March 23rd, 2010
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Some car mechanics in the area. Also good if you need an East Grinstead MOT.
East Grinstead Tyre Service Ltd.
213-217 London Road, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 1HD
01342 324127
Rose Service
Unit 37 Pats Garage, Charlwoods Road, East Grinstead, RH19 2HG
01342 301 003
Ashdown Motor Services
9 Charlwoods Road, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 2HG
01342 311 366
Colin Pomeroy
69B Lingfield Road, [...]
January 15th, 2008
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East Grinstead is twinned with the following towns:
Bourg-de-Péage, France
Verbania, Italy
Mindelheim, Germany
Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Spain
Schwaz, Austria
October 21st, 2007
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I found a great site all about Ashdown Forest…
Originally a deer hunting forest in Norman times, Ashdown Forest is now the largest free public access space in the South East. It is a great place for walking and enjoying spectacular views over the Sussex countryside and is known the world over as the ‘home’ of [...]
June 10th, 2007
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Many people want to find details for the East Grinstead Cinema so here is the phone number and address:
Atrium Building
King Street
East Grinstead
West Sussex
RH19 3DJ
01342 321666
June 6th, 2007
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St. Swithun’s is an open and friendly church in the town of East Grinstead in West Sussex, within the Diocese of Chichester. the building is 18th-century rebuilt in medieval style, with interesting round windows in the clerestory.
There has been a church on the site since the 11th century. It was struck by lightening in 1772 [...]
June 5th, 2007
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The High Street contains the longest continuous run of 14th-century timber-framed buildings in England.
A walk along the historic High Street will take you back through 800 years of Sussex heritage, it boasts many historic half timbered buildings and open hall houses in the UK. Some buildings date from the 15th and 16th [...]
June 5th, 2007
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The Greenwich Meridian passes through East Grinstead. You can see a marker in stone on a wall at the Chequer Mead Theatre and Arts centre.
The Prime Meridian, also known as the International Meridian or Greenwich Meridian, is the meridian (line of longitude) passing through the Royal Greenwich Observatory, Greenwich, England — it is the meridian [...]
June 5th, 2007
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A number of important religious sites are located in East Grinstead.
L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, lived at Saint Hill, to the south of the town, and the manor is the British headquarters of the Church of Scientology.
To the north of the town is the Mormon London England Temple.
Opus Dei and the Rosicrucians both [...]