Clamber around Cuckfield Multi-Cache
Tootsie's Trackers: decided to archive this and open the area up for anyone else that wants to place a cache or 3 here..
thanks to all that visited the cache
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The above coordinates are not for the cache but for the starting point. There is a little walk from the suggested parking area to the start point.
You will need to visit both stage one and stage two (both micros) in order to get the coordinates to the main cache. Both micros and main cache are just off the main paths
Terrain difficulty is quite high as it can be very muddy and slippery at times.
Cuckfield is a village situated 12 miles from the south coast at Brighton and 38 miles from London, set high on the Weald of Sussex. It is surrounded by beautiful countryside with famous gardens and National Trust properties nearby. There is easy access to the A23/M23 motorway and the mainline railway station at Haywards Heath. To the northeast lies the wild moorland of the Ashdown Forest and to the south is the beauty of the South Downs.
Cuckfield still keeps plenty of its small country-town character. It is built on the side of a hill with a steep High Street running down to old houses and shops behind which the tall spire of the nine hundred year old Holy Trinity Church rises high above. Its worth taking a look at the church as it has the most beautiful ceiling.
The bones of an iguanadon were found on the northern edge and to the south there was a bronze/iron age settlement.
Pronounced Cookfield, it dates back to Saxon times. It was first written Kukefeld in 1092, followed by Cucufeld in 1121. Cuckoos were called cuc or cuccu by the Normans so it is thought the name could mean "a clearing full of cuckoos". An alternative, but less poetic, meaning is "land surrounded by a quickset hedge". On the outskirts is a sign showing a cuckoo on a tree.
Cuckfield has experienced periods of importance and decline and was once the market town and key administrative centre in the district. The High Street is lined with attractive 16th century houses. In the 16th century it was a thriving centre of the local iron industry that thrived in the forests. Wealden clay was rich in ironstone and there was a plentiful supply of watewr to power equipment and trees for fuel. It went into decline when the industry moved to the north of England, but a great deal of money had been made by the iron men and the wealth was invested in local properties. It flourished again in the late 18th century and prior to the construction of the Turnpike Road in 1807 there was a major staging post at the King's Head (now a residential mews) on the main route from London to Brighton. Cuckfield lost its importance with the advent of the railway line which by passed the town.
Additional Hints
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fgntr 1 Jurer gur cngu fcyvgf, xrrc yrsg. Vg'f abg dhvgr va gur boivbhf cynpr.
fgntr 2 ng gur onfr bs n irel ynetr gerr. Gur frpbaq bar sebz gur orapu ng gur gbc bs gur uvyy
Znva pnpur va ubyybj va gerr.