Description
Stylish living in delightful East Grinstead - From £179,995 To £399,995
A select collection of one, two, three, four and five-bedroom superb homes in East Grinstead. This is a special place within easy reach of central London thanks to excellent road and rail links, but set in the High Weald, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It combines the best of both worlds. Mill Brook Place is your natural choice.
Lifestyle
Mill Brook Place is a select collection of two, three and four-bedroom exclusive homes in East Grinstead, an historic Sussex market town perfect for contemporary family living.
With it's great transport links, local amenities, historical architecture and surrounding area of outstanding natural beauty, Mill Brook Place makes for a great place to live.
Just outside town lies the beautiful scenery of the High Weald, Ashdown Forest and the pretty River Medway.
Leisure facilities
Places of Interest
Kings Leisure Centre
Kings Leisure Centre in the heart of East Grinstead has a swimming pool, sports facilities, gym and dance studio for family fun or keeping in trim.
Golf
There are a choice of golf, fitness and country clubs within 5 miles, the nearest 18-hole golf course and health club, Chartham Park, being a 10-minute drive from Mill Brook Place.
The Atrium
The Atrium entertainment complex is home to The Picture House twin-screen cinema, clubs, bars and ten-pin bowling.
Walks
This area abounds with fantastic opportunities for outdoor activity: walking through gorgeous scenery, exploring nature trails, sailing at Weir Wood Reservoir (3 miles away), fishing, cycling, horse riding, collecting conkers or just lazy picnics in the sun.
Art, Music and Theatre
Live theatre, music and art come together at the award-winning Chequer Mead Art Centre, boasting a 349-seat theatre and gallery. With concerts from tribute bands to chamber orchestras, drama and dance from international performers, touring art exhibitions and an annual festival, there is a thriving arts scene for culture vultures.
National Trust
On the southern outskirts of town is Standen, the National Trust's flagship Arts and Crafts Movement country house, resplendent in rolling gardens with wonderful views over the High Weald.
Ashdown Forest
Ashdown Forest, better known as the Hundred Acre Wood in AA Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh stories, is within 4 miles. It's heaven for climbing trees, playing hide and seek, woodland walks, biking and treasure hunts. There's also a llama park.
The Bluebell Railway
The Bluebell Railway (2 miles away) is a steam railway heritage line with an impressive collection ?of old locomotives.
The Greenwich Meridian
The Greenwich Meridian runs through town and at East Court, a lovely 18th century mansion, visitors can stand astride the line dividing east and west.
The Coast
Brighton and the beach are just 30 miles away.
Made for Famillies
East Grinstead is a fantastic place to bring up children, with Lots of scope for great days out to banish cries of “I’m bored”! Ashdown Forest, better known as the Hundred Acre Wood in AA Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh stories, is within 4 miles. It’s heaven for climbing trees, playing hide and seek, woodland walks, biking and treasure hunts and there’s also a llama park.
The Bluebell Railway (2 miles away) is a steam railway heritage line with an impressive collection of old locomotives.
The Greenwich Meridian runs through town and at East Court, a lovely 18th century mansion, visitors can stand astride the Line dividing east and west.
The beach and all that Brighton has to offer are just 39 miles away.
Local shopping
East Grinstead's compact town centre has a useful mix of favourite high street names and attractive one-off shops. Waitrose and Sainsbury's are the local supermarkets.
Nearby Crawley (9 miles) and Tunbridge Wells (14 miles) offer a brilliant selection of shops offering everything from big brands independent fashion outlets.
Options for eating out are plentiful, and range from popular chains to independent eateries.
Schools and education
A Class Act
Parents have a choice of state or private schools with excellent reputations.
East Grinstead state primaries pride themselves on a nurturing ethos, while independent Fonthill Lodge, half a mile from Mill Brook Place, has pupils aged 2 ½ to 11 and calls itself a “caring, inclusive and happy community.”
The town’s two highly regarded state secondaries; Sackville and Imberhorne, have received impressive Ofsted reports and include successful sixth-form centres.
Two miles away, independent Greenfields School is one of the few in the country to take children from pre-school to university entrance (ages 3 - 19). It promises an unrivalled education and its own 11 acres of woodland.
Nearest schools:
- The Meads Primary School (0.2 miles)
- Fonthill Lodge School - Primary (0.7 miles)
- Estcots Primary School (1.0 miles)
Transport links
East Grinstead is at the hub of four counties - East and West Sussex, Surrey and Kent - and offers easy access in every direction.
Mill Brook Place is 8 miles from junction 10 of the M23, linking to the M25.
Central London is within easy reach, less than 30 miles away, while the coast at Brighton is the same distance south.
By Car*
• Royal Tunbridge - 14.2 miles
• Crawley - 10.0 miles
• Horsham -18.2 miles
• Haywards Heath - 11.1 miles
• Brighton - 28.6 miles
• Redhill - 14.4 miles
• Reigate - 15.3 miles
• Sevenoaks - 19.1 miles
• Central London- 27.8 miles
• Croydon- 20.4 miles
• Eastbourne - 32.8 miles
*www.maps.google.co.uk
By Air
Gatwick Airport is around 25 minutes’ drive and Heathrow an hour. Dover, for ferries to France, takes around 1 Ë hours.
By Rail*
Mill Brook Place is 1.2 miles from East Grinstead mainline station with its frequent direct services to both London Victoria and London Bridge, each taking 58 minutes.
• Clapham Junc - 45 minutes
• London Bridge - 58 minutes
• London Victoria - 58 minutes
*www.nationalrail.com
Nearest stations:
East Grinstead
(0.8 miles)
Dormans
(2.9 miles)
Lingfield
(4.3 miles)
Opening hours
Sales & Marketing Suite open 7 days a week 10am - 5.30pm
Call directly
Tel: 0843 315 1255 BT 4p/min
Site plan
About Barratt Homes
Barratt Homes
Founded in 1958, Barratt is Britain's best-known housebuilder. We have sold over 300,000 new homes around the country and are leaders in design, urban regeneration, social housing and innovation.
We currently sell over 15,500 new homes a year and are building on developments from Aberdeen to Plymouth, helping to meet housing demand in towns, cities and rural areas. We build for all kinds of buyers, from first-time buyer apartments to family townhouses to luxury penthouses, plus homes for rent and shared ownership.
A commitment to innovation and continuous product development, coupled with the highest standards of design, construction, quality and customer service has earned Barratt every major industry award in recent years and we are currently ‘Housebuilder of the Year’ in both the prestigious What House? and Your New Home awards. Our site managers are also regular winners in the NHBC ‘Pride In The Job’ awards for quality workmanship.
NewBuy
NewBuy is a government-backed initiative which aims to help home-buyers secure up to a 95% Loan to Value mortgage on new build properties from participating builders in England.
The scheme is operated by the home building industry and mortgage lenders and is designed to protect the lenders against losses in the unfortunate event of repossession.
To be eligible for NewBuy, home-buyers must be UK citizens and those with a right to remain indefinitely in the country.
Properties that qualify for NewBuy are:
- New build
- Priced up to £500,000
- Primary homes
- Full ownership
