Facilities
The village boasts an excellent range of quality facilities including an infant school, a nursery school, a hairstylist, a barber, a Chinese take-away, a plant nursery, an army shop, a pottery shop, an army memorobilia store, "the Kiln" village hall (built in 1886), an electrical substation, a sewage treatment facility, a visiting mobile library, T.S. Swiftsure sea cadets centre, St Georges Church and hall, a cemetery, a pond dipping stage, sheltered housing, an animal sanctuary, and a Working men's club as well as two public houses - The Cricketers and The Crown. There is a large garden centre named Squires with an aquatic department and cafe. Formally known as 'Badshot Lea Garden Centre' and owned by the Caffyn Parsons family, it was taken over by Squires in 2006. Its extensive pets and aquatics centre was opened in 1999 by Charlie Dimmock.
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