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Source: List of places of worship in Mid Sussex

The district of Mid Sussex, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex, has more than 110 churches and other places of worship. There are 81 extant places of worship serving a wide range of religious denominations, and a further 32 buildings formerly used for public worship, but now closed or used for other purposes, also survive. Most are in the three main towns of Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath and East Grinstead, but almost every village and hamlet in the mostly rural district has at least one church or chapel. Many Christian denominations are represented, and mosques opened in Haywards Heath in 2010 and in Burgess Hill seven years later.
Many of Mid Sussex's places of worship have been awarded listed status. A building is defined as "listed" when it is placed on a statutory register of buildings of "special architectural or historic interest" in accordance with the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport, a Government department, is responsible for this; English Heritage, a non-departmental public body, acts as an agency of the department to administer the process and advise the department on relevant issues. There are three grades of listing status. Grade I, the highest, is defined as being of "exceptional interest"; Grade II* is used for "particularly important buildings of more than special interest"; and Grade II, the lowest, is used for buildings of "special interest".
All Anglican churches in Mid Sussex are in the Diocese of Chichester. Some have their own parish, while others are part of larger parishes covering more than one village. All Roman Catholic churches are part of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton.