Hurstpierpoint hosts the Hurst Festival which takes place every summer and has an active Scouts and Guides Groups.

[2] The village is built on a sandstone ridge,[3] 145 feet (44 m) above sea level, running east and west across the parish, on the road from Lewes to Albourne.

[6] On 1 April 2000 the parish was abolished to form "Hurstpierpoint and Sayers Common", part also went to Albourne and Burgess Hill.

[5] Despite being sandwiched between Hassocks and the ever growing Burgess Hill to the east and the London to Brighton A23 road to the west, Hurstpierpoint is in an attractive setting.

The pavement outside the west doorway has about 150 inlaid slip tiles from the late 13th or early 14th century, which are suffering from wear.

It is built of warm brick with a sunny Queen Anne south face and an E-faced eastern front with mullioned stone windows rising to the full height of the building and flooding the Great Hall behind in morning light.

[5] East of Ruckford Mill there is a wooded lily pond (TQ 296 179) with clear water and much hornwort and curled pondweed.

Tilley's Copse (TQ 283 173) is a bluebell wood, with crab apple, wych elm, gean, midland thorn and hornbeam.

[5] On the Gault Clay, south of Hurstpierpoint and Hassocks, are a cluster of ancient woods centred on the Elizabethan mansion of Danny, which have mostly escaped coniferisation and heavy recreational damage.

Twenty ancient woodland flowers have been counted in Randolph's Copse, including lesser butterfly and early purple orchids, ransoms and guelder rose.

[5] Old Wood (TQ282 147), next to Danny, has been damaged by the whims of past big house owners, with heavy planting of non-local species, including lots of horse chestnut and both large leaved and common lime.

[5] St Lawrence Church of England Primary School is located close to the centre of the village and is for children 4 to 11 years of age.

Other popular events of the day are the family fun run and the tug-o-war where the local pubs battle it out for a barrel of beer.

Charities and businesses from around the area place stalls, tombolas and raffles around the centre, and on the other side is the beer tent and pig roast.

[12] The side is known for signing Premier League record appearance holder and former Aston Villa, Manchester City, Everton and West Bromwich Albion defensive midfielder Gareth Barry in July 2024.

James Hannington (1847–1885), Anglican missionary and martyr, was born here and served as curate-in-charge at St George's, Hurstpierpoint.

[18] Likewise, Brighton & Hove Albion centre back and captain Lewis Dunk has lived in Hurstpierpoint since 2016.

William Walcot RE (1874–1943), architect, graphic artist and etcher, notable as a practitioner of refined Art Nouveau in Moscow, committed suicide at Hurstpierpoint.