In pictures – roadworks near Burgess Hill railway station reveal fascinating old brick pathway

Haywards Heath resident Barbara Lank, who was in Burgess Hill for a haircut, contacted the Middy after spotting the fascinating brickwork.

"It’s lovely,” she said. “The construction people reckon it probably goes back to the 19th century.”

Barbara said that people walking past had been stopping to admire the pathway before it is covered up again.

They had also been speculating about the origins of the bricks.

She said: “They are really neat and tidy, and I thought ‘oh, isn’t it awful that they’ve been covered over by tarmac?’”

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