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==Sport and leisure==

===Recreation===
There are two recreation grounds in Polegate, The Brightling Road Recreation Ground to the east of the town and The War Memorial Recreation Ground so the south of the town in Wannock Road.
* The Brightling Road Recreation Ground, also known as the William Daily Recreation Ground, has a [[BMX]] track, a [[skate park]] and a woodland area with open ground for sports.
* The War Memorial Recreation Ground is an open field with a basketball hoop and a playground for children.

There are also two [[Sustrans]] cycle paths on the [[National Cycle Network]]: [[National Cycle Route 2|route 2]] between Dover and St Austell, and [[National Cycle Route 21|route 21]] between [[Greenwich]] and [[Eastbourne]].

===Sports clubs===
The local football team, Polegate Town FC, plays each Saturday at the War Memorial Recreational Ground. The club has two teams, with the first team playing in the [[Mid-Sussex Football League|Mid Sussex League]] Championship Division, and the second team in Division 5. The club reformed in 2006 after an absence of five years without a Polegate team. In 2008, the club moved back to the recreation ground, having played its first two seasons on Eastbourne Council pitches. The club have enjoyed various successes since reforming, most recently winning the Blacklands Finance Challenge Cup. In 2015 the club celebrated its centenary, as the earliest known Polegate team was first established in 1915: a photo of this team can be seen in the pavilion at the War Memorial Recreational Ground.

Polegate also have a successful cricket team, Polegate and Stone Cross Cricket Club, which uses the same pitch during the summer months.