East Grinstead is a town and
civil parish in the northeastern corner of
Mid Sussex,
West Sussex in
England near the
East Sussex,
Surrey, and
Kent borders. It lies south of
London, north northeast of
Brighton, and east northeast of the county town of
Chichester. The civil parish covers an area of and had a population of 23,942 persons in the 2001 census. Nearby towns include
Crawley and
Horley to the west,
Tunbridge Wells to the east and
Redhill and
Reigate to the northwest. The town is continuous with the village of
Felbridge to the northwest. Until 1974 East Grinstead was the centre for local government - East Grinstead Urban District Council - and was located in the county of East Sussex. East Grinstead, along with Haywards Heath and
Burgess Hill, as part of the former Cuckfield Rural District Council, came together as Mid-Sussex; moving to the jurisdiction of West Sussex County Council. The town has many historic buildings and is located on the
Greenwich Meridian. It is located in the
Weald and
Ashdown Forest lies to the south of the town.