Hassocks is a attractive village situated just to the north of the South Downs in Sussex, some 7 miles from Brighton. It is ideally situated, having links by both road and rail to London and the Sussex Coast, and direct access to the South Downs.
The two ancient parishes of Clayton and Keymer, records of which go back to the Doomsday Book, contain the village of Keymer and the hamlet of Clayton. The modern village of Hassocks (the name means rough tussocks of grass) grew up around the railway station built in 1841.