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Nestled just south of the Surrey border in the Western Weald, Fernhurst sits within the South Downs National Park, sheltered by the steep, wooded hangers of Blackdown and Marley Common. While the village has a Haslemere postcode, it remains firmly part of West Sussex, centered around a traditional triangular green where the local cricket club has played for generations. Historically, the area was a hub for the Wealden iron industry - the hammer ponds at nearby Cook’sbridge still hint at this industrial past - but today the atmosphere is defined by its deep connectivity to the landscape. For those who live here, life tends to revolve around the village hub, which retains a primary school, a surgery, and a small cluster of independent shops, while the more extensive rail links and amenities of Haslemere are only a three-mile drive or a brisk uphill walk away. It’s a place of sunken lanes and sandstone cottages, where the proximity to the A272 and A3 provides practical access to the coast and London, yet the surrounding woodland keeps the village feeling distinct and self-contained.