Glen Vue is a purpose built community centre located in the heart of East Grinstead, West Sussex. We have rooms in a variety of sizes available to hire for meetings, training courses, charities, clubs, activities, celebrations, family occasions, parties and more. We can also offer a fully equipped kitchen and tea and coffee making facilities if required.
Glen Vue is the home of Age UK East Grinstead & District, the Repair Café East Grinstead, East Grinstead Chess Club, East Grinstead Camera Club, East Grinstead Ukuleles, East Grinstead Society, Being Neighbourly Oasis Café for Refugees, Just My Cup of Crochet and lots more
East Grinstead is an ancient market town with a wealth of architectural heritage, and it is surrounded by some of the finest countryside in the whole of the South East of England. It is located in West Sussex, half way between London and Brighton, right near the border with Surrey, East Sussex and Kent. Nearby towns include Crawley, Tunbridge Wells, Redhill and Reigate.
East Grinstead railway station offers services into London Victoria and the M23 is only a 20 minute drive by car, providing easy access to Gatwick Airport and the M25. Buses run to and from all the major local towns including Crawley, Horsham, Haywards Heath, Uckfield, Tunbridge Wells, Gatwick and more. There is a bus stop right outside Glen Vue and the train station is a 5 minute walk from us.
East Grinstead High Street contains one of the longest continuous runs of 14th century timber-framed buildings in England. Other notable buildings include Sackville College which was built in 1609 and where John Mason Neale wrote the Christmas carol Good King Wenceslas. St Swithun’s church stands on the highest point of the town and can be seen from miles around. In the churchyard there is a memorial to the East Grinstead Martyrs who were burned at the stake in 1556 for refusing to denounce their faith.
The Greenwich Meridian runs through the grounds of East Court mansion which is the home of East Grinstead Town Council. You can stand with one foot in the east and one in the west. The town is also the home of the famous Queen Victoria Hospital, where plastic surgeon Archibald McIndoe treated burns victims of World War II and formed the Guinea Pig Club. A statue of Sir Archibald McIndoe can be seen outside Sackville College in the High Street of East Grinstead.