Ewhurst, East Sussex


Ewhurst is a civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England. The parish is on the southern ridge of the River Rother valley. The centre of the parish is east-northeast from the county town of Lewes, and north from the coastal town of Hastings.
The parish is one of farms, woods, dispersed residences and businesses, and the settlements of Staplecross, Ewhurst Green, and Cripps Corner.
There are two parish churches, one dedicated to St. James the Greater in Ewhurst Green, and one to St Mark in Staplecross. The three parish public houses are the Crown Inn at Staplecross, The White Dog at Ewhurst Green, and The White Hart at Cripps Corner.
The former A229 road crosses the parish from north to south. Although Bodiam station is the present terminus of the Kent and East Sussex Railway, and lies within the parish, the castle itself is in the neighbouring parish of Bodiam.

Governance

Ewhurst is part of the electoral ward called Ewhurst and Sedlescombe. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 2,606.