The Guild is generally referred to as being located on Ditchling Common; this is an area some two miles the north of Ditchling village and on the outskirts of the town of Burgess Hill. The land occupied by the Guild was diagonally opposite the south-west corner of the Ditchling Common Country Park, just beyond the railway line and bounded by Folders Lane to the north and Common Lane to the east. The area lies within the square on the map below.
An aerial photograph of the area as itt is today is shown below. The Guild land is the centre of the photograph, bounded by hedges to the west and south.
The small triangular piece of land, created by the intersection of the railway line, is significant as this was the location of the spoil bank on which the Crucifix, sculpted by Gill, was erected. Its elevated position announced the presence of the Guild to the world in general and to railway passengers in particular.
Hopkins Crank is one of the houses to the east and was Gill's home. The two prominent houses to the north of the picture post-date the Guild.
