Haywards Heath is a substantial mid Sussex town with excellent rail links to London and Brighton, surrounded by the gently rolling, well-wooded countryside of the High Weald. Ardingly Reservoir provides a popular circular walk, and Borde Hill Garden and Wakehurst Place are both within easy reach.

A practical and well-connected town, Haywards Heath makes a useful base for the High Weald — a landscape of small hills, ghylls and historic oast houses — with excellent train access from London for weekend walking trips.