East Grinstead is only 2 miles away from us here at Bullswood Skirmish Paintball Games - 5 minutes journey time. There are several routes to us from East Grinstead depending on which end of the town you are coming from. If coming from the Ashurst Wood/Forest Row end, head for the A264 towards Tunbridge Wells and take a left down Shovelstrode land - its only little so keep and eye out for it - if you get to Holtye Golf Course you`ve gone to far! You will find us about a mile and a half down the lane on the left. If coming from East Grinstead town center, head for the Queen Victoria hospital. When you pass this with it on your left, you will then come to the B2028 signposted Lingfield/Dormansland - take this left and follow for just over a mile. Keep an eye out for a right hand turn, Mutton Hill, just before Dormanlsand. Take this turning and after about 300 yards you have a T Junction - turn left and we are 300 yards up there the left. For more details on paintballing in Kent, Surrey and Sussex, click here.  | Here ar Skirmish Paintball Games Surrey & Kent you will all get the latest, top quality equipment due to our exclusive bi-annual replacement policy - no rotten, scratched up gear here! |  | If your looking for the ultimate paintball venue to host your party or company day out then Skirmish Paintball Games Surrey & Kent is THE venue for you! |  | Our game zones are second-to-none with the 9 of themost entertaining zones you could imagine - just check out our Mexican Fortress, Pirates Not Of The Karribean or Wild West Town for a taster of what you will encounter here at Skirmish Paintball Games Surrey & Kent. |  | We run special kids days for youngsters between the ages of 10-15 yeras old. Set on specific dates (usually around 4 per month) the kids play paintball separate from the adults - any number of kids can join these open days - for a private party just organise 16 or more players (Adults can join in on the private parties but not on the open days). |
Some History Of East Grinstead: The area of "Grenestede" is mentioned in the Domesday book (1086) as containing 12 settlements. (At that time Southern England was covered in woods and forests and Grenestede means "green clearing".) As the woods were felled the "clearing" became larger and the town developed some time in the early 13th Century, being mentioned as a borough in 1235. |
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Elizabethan Times By 1564 the borough apparently contained some 300 inhabitants and trades included a forge, a leather dressing house, a slaughter house and a windmill for grinding corn, as well as a weekly market (first mentioned in 1247) and fairs, with cattle being driven from as far away as Wales. |
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The Town Grows... As roads developed, East Grinstead became first an overnight stopping place for travelers on their way to the South from London, and as travel became faster, the place for a noon meal, with 12 inns by 1781. |
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...And then declines
However a reduction in the town's prosperity and standing had already begun as Brighton became the popular place to visit for Londoners, who took a more direct route to the west of the town.
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... Then grows again It was not until after the 1850s when the railway lines were opened to Three Bridges, Tunbridge Wells, Lewes and finally to Croydon and London direct, that the town began expanding again, with a population of over 7,500 by 1891. In 1894 the Urban District of East Grinstead was established and this lasted till 1974 when it became part of Mid Sussex District. |
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Town Bombed During the war East Grinstead did not stay free of damage. Bombs fell on the town on July 9th 1943, also hitting the High Street but causing most damage in London Road where the Whitehall Cinemawas hit, resulting in many fatalities. |
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Since the War As road traffic increased, the rail links were closed except for the line to London (Victoria) via Croydon which remains to this day, and may soon be invigorated by completion of the last link to East Grinstead of the Bluebell Vintage Steam Railway. The population of the town has grown from the 1891 figure of 7,500 to approximately 24,000 today. |
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Today While the towns people travel to work in London, Crawley and elsewhere, by far the the majority work locally and enjoy the tranquil pace of this historic town. |