| East Chiltington | |
|---|---|
 East Chiltington Parish Church | |
  East Chiltington Location within East Sussex | |
| Area | 9.75 km2 (3.76 sq mi) [1] |
| Population | 474 (Electors-2011)[2] |
| • Density | 61/sq mi (24/km2) |
| OS grid reference | TQ389148 |
| • London | 41 miles (66 km) N |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LEWES |
| Postcode district | BN7 |
| Dialling code | 01273 |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | East Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | http://www.eastchiltington.net/ |
East Chiltington is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. It is centred four miles (5.9 km) south-east of Burgess Hill and five miles (8 km) north-west of Lewes. It is a strip parish of 3.76 square miles (9.7 km2), stretching northward (south of Plumpton) from the crest of the South Downs. The village church is 13th century in origin; the vicar also has charge of two churches in Plumpton. Near the church there is a pub called The Jolly Sportsman. The Sussex Greensand Way, a Roman road, runs from east to west through the centre of the parish.
Eton College owns a 500 acre plot in the parish and in 2021 applied to build 3,000 homes in the area north of the railway line. The proposal has met with resistance from locals, citing amongst other things the risk to the biodiversity of the area.[3]
There is no public access to the majority of the banks of Bevern Stream through East Chiltington.
- ^ "East Sussex in Figures". East Sussex County Council. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
- ^ "Civil Parish Population 2011". Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ "Eton v the sea trout: college's land sale sparks fears of river pollution". The Guardian. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.