Haywards Heath

Haywards Heath is a beautiful town in West Sussex. A good place to visit for a family fun day.

Get in

By plane

🌍 Gatwick Airport (LGW IATA) is the nearest airport with a direct Gatwick Express train to Haywards Heath.

By train

  • 🌍 Haywards Heath train station. Has 4 platforms with services from many towns on the south coast, including the city Brighton. There are also trains going north towards Bedford and London Victoria.

By bus

Bus services from East Grinstead, Burgess Hill and Uckfield.

See

There is an overlooking view on the southdowns.

Do

  • Truckfest South East celebrates heavy haulage and monster trucks, at South of England Showground in Ardingly in August. Similar events are held at seven other locations across Britain.

Buy

There are lots of wonderful shops in the town centre such as Jullion Graves and Mark & Spencer: lots of nice places to go shopping. There is also a leisure centre there called the Dolphin and is very inexpensive.

There is also a large Sainsbury's supermarket near the train station.

Eat

The best place to eat is Pizza Express because it has the best proper pizzas or Euphesas kebabs, who said that typical British fayre is fish and chips has never been here. Kebabs and Indian are in here.

For those wanting to splurge a bit more, the Broadwalk is packed full of up-market and trendy restaurants.

Drink

While nightlife in Haywards Heath isn't exactly bustling or the best in the area, there a few pubs in the town center, such as The Star and The Burrell Arms. Also is the Priory, that has bar nun for a dance bar, its not swamped with people but gets fairly busy Friday and Saturday, but best bet maybe between the Star and Burrell arms, about 8 to 10 bar/restaurant/cafes there. Stays pretty busy with people.

Bolney Wine Estate has produced wine for almost 50 years; vineyard tours available.

Sleep

  • 🌍 Birch Hotel, Lewes Road, RH17 7SF (not too far away from the hospital), +44 1444 451565. 51 room hotel in an 1874 country house. from £110.
  • 🌍 Premier Inn, Perrymount Rd, RH16 3DN. Dependable budget chain. from £59.

Connect

As of Feb 2023, Haywards Heath and its approach roads have 4G from EE, Three and Vodafone, and 5G from O2.

Go next

Routes through Haywards Heath
London Crawley/Gatwick Airport  N  S  Brighton and Hove


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