Editing Uckfield (section)

==Churches and chapels==
{{main|List of current places of worship in Wealden|List of former places of worship in Wealden}}
[[File:Marcus Cornish' Christ sculpture at Uckfield, East Sussex.jpg|thumb|Statue of Jesus Christ by [[Marcus Cornish]], Our Lady Immaculate and St Philip Neri church, dubbed "Jesus in Jeans" by the media]]
The [[Church of England parish church]] is dedicated to the Holy Cross. [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] made several unannounced low-profile visits to St Michael and All Angels Church, Little Horsted, which became widely known locally when the newsagent was asked to stock a copy of the ''[[Sporting Life (British newspaper)|Sporting Life]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title= The Queen's low-key visits to Uckfield (video story) |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-17586695 |work= [[BBC]] News Online |date= 2 April 2012 |access-date= 3 April 2012 |quote= call at 11&nbsp;pm Saturday ''The Queen is coming to church tomorrow'' ... "bit late to prepare a special sermon!" |archive-date= 6 April 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120406105127/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-17586695 |url-status= live }}</ref> The [[Roman Catholic]] church is dedicated to Our Lady Immaculate and St Philip Neri. [[Uckfield Baptist Church]] was founded in 1785 by [[Secession|seceders]] from nearby [[Five Ash Down Independent Chapel]], and a new building opened at the top of the High Street in 1789 (rebuilt 1874);<ref name="Stell356">{{cite book|last=Stell|first=Christopher|title=Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-houses in Eastern England|year=2002|publisher=[[English Heritage]]|location=Swindon|isbn=1-873592-50-7 |page=356}}</ref> it closed in 2005, but the congregation now meet at a school. Other churches and chapels include [[Methodism|Methodist]], [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical]] (Grange Evangelical Church in Hempstead Road), [[United Reformed Church]] and the [[King's Church Uckfield|King's Church]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2016}}