Heathfield and Waldron

Coordinates: 50°58′N 0°16′E / 50.97°N 0.26°E / 50.97; 0.26

Heathfield and Waldron
Heathfield High Street
Heathfield and Waldron Heathfield and Waldron shown within East Sussex
Area	52.8 km2 (20.4 sq mi) [1]
Population	11,514  (2007)[1]
- Density	218 /km2 (560 /sq mi)
OS grid reference	TQ586209
- London	40 miles (64 km) NNW
District	Wealden
Shire county	East Sussex
Region	South East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HEATHFIELD
Postcode district	TN21
Dialling code	01435
Police	Sussex
Fire	East Sussex
Ambulance	South East Coast
European Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Wealden
Website: http://www.hwpc.org.uk/
List of places: UK • England • East Sussex

Heathfield and Waldron is a civil parish^[2] within the Wealden District of East Sussex, England. Heathfield is surrounded by the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Governance

The civil parish council has twenty elected members representing four wards: Cross-in-Hand ward (four members); Heathfield East ward (two); Heathfield ward (twelve); Waldron (two). The current (2008) chairman is Mr RV Bassingthwaite. Charles Hendry is the Member of Parliament for the Wealden Constituency, which includes Heathfield.

The Heathfield Partnership ^[3], 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 Tunbridge Wells with Eastbourne.

Waldron

War memorial at Waldron

Waldron is a village located to the west of Heathfield. The 12th century parish church is dedicated to All Saints.^[4]

Cross-in-Hand

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

Others

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

Landmarks

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.^[5][6] 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.^[7][8][9] The final SSSI is Waldron Cutting, a small cutting along the lane between Heathfield and Horam, which is of geological interest. Its sandstone bedrock containing samples of fossilised Lycopodites.^[10]

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