Hassocks

Hassocks
Village and civil parish
Hassocks viewed from the South Downs
Hassocks Location within West Sussex
Area	10.88 km2 (4.20 sq mi) [1]
Population	7,667 [1] 2011 Census
• Density	627/km2 (1,620/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TQ299154
• London	40 miles (64 km) N
Civil parish	Hassocks
District	Mid Sussex
Shire county	West Sussex
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HASSOCKS
Postcode district	BN6
Dialling code	01273
Police	Sussex
Fire	West Sussex
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Arundel and South Downs
Website	http://www.hassockspc.net/
List of places UK England West Sussex 50°55′24″N 0°09′03″W / 50.923303°N 0.150863°W / 50.923303; -0.150863

Hassocks is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. Its name is believed to derive from the tufts of grass found in the surrounding fields.^[2][3]

Located approximately 7 miles (11 km) north of Brighton, with a population of 8,319,^[4] the area now occupied by Hassocks was just a collection of small houses and a coaching house until the 19th century, when work started on the London to Brighton railway.

Until 2000 the site fell in two parishes, Clayton and Keymer; Hassocks was only the name of the postal district. It is said that with the advent of the railway in 1841 the two parish councils were given the opportunity of naming the new station but could not agree, and eventually the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway chose the station name 'Hassocks Gate'.