# Handcross > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Handcross > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Handcross.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handcross > Source revision: 1355345446 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Village in West Sussex, England Human settlement in England Handcross Handcross Location within West Sussex OS grid reference TQ262297 Civil parish Slaugham District Mid Sussex Shire county West Sussex Region South East Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town HAYWARDS HEATH Postcode district RH17 Dialling code 01444 Police Sussex Fire West Sussex Ambulance South East Coast UK Parliament East Grinstead and Uckfield List of places UK England West Sussex 51°03′13″N 0°12′02″W / 51.05356°N 0.20044°W / 51.05356; -0.20044 **Handcross** is a village in the [Mid Sussex](/source/Mid_Sussex_District) District of [West Sussex](/source/West_Sussex), England. It lies on the [A23 road](/source/A23_road) 4.2 miles (6.8 kilometres) south of [Crawley](/source/Crawley). At the 2011 Census the population fell within the [civil parish](/source/Civil_parish) of [Slaugham](/source/Slaugham). [Nymans](/source/Nymans) Garden, 30 acres (12 hectares) of parklands run by the [National Trust](/source/National_Trust), is located adjacent to the High Street, as are 20 acres (8 ha) of woodland and water gardens at High Beeches Garden.[1] Handcross has one public house, The Red Lion[2] (High Street), which was refurbished in 2010 in contemporary style. It formerly had three, the other two being The Fountain (demolished in 2012 and replaced by housing) and The Royal Oak (closed in 2020 and reopened as an Indian restaurant in 2025[3]). Handcross also has a Social club. Handcross Primary School,[4] situated at the northern end of the village recently underwent extensive building works to increase capacity. Opposite the primary school is [Handcross Park School](/source/Handcross_Park_School), an independent prep school. ## Handcross Hill Handcross Hill is a stretch of the [A23 road](/source/A23_road) which runs past the village. This part of dual carriageway used to be notorious for accidents due to its being on a steep gradient, being surrounded by trees and containing a number of sharp bends, those being unsuitable for a road of its type. On 12 July 1906, [a bus crashed into a tree](/source/Handcross_Hill_bus_crash) following a mechanical failure, killing 10 people and injuring 26 in the worst road crash in Sussex history.[5] The hill has proved to be dangerous enough to be widened and straightened by the [Highways Agency](/source/Highways_Agency) and the cutting of the surrounding trees began overnight in mid-2011. The project was completed in late 2014.[6][7] Sharp righthand bend on the original road design ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** High Beeches Garden [http://www.highbeeches.com/](http://www.highbeeches.com/) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** The Red Lion, Handcross [http://www.redlionhandcross.co.uk/](http://www.redlionhandcross.co.uk/) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Tamasha Handcross [https://www.tamashahandcross.co.uk/](https://www.tamashahandcross.co.uk/) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Handcross Primary School [http://www.handcrossprimary.uk/](http://www.handcrossprimary.org.uk/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140823223426/http://www.handcrossprimary.org.uk/) 23 August 2014 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["MOTOR OMNIBUS ACCIDENT"](https://www.slaughamarchives.org/pictures/document/866.pdf?r=3958180) (PDF). *[The Times](/source/The_Times)*. 13 July 1906. Retrieved 5 February 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** A23 Handcross to Warninglid [http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/road-projects/a23-handcross-to-warninglid](http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/road-projects/a23-handcross-to-warninglid) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130810033620/http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/road-projects/a23-handcross-to-warninglid/) 10 August 2013 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["A23 Handcross to Warninglid: Five-year post-opening project evaluation"](https://nationalhighways.co.uk/media/psydpubl/a23-handcross-five-year-post-opening-evaluation.pdf) (PDF). National Highways. Retrieved 10 March 2024. ## External links Media related to [Handcross](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Handcross) at Wikimedia Commons v t e Settlements in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex Towns Burgess Hill East Grinstead Haywards Heath Villages and hamlets Albourne Ansty Ardingly Ashurst Wood Balcombe Bolney Clayton Copthorne Crawley Down Cuckfield Fulking Goddards Green Handcross Hassocks Hickstead Horsted Keynes Hurst Wickham Hurstpierpoint Keymer Lindfield Newtimber Pease Pottage Poynings Pyecombe Saddlescombe Saint Hill Green Sayers Common Scaynes Hill Sharpthorne Slaugham Staplefield Turners Hill Twineham Walstead Warninglid West Hoathly Civil parishes List of civil parishes in Mid Sussex Authority control databases International VIAF National United States Israel --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Handcross](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handcross) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handcross?action=history)). 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