Welcome to our Estate
Desirable residences with direct access to the beach at Rustington on the South Coast uk
Millfield Overstrand Estate starting as Victorian farmland, the 6 acres was purchased by the London Metropolitan Asylums Board to build a Children's Convalescent Home, which they opened in 1903. It functioned successfully until 1939
Wartime came, the Home was closed and the children were sent away. The buildings were commandeered by the Ministry of Defence and became an army Barracks until 1944.
After the end of the war the buildings stood idle and derelict for the next 14 years and were eventually pulled down in 1958.
The site was purchased by land developers in 1960 and the estate was built by Wimpeys between 1963 to 1965.
Links to Local services:
The Sussex Wildlife Trust was formed in 1961, and is now the largest conservation organisation dedicated to conserving the natural heritage of Sussex.
Rustington Parish Council Local Information
West Sussex Gazette Your local county paper
Littlehampton Gazette Local Littlehampton town paper
The Argus Local evening paper. News, sports and leisure activities, schools, businesses, and other local resources.
Old Post Cards Old Post cards of Littlehampton from the Early 19th Century.
Southdowns
The South Downs are the southern remnant of the Wealden dome which itself was laid down sixty
million years ago as a shallow sea: the rock is composed of the microscopic skeletons of plankton which lived in the sea, hence its colour. The rock has many fossils, and bands of flint
occur throughout the formation. Erosion has removed the central part of the dome, leaving the South Downs as the outer southern uplands, the North Downs being its counterpart, as shown on the
diagram. The harder rock, and the highest remaining part of the dome, is the Weald.
The chalk, being porous, allows water to soak through; as a result there are many winterbournes along the northern edge..
