Fulking, some 9 miles by road from Brighton, with a population of about 250 people, lies at the foot of the South Downs which rise steeply to 659 feet on the South side of the village.
Recorded as ‘Fockings’ in the Domesday Book, Fulking owes its existence to the spring at the end of the village street which, it is reported, has never run dry!
In the mid 1800s the spring was harnessed to provide the village with its own piped water supply and the main features of this unusual system, including the ram house, fountain head and lever pumps, remain largely intact today.
Within the Conservation Area many of the houses predate the 20th Century and several are of 17th Century origin. These include a number of attractive timber framed dwellings and several houses with thatched roofs. The character of the village is heightened by old flint walls and the use of cobbles, red brick dressings, quoins, eaves and cornices.
The Shepherd and Dog public house, at the western end of the village, is a popular venue throughout the year for local people and visitors to the area.
