| Plumpton | |
|---|---|
 Church of St Michael, Plumpton | |
  Plumpton Location within East Sussex | |
| Area | 9.7 km2 (3.7 sq mi) [1] |
| Population | 1,644 (Parish-2011)[2] |
| • Density | 450/sq mi (170/km2) |
| OS grid reference | TQ359132 |
| • London | 41 miles (66 km) N |
| 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 | Plumpton Council |
Plumpton is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. The village is located five miles (8 km) north-west of Lewes. The parish measures 6.5 miles in length on its north–south axis and 1 mile at its widest on the B2116 Underhill Road. The southern half of the parish lies within the South Downs National Park and at the highest point, 214m (702 feet), the South Downs Way traverses the crest of Plumpton Plain. The parish includes the small village of Plumpton adjacent to the Downs and to the north the larger village of Plumpton Green where most of the community and services are based. Plumpton is known for its race course, and also Plumpton College, which farms over 2500 acres of land and has become one of the leading centres for land-based education in the UK.
Plumpton is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having a church and two mills, and is shown as Pluntune, meaning 'town or settlement where plum-trees grew'.[3]
Plumpton Green is rumoured to have been the inspiration for the popular 1960s British children's television series Trumpton by Gordon Murray, with nearby Chailey being Chigley and Wivelsfield Green being Camberwick Green.[4]
- ^ "East Sussex in Figures". East Sussex County Council. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
- ^ "Civil parish population 2011". Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.369.
- ^ "In Search of the Real Trumptonshire". Trumptonshire Web. Retrieved 19 April 2009.