2021
TQ5728 : Bassetts Lane crossing the former Cuckoo Line
taken 3 years ago, near to Argos Hill, East Sussex, England
Bassetts Lane crossing the former Cuckoo Line
This was the Cuckoo Line. It became known as the Cuckoo Line because traditionally, the first cuckoo of spring was released from a cage at Heathfield Fair. The line was opened in two stages - between Polegate and Hailsham opened on 14th May 1849 and northwards from Hailsham to Eridge in 1880, the section here being opened on 1st September 1880. The Cuckoo Line was closed to passengers north of Hailsham on 14th June 1965 and the final stretch of line on 9th September 1968.
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