Haywards Heath
- SCRASE
VALLEY NATURE RESERVE
This stretch of land between
Haywards Heath and Lindfield has been preserved as wet land and is
ideal for nature walks, bird watching and for local schools field
trips. This area of open space will be kept as a green boundary between
the town and village.
Overlooking the top end of the green is one of the Town's oldest buildings,
the listed Dolphin Public House, recently re-named on refurbishment
from The Sergison Arms, by which name people have known it for some
130 years. Prior to this it was known as The Dolphin for some 13 years.
It was built in the 16th Century and was originally known as "Vinals".
It was the Sergisons, through marriage to the Warden family, who owned
most of the land, which makes up the Haywards Heath of today. Opposite
the Dolphin, is the modern Magistrates Court and the Sussex Police
Weald Division building and Police Station opened in 1992.