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NEWICK DIRECTORY Newick Parish Council cannot be held responsible for any errors or omissions in the compilation of this directory. No express or implied representation, recommendation or warranty is given by or on behalf of Newick Parish Council for any of the entries included here. Printed & Published by Newick Parish Council 18 Newlands Park Way, Newick Lewes East Sussex BN8 4PG 01825 722135 [email protected] Clerk: Mrs Sue Berry Spring 2016 Newick Parish Website — www.newick.net This Directory is provided by Newick Parish Council to help existing and new residents to take advantage of the wide range of facilities available to them. 1 22 DISTRICT & COUNTY COUNCIL SERVICES LEWES DISTRICT COUNCIL LEWES DISTRICT COUNCIL CONTENTS www.lewes.gov.uk www.lewes.gov.uk 01273 471600 01273 471600 Introduction to Newick ................................................................................. 3 Abandoned vehicles Noise complaints Churches........................................................................................................ 5 Access/disabled Pest control Citizens Advice .............................................................................................. 5 Allotments Planning enquiries Animal welfare Library Services ............................................................................................. 5 Pollution Business & Tourism Medical Services ............................................................................................ 6 Recycling Centres Business rates Refuse collection Police & Neighbourhood Watch.................................................................... 7 Cemeteries Post Office Banking Services ......................................................................... 7 Street cleaning Conservation areas Public Houses & Restaurants ........................................................................ 7 Council house rents Trees Council housing repairs Public Transport ............................................................................................ 7 Council tax benefit Schools & Children’s Services ........................................................................ 8 Council tax enquiries EAST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL Local Shops .................................................................................................... 9 www.eastsussex.gov.uk Dog problems 0345 60 80 190 Newick Parish Council ................................................................................... 9 Elections and voting Adult Social Care 0345 60 80 191 Newick Parish Website ................................................................................ 10 Environmental health Buses 0345 60 80 194 Map of Public Footpaths in Newick Parish .................................................. 11 Garages to rent Children & Families 0345 60 80 192 Clubs & Societies ......................................................................................... 13 Garden Waste Library enquiries 0345 60 80 196 Sports Clubs ................................................................................................. 14 Housing Library renewals 0345 60 80 195 Guides & Scouts .......................................................................................... 14 Housing Advice Housing Applications Roads and Paths 0345 60 80 193 Community Organisations ........................................................................... 15 Housing Benefit Trading standards 0845 60 80 197 Halls to Hire ................................................................................................. 15 Homelessness Waste 0345 60 80 194 Local Businesses .......................................................................................... 16 Land searches District & County Council Services ............................................................. 21 Licensing, charitable collections Licensing, alcohol (premises, club and Street Plan of Newick .................................................................................. 22 personal) Lifeline Listed buildings 21 2 INTRODUCTION TO NEWICK Newick is a medium sized village situated in the Low Weald of East Sussex. Once a rural agricultural village its name derived from the Saxon "wic" - dairy farm and the Norman "niwe" - new. It stands on the A272 almost exactly half way between Canterbury and Winchester, hence giving credence in the eyes of some people to the village fable that it lies on the ancient pilgrims’ way. This suggested route would have been an impossible trek many hundreds of years ago, mainly due to the Wealden clay. The main pilgrims’ route was further inland on the high ground on the south side of the North Downs. Haywards Heath is 7 miles to the west and Uckfield is 5 miles to the east. Newick is situated within the area served by Lewes District Council and is 9 miles from Lewes, the county town of East Sussex. The ancient town of Lewes, dominated by its Norman castle, is the site of the battle of Lewes in which King Henry III was defeated by Simon de Montfort’s army in 1264. Simon’s army passed through Newick going to and from the battle having camped in Fletching on the night before the battle. Newick predates the Doomsday Book although it is not recorded in it, possibly because the village was, in those days, buried in the dense Ashdown th Newick Parish Council would like to thank those local businesses forest. Certainly there was a church here in the 11 Century. who made donations towards the cost of printing and distributing this Directory Copies of local history books “A Pictorial History of Newick” and “Newick Retold” are on sale at the Post Office or can be obtained through the Parish Council. The Parish Church of St. Mary is in the south east of the village. It is believed that there has been a church on this site since the 11th Century. There are three public houses, all historic buildings in their own ways. The Bull Inn, once the Bull and Butcher, then the King of Prussia’s Head, and also named the Crown, stands on the Village Green. The Royal Oak is reputed to have been a manor house in the 16th Century. The Crown is an old coaching inn surviving from the days when the King’s Highway was in what is now Blind Lane. The commercial centre of the village is the Village Green with its pump built to celebrate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. Surrounding it are houses & shops in a variety of styles and ages. A great expansion of the Village took place in the late 1960s & early 1970s on the old fruit growing land between the main road and Allington Road. The 3 20 Pinecroft B&B [email protected] 01825 723824 resultant increase in population from 1000 to 2500 was undoubtedly a major Bed & Breakfast factor in providing and maintaining enough support for local shops and services. Manor House Cottage [email protected] Holiday Cottage www.manorhousecottage.co.uk Newick boasts a chemist, a Post Office, two small convenience stores with 01825 722868 off-licence, a butcher, a bakery, an estate agent, a hairdressers, a physiotherapist and a chiropodist. There is also a garage and a Tandoori Kats K9 [email protected] 01825 724445 Restaurant. Dog Grooming www.katsk9.co.uk 07939 176225 Newick has a Health Centre with six doctors, practice nurses, health visitors, and district nurses. The Health Centre also houses a community centre which Goldbridge Cattery & [email protected] 01825 724336 is available for use by local hirers. Kennels www.goldbridgefarm.co.uk Residents with young families are fortunate in having a modern Primary TLC for Pets [email protected] 01825 722843 School of high educational standards having also achieved OFSTED Dog Home Boarding & Day Care 07922044567 "outstanding" status in 2011. The school also has superb grounds overlooking the South Downs. Newick Pre-school, which operates from the RA Brooks & Son [email protected] 01825 722895 Reading Room in Church Road, achieved "outstanding" OFSTED status in Funeral Directors & www.brooksfunerals.co.uk 01444 454391 2015. Memorial Masons In recent years the spacious Village Hall has undergone a major The Danewood Press [email protected] 01825 740302 transformation to bring it up to modern standards. This included the Commercial Printing www.danewoodpress.com provision of disabled access, a new heating system, re-flooring of the hall area, resurfacing of the car park, and the installation of a new kitchen and Ray Linton TV & Video 01825 722340 bar. It is the venue for dances, various classes, talks, wedding receptions and TV repairs and sales theatrical productions by NADS (Newick Amateur Dramatic Society). The celebrated actor and author, Sir Dirk Bogarde, performed on Newick stage as Nightingales Residential Care Home 01825 721120 a very young man and was president of NADS until his death in 1999. Residential Care for the [email protected] The village community is an extremely active one with well over 30 clubs and Elderly www.nightingalescarehome.co.uk societies providing an amazing range of pastimes. The King George V Playing Field and The Manwaring Robertson Field off Allington Road share a large VEHICLE SERVICES sports pavilion, offer facilities for many sports and activities and provide pitches for football, cricket, rugby and stoolball. There is a tennis club in Blind Newick Cabs [email protected] 07535390646 Lane and a bowls club with a six rink green in Marbles Road. A full list of Taxi Service, Airport Runs, www.newickcabs.co.uk clubs, societies and facilities is