WHY I LOVE
Lindfield
I have lived in Lindfield, West Sussex for over two years now and
it is, without doubt, the best place I have ever lived and probably
ever will live! I originate from a little village in Kent and spent my
childhood visiting only one of the three shops the village had to
offer (to get my penny sweets) and my teenage years trying to
escape to civilisation on the bus to Bromley (which I was always
successful in doing). At 16 I moved to Haslemere, Surrey with
my family and my parents decided to choose an even more
secluded location than in Kent – a walk to the local shop was
now a two-hour round trip on foot.
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I escaped to university in Nottingham
and then spent a few years in my earlymid twenties in Bexhill, East Sussex with
my now husband (Bexhill born and bred)
before making the move to West Sussex.
Having previously loved living in a village
when I was a child and hating it when I
was a young adult, I feel like I have gone
full circle back to loving village life – and I
have chosen a pretty special village!
But why do I love Lindfield so much…?
…it’s because of the pond
When I say I live in Lindfield the usual
response I get is ‘oh, the one with the
pond?’…yes, that’s the one. My favourite
thing about Lindfield is undoubtedly
the ‘pond’ - it is actually a fresh water
spring. The pond is situated right in the
heart of the village, between the green
and the high street, and is surrounded
by beautiful houses and a pub which
has been in the process of refurbishment
since we arrived – hopefully it will be
completed soon and can make the
most of its beautiful view. Complete
with a large family of ducks (with private
accommodation, naturally) and a
fountain, the pond is a well loved and
well known feature of the village; the
green grocers even sells food for the
ducks (no bread allowed!) and I gather