Chiddingly

Chiddingly
Chiddingly is located in East Sussex
Chiddingly
Chiddingly
Location within East Sussex
Area17.6 km2 (6.8 sq mi) [1]
Population1,247 (Parish-2011) [2]
• Density148/sq mi (57/km2)
OS grid referenceTQ543142
• London43 miles (69 km) NNW
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLEWES
Postcode districtBN8
Post townHAILSHAM
Postcode districtBN27
Dialling code01825
PoliceSussex
FireEast Sussex
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
Websitehttp://www.chiddingly.gov.uk/
List of places
UK
England
East Sussex
50°55′N 0°11′E / 50.91°N 0.19°E / 50.91; 0.19

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.

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.[3] 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.

  1. ^ "East Sussex in Figures". East Sussex County Council. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Map showing location of Chiddingly". Archived from the original on 24 January 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.