Editing Crowborough (section)

==Local traditions==
A main event in the town's calendar is its annual celebration of [[Guy Fawkes Night]] on 5 November. An average of 5000 people descend upon Goldsmiths Recreation Ground for this town council event. Donations on the night are traditionally collected by the local [[Lions Club]] and now also the Rotary Club, and donated to the mayor's charity.

However this is overshadowed by carnival night, which sees the whole of the town taking to the streets on the second Saturday in September. This is run by the town's Bonfire and Carnival Society. It involves a fête on Chapel green during the day, followed by a torchlight parade led by the carnival princess in the evening, with various [[Sussex Bonfire Societies|Sussex bonfire societies]] joining the march round the streets. The evening culminates in a bonfire on Chapel Green or sometimes there have been fireworks at Goldsmiths Recreation Ground. Street collections are received on the night and are given to around six different local charities each year. On average the society raises about £2,000–£3,000 per year. This tradition dates back around 70 years and is part of Sussex Bonfire Tradition the largest event of which being the [[Lewes Bonfire]] celebrations on 5 November.

The town council also puts on a summer fair and a Christmas fair. A summer fun day is organised by the Crowborough Chamber of Commerce, and Crowborough Hospital has a fête every August Bank Holiday.

There is a farmers' market on the fourth Saturday of the month.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wealden.gov.uk/Wealden/Business/Market_Towns_and_Rural_Regeneration/Tourism_Local_Markets.aspx |title=Local Markets |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Wealden District Council |access-date=17 February 2016 |archive-date=9 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140909090619/http://www.wealden.gov.uk/Wealden/Business/Market_Towns_and_Rural_Regeneration/Tourism_Local_Markets.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> and a French Market held as part of the Chamber of Commerce's Fun Day in June.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://crowboroughchamber.co.uk/funday2016.html |title=Summer Fun Day 2016 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |publisher=Crowborough & District Chamber of Commerce |access-date=17 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323070024/http://crowboroughchamber.co.uk/funday2016.html |archive-date=23 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> As well as this for the last few years Sussex day has been celebrated on 16 June with a small fete in Chapel Green

According to local legend, Walshes Road is haunted by a bag of soot. The spectral bag pursues people walking along the road by night.<ref>{{cite book |last=Simpson |first=Jacqueline |date=1973 |title=The Folklore of Sussex |publisher=B. T. Batsford Ltd London |page=48 |isbn=0-7134-0240-7 }}</ref>