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Twelve traditional properties, set within a private close, comprising of a mixture of 3 bedroom semi-detached & 3 and 4 bedroom detached homes.

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Ockley Grange is situated in the village and civil parish of Hassocks within the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex. The name Hassocks is believed to derive from the tufts of grass found in the surrounding fields. Located approximately 7 miles north of Brighton, the area now occupied by Hassocks was just a collection of small houses and a coaching house until the 19th century when work started on the London to Brighton railway. Hassocks, until 2000, was simply a postal district and prior to that, was known as the name of the railway station – Hassocks Gate.

Dominating the skyline to the south of Hassocks are the Clayton Windmills, known locally as “Jack and Jill”. “Jack”, a tower mill, was built in 1866 and was the location for a 1974 film “The Black Mill” starring Michael Caine and Donald Pleasance. “Jill”, a post mill, was built in Dyke Road, Brighton in 1821 and was moved to Clayton in 1852 by a team of oxen. The working life of the mills ended in 1906. “Jack” is now in private ownership and “Jill” was restored in 1986 and is open to the public.

A short walk from the centre of Hassocks will bring you to Oldland Mill, an 18th Century post mill, which is being restored by volunteers and is open to visitors on certain days during the summer.

There is a Site of Special Scientific Interest within the parish: Clayton to Offham Escarpment, which stretches from Hassocks in the west, to Lewes in the east. This site is of biological importance due to its rare chalk grassland habitat, together with its woodland and scrub. To the south of Hassocks is a small (17.6 acre) ancient woodland known as Butchers Wood. The wood is mainly oak and hazel and in the spring has extensive bluebell ground cover. It was acquired by The Woodland Trust in 1988.

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