Isfield Lock

Isfield Lock is a lock gate in Isfield, Wealden District, England. Isfield Lock is situated nearby to the forest Papermill Shaw, as well as near Bradness Wood.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Isfield railway station and The Parish Church of St Michael and All Angels.

Isfield railway station

Railway station

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Isfield is a preserved railway station on the closed section of the Wealden Line which served the East Sussex village of Isfield near Uckfield. Originally opened in 1858, the station closed in 1969 and was sold into private hands in 1983 to subsequently become the current centrepiece of the Lavender Line, a heritage railway. Isfield railway station is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Isfield Lock.

The Parish Church of St Michael and All Angels

Church

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The Parish Church of St Michael and All Angels is situated 2 miles east of Isfield Lock.

Horsted Place

Hotel

Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Horsted Place is a Tudor Revival country house, now a hotel, in Little Horsted, East Sussex, England. The current building dates to 1850, when it was built by Samuel Daukes/George Myers for Francis Barchard, a successful merchant from London, though an earlier house evidently existed as it was documented as being owned by the Law family in 1816. Horsted Place is situated 2 miles east of Isfield Lock.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Barcombe Mills and Piltdown.

Barcombe Mills

Hamlet

Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Barcombe Mills is a small settlement and an area of countryside including a local nature reserve near the village of Barcombe Cross in East Sussex, England. Barcombe Mills is situated 2½ miles south of Isfield Lock.

Piltdown

Village

Photo: Nigel Freeman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Piltdown is a series of hamlets in East Sussex, England, located south of Ashdown Forest. It is best known for the Piltdown Man hoax where amateur archaeologist Charles Dawson claimed to have discovered evidence of the "missing link" in gravel beds near the village. Piltdown is situated 2½ miles north of Isfield Lock.