Hassocks is a big town as well as civil parish in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. Its name is thought to originate from the tufts of grass discovered in the surrounding areas. Situated roughly 7 miles (11 km) north of Brighton, with a population of 7,667, the location now occupied by Hassocks was just a collection of small houses as well as a coaching residence up until the 19th century, when work began on the London to Brighton railway. Hassocks till 2000 was just a postal area as well as prior to that the name of the train station. The Parishes were called Clayton as well as Keymer and it is thought that when the railway can be found in 1841 the Parish Councils were given the opportunity of naming the terminal. Nonetheless they might not concur as well as at some point the supervisors of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway surrendered waiting as well as called the station Hassocks Gate themselves. Hassocks has a combination of shops. The town also takes advantage of having a well-used community centre called Adastra Hall which is used for a variety of area and exclusive occasions. The previous council structures housing the roadway maintenance department on London Road have been destroyed and also have actually come to be a variety of houses, whilst the land provided to the people of Hassocks (by means of East Sussex County Council) by a benefactor, formerly made use of by a children's charity, was built upon in 2014/15 the charity having claimed possession.