Hassocks is a huge town and also civil parish in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. Its name is believed to derive from the tufts of grass found in the surrounding fields. Found approximately 7 miles (11 kilometres) north of Brighton, with a population of 7,667, the area now inhabited by Hassocks was simply a collection of small houses as well as a coaching residence up until the 19th century, when job started on the London to Brighton railway. Hassocks until 2000 was just a postal district and also prior to that the name of the railway station. The Parishes were called Clayton and also Keymer and it is believed that when the train can be found in 1841 the Parish Councils were offered the chance of naming the station. Nevertheless they might not concur and ultimately the supervisors of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway quit waiting as well as called the station Hassocks Gate themselves. Hassocks has a mix of stores. The village also benefits from having a well-used neighborhood centre called Adastra Hall which is used for a wide range of community and exclusive occasions. The previous council structures housing the road upkeep division on London Road have actually been destroyed and have ended up being a number of homes, whilst the land provided to the people of Hassocks (using East Sussex County Council) by a benefactor, previously used by a children's charity, was built on in 2014/15 the charity having declared ownership.