로더필드 최고의 라이딩 경로

의도적으로 높은 울타리와 벽으로 둘러싸여 있어서 외부를 멀리서 보는 것조차 입장료를 내야 하기 때문에 어떤지 전혀 모르겠습니다.

Definitely worth the detour to see the village center

Ignore the pubs and go here instead

Lovely coffee stop in the deer park

The current St. Dunstan's Church was built on the site of an ancient one that had existed since the Norman era but was destroyed by fire in the late 14th century. Only a few elements survive from that period, with additional additions made over the years. As an interesting story, in the 1970s, cracks appeared in the tower walls, leading to a prohibition on ringing all the bells at once.

This station has its own signal box and old-fashioned semaphore signals, which is quite interesting. The Spa Valley Railway passes through here.

The church was born in the early 1870’s when a group of Christians regularly walked from Hastings to Mayfield to hold a service for workers who were building the railway tunnel just south of Wadhurst. In the second half of the twentieth century the population of Colkins Mill reduced and as a result the congregation dwindled in the 1960s and the Church nearly closed. In the 1970’s it started to grow again and in the 1980’s moved into its present location in Station Road.

Mayfield predates the Doomsday book and according to the sign in the village got its name from a clearing in a field created by early ironworkers where Mayweed grew. The town’s relationship with the devil is well documented. St Dunstan (who was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 960 to 988AD) was working as a blacksmith in the village when, disguised as a beautiful woman, the devil tried to lead him astray. But spotting the devil’s cloven hoof, St Dunstan pinched the devil’s nose with a pair of red hot tongs. The devil fled and soothed his nose in the springs of the nearby Tunbridge Wells. The tongs are apparently available to see at Mayfield School but first, you have to get into the school!