Jarvis Brook
| Jarvis Brook | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
 St Michael and All Angels church | |
  Jarvis Brook Location within East Sussex | |
| Area | 2.6 km2 (1.0 sq mi) |
| Population | 4,305 |
| • Density | 4,305/sq mi (1,662/km2) |
| OS grid reference | TQ533300 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CROWBOROUGH |
| Postcode district | TN6 |
| Dialling code | 01892 |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | East Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | |
Jarvis Brook is a village in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England.[1] It lies in the south-east of the Crowborough civil parish, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from Crowborough town centre.
In the 2021 Census, the electoral ward of the same name had a population of 4,305.[2]
Around the centre of the village are numerous individual businesses along Crowborough Hill, that acts as a high street and ends at Farningham Road. Crowborough railway station, on the Uckfield branch of the Oxted line, was historically known as Crowborough and Jarvis Brook and serves the village.[3]
To the south, Jarvis Brook has a church that opened in 1876 called the Rethoboth Chapel.
History
The earliest existing record of the village is the 1795 map by William Gardner,[4] with very few important occurrences happening between then and 1868, when the railway came.
The village grew when the station opened, with factories and houses being built around the area. The Crowborough Country Park was a clay quarry that supplied the Crowborough brickworks until it closed in 1980. In 2009, it was turned into a local nature reserve.[5]
Notable People
- Sam Taylor-Johnson resided in a converted schoolhouse as a child and attended Beacon Academy.[6]
- Cate Blanchett currently resides in Highwell House, in the south of the village.[7]
References
- ^ "Election Maps: Great Britain". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ "Crowborough Jarvis Brook (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
- ^ "Disused Stations: Crowborough & Jarvis Brook Station". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
- ^ "The Weald - Maps". theweald.org. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
- ^ "Crowborough Country Park - Country Park in Crowborough, Crowborough - Wealden". www.explorewealden.co.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
- ^ "Sam Taylor-Johnson biography. British director, screenwriter, producer, actress, photographer and artist". biographs.org. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
- ^ Gladwin, Anna; Fox, Thomas (28 February 2022). "Cate Blanchett's quiet life in Sussex in her £5 million mansion". Sussex Live. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
