Pelham Place

Shopping

Pelham Place is just two miles from Hailsham High Street, the focus for local shopping and leisure. There, a number of well-known retailers are situated alongside independents offering a variety of products. In addition, a weekly market takes place on Vicarage Field and a monthly farmers’ market is held on Market Street.

Leisure

Residents will also find a selection of restaurants, cafés and bars within the town centre, as well as The Pavilion – a cinema and theatre venue – and a leisure centre with facilities including a swimming pool, gym and exercise studios.

Knockhatch Adventure Park, around four miles away, is popular with families and has indoor and outdoor play areas, a farm and an owl sanctuary; there’s also a dry ski and snowboard centre located next to the adventure park, which offers tuition in both sports.

Open spaces include Hailsham Country Park, which covers woodland, ponds, a lake and wildflower meadow; Hailsham Common Pond, home to a variety of flora and fauna, and the Maurice Thornton Playing Fields, which has several grass football pitches. The Cuckoo Trail – a 14-mile route along a former railway line – runs through the town and is popular with cyclists, horse riders and walkers.

Education

For families, the on-site primary school will be an added attraction once complete, but there are currently a number of well-regarded schools in the surrounding area. These include Hellingly Community Primary School and Grovelands Community Primary School, while for older students Hailsham Community College Academy Trust is two miles from the development and Heathfield Community College can be reached in around 15 minutes by car.

Transport

The development’s proximity to major roads and national rail services to London will be of benefit to people working in the nearby towns of Eastbourne and Brighton, as well as to those commuting to the Capital. Polegate Railway Station is three miles away and from there frequent services run to Brighton, Eastbourne, Lewes, Gatwick Airport, Ashford International, Clapham Junction and London Victoria, among other destinations. The A22, A27 and A259 are all easily accessible from the development. The nearest international airport is Gatwick, which lies around an hour away by car via the A22.