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East Grinstead

East Grinstead is a town in , in the South East of England. The town is on the Greenwich Meridian. It has many historic buildings, and the Weald and Ashdown Forest lie to the south-east.
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  • Type: Town with 26,400 residents
  • Description: town and civil parish in West Sussex, England, UK
  • Also known as: “East Grinstead, West Sussex”

Places of Interest

Highlights include East Grinstead railway station and East Grinstead Museum.

Railway station
Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is one of the two southern termini of the Oxted line in the south of England and serves East Grinstead in West Sussex. It is 30 miles 4 chains from London Bridge, although trains mostly run to and from London Victoria.

Museum
Photo: OrangeStarling1997, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is located at Cantelupe Road in East Grinstead, West Sussex, England. It was established in 1995 in a purpose-built museum constructed with funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund and local donations.

Library
Photo: JuliaC2006, CC BY 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Felbridge and Ashurst Wood.

Village
Photo: Nigel Freeman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in the Tandridge district of with a playing field within its focal area, narrowly in . village forms a contiguous settlement with East Grinstead and had 829 homes and households at the time of the 2011 census.

Village
Photo: Bill, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of , England. It is 1 mile to the southeast of East Grinstead, just off the A22 arterial road.

Hamlet
is a small village near East Grinstead, , England. Its name is first attested in 1568 as Saynt Hill, which may mean "singed or burned hill".

East Grinstead

Latitude
51.1286° or 51° 7′ 43″ north
Longitude
-0.0143° or 0° 0′ 52″ west
Population
26,400
Elevation
449 feet (137 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB EGD
Open location code
9C3X4XHP+C7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 17725071
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2650435
Wiki­data ID
Q1277887
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“East Grinstead” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “East Grinstead”
  • Basque: “East Grinstead”
  • Belarusian: “Іст-Грынстэд”
  • Bengali: “ইস্ট গ্রিনস্তীড”
  • Cebuano: “East Grinstead”
  • Chinese: “East Grinstead”
  • Chinese: “东格林斯特德”
  • Chinese: “東格林斯特德”
  • Czech: “East Grinstead”
  • Dutch: “East Grinstead”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ايست جرينستيد”
  • French: “East Grinstead”
  • German: “East Grinstead”
  • Gujarati: “પશ્ચિમ ગ્રિનસ્ટેડ”
  • Hungarian: “East Grinstead”
  • Irish: “Grinstead Thoir”
  • Italian: “East Grinstead”
  • Japanese: “イースト・グリンステッド”
  • Japanese: “イーストグリンステッド”
  • Japanese: “東グリンステッド”
  • Kannada: “ಈಸ್ಟ್ ಗ್ರಿನ್ಸ್ಡ್”
  • Korean: “이스트그린스테드”
  • Ladin: “East Grinstead”
  • Latin: “Grenesteda”
  • Lithuanian: “Ist Grinstedas”
  • Luxembourgish: “East Grinstead”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “East Grinstead”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “East Grinstead”
  • Persian: “ایست گرینستید”
  • Polish: “East Grinstead”
  • Portuguese: “East Grinstead”
  • Romanian: “East grinstead”
  • Romanian: “East Grinstead”
  • Russian: “Ист-Гринстед”
  • Slovenian: “East Grinstead”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ایست قرینستید”
  • Spanish: “East Grinstead”
  • Swedish: “East Grinstead”
  • Tamil: “கிழக்கு க்ரின்ஸ்டீட்”
  • Telugu: “ఈస్ట్ గ్రిన్స్టెడ్”
  • Urdu: “ایسٹ جرینستیاد”
  • Welsh: “East Grinstead”
  • “East Grinstead”

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