There is a good Theatre and excellent Sports Centre (maybe not the best for Snooker Tournaments), Tilgate Park is great, the Nature Centre there is no longer free, but is a decent visit.
It was running last summer, but has an uncertain future. Its run and maintained by the guys that build the engines as their hobby, the council charges them for rent of the engine shed, but has also given them a grant of the same value each year. Council proposes to remove the grant, so it is...
They dredged the lake at the top of the park, and spread the sludge on the hill 10 years ago, it was fenced off whilst the sludge dried out a bit, and is now back to a nice grassy slope.
You will be pleased to hear that Sid Minter died decades ago, and all the pubs, including the White Hart are under new management, several times over since 44 f***ing years ago.