Sport and Leisure
Mile Oak has a Non-League football club Mile Oak F.C. who play at Chalky Road.
In 2007, Mile Oak Wanderers were formed and they provide youth football for the boys and girls within the local community. Within a relatively short period of time, the club has grown from having one team of 14 children, to one of the largest and most successful youth soccer club's in Sussex.
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