Uckfield
Sign in to savethumb|260x260px|Uckfield United Reformed Church Uckfield () is a town in the Wealden District of East Sussex in South East England. The town is on the River Uck, one of the tributaries of the River Ouse, on the southern edge of the Weald.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Uckfield
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.static_image_name
- File:High St. - panoramio.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Uckfield town centre
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 7.5
- UK place.population
- 14,493
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ473212
- UK place.post_town
- Uckfield
- UK place.postcode_area
- TN
- UK place.postcode_district
- TN22
- UK place.dial_code
- 01825
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- East Grinstead and Uckfield
- UK place.london_distance
- NNW
- UK place.shire_district
- Wealden
- UK place.shire_county
- East Sussex
- UK place.website
- Uckfield Town Council
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Article
24 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Church Street
- Bridge Cottage
- Governance
- Geography
- Nature Reserves
- Development
- Demography
- Transport
- Education
- Churches and chapels
- Notable people
- Folklore
- Culture
- The Picture House Cinema
- Ashdown Radio (formerly Uckfield FM)
- Uckfield Festival
- Uckfield Carnival
- Twin towns
- Sport and leisure
- References in literature
- References
- External links
thumb|260x260px|Uckfield United Reformed Church Uckfield () is a town in the Wealden District of East Sussex in South East England. The town is on the River Uck, one of the tributaries of the River Ouse, on the southern edge of the Weald.
==Etymology== "Uckfield", first recorded in writing as "Uckefeld" in 1220, is an Anglo-Saxon place name meaning "open land of a man called Ucca". It combines an Old English personal name, "Ucca" with the Old English locational term, "feld", the latter denoting open country or unencumbered ground (or, from the 10th century onwards, arable land). A number of other places in the area also contain the suffix "feld", which may be an indication of land that contrasts with the surrounding woodlands of the Weald, including in particular Ashdown Forest immediately to the north.