Nothing Happens

The sleepy village of Smallfield is even less inspiring than it's name. It's situated along side the M23 motorway, although the only access is to jump from a bridge. It's situated close to flight path, and the conversation stopping noise of aircraft taking off and coming in to land at Gatwick Airport means the residents have developed a habit of pausing every two minutes as they talk.

The moated Smallfield Place, a Jacobean Manor built in 1600, was given to John de Burstow back in the reign of Edward III.

Recently the village was selected as a traffic calming test zone and gates, mini-roundabouts, speed bumps, cycle lanes, road tables, and the narrowing of roads have all been casually strewn around the place, making the traffic through the village very very angry indeed!

The India Garden is the only place to get a curry in Smallfield,
and driving a take-away back over the speed bumps means your meal will
be well shaken by the time you get home!

The only local pub is The Plough, well known in the area for it's over the top decorations over Christmas

Smallfield also has a small collection of shops, including a DIY shop, post office, a grocers, a chemist and a newsagents. It also has two schools, two churches and a small medical practice.

Quiet Sunday afternoons in the summer are regularly disrupted by the sound of banger racing from a dirt track considered to be a banger racing mecca.

Smallfield is also the birth place of Matthieu Hartley who was a member of the band The Cure between 1979-80.