentially English countryside, our towns and villages bustle with activity and brim with history. Much of our district is designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Our main towns of Burgess Hill, East Grinstead and Haywards Heath boast a fine selection of shops, restaurants and evening entertainment. Idyllic villages offer charming independent shops and tearooms, farmers and craft markets, festive concerts and fayres.
Our main towns of Burgess Hill, East Grinstead and Haywards Heath boast a fine selection of shops, restaurants and evening entertainment. Idyllic villages offer charming independent shops and tearooms, farmers and craft markets, festive concerts and fayres.
What makes Mid Sussex a great place to live?
Mid Sussex has a high-quality natural environment and around 60% of the district is covered by protected landscape designations.
Nearly 50% of the district is within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, a medieval landscape characterised by its ancient woodlands and just over 10% is within the South Downs National Park.
Nearly 50% of the district is within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, a medieval landscape characterised by its ancient woodlands and just over 10% is within the South Downs National Park.
36 designated conservation areas
1,000 historic buildings
10 Registered Parks and Gardens
A host of visitor attractions from its own steam railway to haute cuisine and internationally renowned vineyards
A Connected
Place
Mid Sussex’s excellent connectivity, locally, nationally and globally puts your business closer to the potential opportunities, people, places and supply chains it needs to grow and thrive.
Our area provides unbeatable global connectivity, benefiting from close proximity to London Gatwick - Europe’s best connected airport by rail, directly connecting to more stations than any other European airport.
Investment in our road network continues to deliver improvements to accessibility, with easy access via the M25 to the capital and the national road network.
Fast and frequent trains into London Victoria, London Bridge and London St Pancras, connect you to the UK’s largest workforce catchment as well as one of the world’s leading business hubs, and all within easy reach of European neighbours, with direct trains to Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and Cologne.
A Place of
Digital Innovation
Our Gigabit fibre network infrastructure is connecting tech clusters across the region. It will power digital and green innovation, which underpin our ambition to build sustainable and resilient communities.
Nearly nine out of 10 homes and businesses (86%) already have access to superfast broadband, and work is almost complete on the gigabit fibre network across Burgess Hill with its onward connections to Haywards Heath, Crawley and Brighton.
The Gigabit capable digital fibre network connects tech clusters spanning Brighton, Crawley and London to regional and local businesses.
It supports the businesses of today and tomorrow by providing open access, lit and dark fibre. It enhances the immediate opportunity for digital skills and tech startup companies, through its reliable and ultrafast connectivity
