Heathfield and Waldron

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Heathfield and Waldron
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Heathfield and Waldron
Location within East Sussex
Area52.8 km2 (20.4 sq mi)  [1]
Population11,913 (2011) [2]
•  Density 565/sq mi (218/km2)
OS grid reference TQ586209
•  London 40 miles (64 km) NNW
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town HEATHFIELD
Postcode district TN21
Dialling code 01435
Police Sussex
Fire East Sussex
Ambulance South East Coast
UK Parliament
Website http://www.hwpc.org.uk/
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UK
England
East Sussex
50°58′N0°16′E / 50.97°N 0.26°E / 50.97; 0.26

Heathfield and Waldron is a civil parish [3] within the Wealden District of East Sussex, England. Heathfield is surrounded by the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The parish was formed on 1 April 1999 from "Heathfield" and "Waldron" parishes. [4]

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Governance

The civil parish council has twenty one elected members representing four wards: Cross-in-Hand ward (three members); Heathfield East ward (two); Heathfield ward (fourteen); Waldron (two). The current (2016) chairman is Mr Andy Woolley. Huw Merriman is the Member of Parliament for the Battle and Bexhill Constituency, which includes Heathfield.

The Heathfield Partnership, [5] a voluntary group was set up in 1995 "to identify options for developing the town and the local villages".

Settlements in the parish

Heathfield

Heathfield town, the principal settlement in the parish, stands at the junction of two roads: the A265 road from Hawkhurst and the A267 road linking Royal Tunbridge Wells with Eastbourne.

Waldron

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War memorial at Waldron

Waldron is a village located to the west of Heathfield. The 12th-century parish church is dedicated to All Saints. [6]

Foxhunt Manor at Waldron dates from 1898. It was built by Joseph Lucas Junior, and later sold to the Oakshott family. In 1935 the estate was purchased by the Xaverian Brothers, when it was run as a preparatory boarding school. The school closed in 1959 when it was purchased by the Order of The Visitation. [7]

Cross-in-Hand

Cross-in-Hand is a small village west of Heathfield.

Others

Broad Oak, Punnetts Town, Little London and Cade Street are other villages within the parish.

Natural environment

There are six Sites of Special Scientific Interest within the parish. Bingletts Wood and Heathfield Park are areas of woodland with a flowing ravine (ghyll woodland). The two sites are of biological interest, hosting a wide variety of fauna, much of which is uncommon in the south-east of England. [8] [9] Paines Cross Meadow, Sapperton Meadows and St. Dunstan's Farm Meadows also have SSSI status. These sites consist mainly of wet meadowland and are of biological interest, hosting a wide variety of fauna. [10] [11] [12] The final SSSI is Waldron Cutting, a small cutting along the lane between Waldron and Horam, which is of geological interest. Its sandstone bedrock containing samples of fossilised Lycopodites. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "East Sussex in Figures". East Sussex County Council. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
  2. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  3. ↑ Parish website
  4. ↑ "The Wealden (Parishes) Order 1990" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "The Heathfield Partnership". Archived from the original on 26 March 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
  6. ↑ All Saints church
  7. ↑ "Monastery of the Visitation".
  8. ↑ "Natural England - SSSI (Bingletts Wood)". Natural England. Retrieved 25 May 2008.
  9. ↑ "Natural England - SSSI (Heathfield Park)". Natural England. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
  10. ↑ "Natural England - SSSI (Paines Cross Meadow)". Natural England. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
  11. ↑ "Natural England - SSSI (Sapperton Meadows)". Natural England. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
  12. ↑ "Natural England - SSSI (St. Dunstan's Farm Meadows)". Natural England. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
  13. ↑ "Natural England - SSSI (Waldron Cutting)". Natural England. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
  14. ↑ "Twin towns". www.eastsussex.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
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