Burgess Hill

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Burgess Hill

Total population

29,000

Coordinates50.96°, -0.13°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Burgess Hill is a town and civil parish in West Sussex, England, close to the border with East Sussex, on the edge of the South Downs National Park, 39 mi (63 km) south of London, 10 mi (16 km) north of Brighton and Hove, and 29 mi (47 km) northeast of the county town, Chichester. It had an area of 3.7 sq mi (9.6 km2) and a population of 30,635 at the 2011 Census, making it the fourth most populous parish in the county and the most populous in the Mid Sussex District. Other nearby towns include Haywards Heath to the northeast and Lewes, the county town of East Sussex, to the southeast.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

K

Katie Johnson

English actress (1878–1957)

James Starley

British businessman

Paul Scofield

British actor (1922–2008)

I

Ian Ritchie

British architect

Sujata Massey

American writer

Æthelwealh of Sussex

South Saxon monarch

A

Abby McDonald

British author

Harry Gregson-Williams

British composer, conductor and producer

G

Godwin, Earl of Wessex

Anglo-Saxon nobleman; son of Wulfnoth Cild

Victor Bockris

British writer (born 1949)

Edgar Vincent, 1st Viscount D'Abernon

British politician (1857-1941)

Frances D'Souza, Baroness D'Souza

British academic, life peer (born 1944)

H

Hannen Swaffer

British journalist (1879-1962)

Linda Buckley-Archer

British writer (1958-)

R

Robin McLaren

British diplomat (1934-2010)

T

Thomas Weelkes

English composer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in England

• Lewes
  8.6 mi away
• Portslade by Sea
  9.2 mi away
• Uckfield
  10 mi away
• Peacehaven
  12.5 mi away
• Newhaven
  13.8 mi away
• Billingshurst
  14.6 mi away
• Crowborough
  14.7 mi away
• Horley
  14.9 mi away
• Heathfield
  16.8 mi away
• South Godstone
  18.5 mi away
• Magham Down
  18.9 mi away
• Polegate
  18.9 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Burgess Hill

Burgess Hill official guide

Burgess Hill (England). Town Council · 1986

Book of common prayer

Church of England · 1537

[Report 1937]

Burgess Hill (England). Urban District Council. nb2010028436 · 1937

[Report 1962]

Burgess Hill (England). Urban District Council. nb2010028436 · 1962

[Report 1968]

Burgess Hill (England). Urban District Council. nb2010028436 · 1968

[Report 1965]

Burgess Hill (England). Urban District Council. nb2010028436 · 1965

[Report 1964]

Burgess Hill (England). Urban District Council. nb2010028436 · 1964

[Report 1967]

Burgess Hill (England). Urban District Council. nb2010028436 · 1967

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Dicyrtoma fusca

Dicyrtoma fusca

Seen 2026-09-16

Common Shiny Woodlouse

Oniscus asellus

Seen 2026-09-16

weeping widow

Lacrymaria lacrymabunda

Seen 2026-09-16

hen of the woods

Grifola frondosa

Seen 2026-09-16

Clouded Yellow

Colias crocea

Seen 2026-09-16

Small Heath

Coenonympha pamphilus

Seen 2026-09-16

Common Darter

Sympetrum striolatum

Seen 2026-09-16

Thick-legged Hover Fly

Syritta pipiens

Seen 2026-09-16

Small White

Pieris rapae

Seen 2026-09-16

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers