A272 - an Ode to a Road

A revised and updated edition of a classic book about England - now 272 pages long.

The A272 runs from Poundford in East Sussex, to Winchester and a bit beyond, between the North and South Downs. To some people it is 'a lovely, lovely lane'; to others 'the worst b
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*y road in the south'. To Dutchman Pieter Boogaart it is the Epitome of England. This book was written and designed to prove his point. It instantly became a cult classic. Now, eleven years later, Pieter has revised, augmented and improved his book with his wife Rita; and it is, at last, 272 pages long!

A User's Guide to this Guide

7 Preface: England's Epitome

8 Introduction








12 Chapter 1:
To Haywards Heath 23 including Poundford, Hadlow Down, Pound Green, Buxted, Cooper's Green, Maresfield, Piltdown, Barkham, Newick, Meridian, North 
Chailey, Scaynes Hill, Haywards Heath
Chapter 2:
Cuckfield to Billingshurst 53 including Cuckfield, Ansty, Bolney, Cowfold, Parkminster, West Grinstead, Shipley, Dragons Green, Coneyhurst, Billingshurst
Chapter 3:
Newbridge to Petworth 81 including Newbridge, Wisborough Green, Idehurst, Strood Green, The Mens, Petworth
Chapter 4:
Tillington to Midhurst
101 including Tillington, Halfway Bridge, Selham, Cowdray, Easebourne, Midhurst
Chapter 5:
Midhurst to Petersfield
121 including Midhurst, Stedham Common, Trotton, Terwick, Rogate, Durford, Durleighmarsh, Sheet, Petersfield
Chapter 6:
Stroud to Winchester
141 including Stroud, Langrish, Privett, West Meon, Brockwood, Bramdean, New Cheriton or Hinton Marsh, 
Cheesefoot Head, Chilcomb, Winchester
Chapter 7:
West of Winchester


175 including The Big Switcheroo, Weeke, Sparsholt, Crawley, Woolbury Hill, Stockbridge
Test
196 Addenda with Rita Boogaart
205 Index
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