Heathfield and Waldron is a civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 within the Wealden

Wealden

For the stone, see Wealden GroupWealden is a local government district in East Sussex, England: its name comes from the Weald, the area of high land which occupies the centre of its area.-History:...

 District of East Sussex

East Sussex

East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel.-History:...

, England

England

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. Heathfield is surrounded by the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is an area of countryside considered to have significant landscape value in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, that has been specially designated by the Countryside Agency on behalf of the United Kingdom government; the Countryside Council for Wales on...

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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 (2011) chairman is Mr Peter Newnham. Charles Hendry

Charles Hendry

Charles Hendry is a British Conservative Party politician and the Member of Parliament for Wealden. In May 2010 he was appointed Minister of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change.-Early life:...

 is the Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 for the Wealden Constituency, which includes Heathfield.

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

Heathfield

Heathfield

Heathfield, East Sussex

Heathfield is a small market town, and the principal settlement in the civil parish of Heathfield and Waldron in the Wealden District of East Sussex, within the historic County of Sussex, England.-Location:...

 town, the principal settlement in the parish, stands at the junction of two roads: the A265 road

A roads in Zone 2 of the Great Britain numbering scheme

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 from Hawkhurst

Hawkhurst

Hawkhurst is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. The parish lies to the south-east of Tunbridge Wells. Hawkhurst itself is virtually two villages...

 and the A267 road

A roads in Zone 2 of the Great Britain numbering scheme

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 linking Tunbridge Wells

Royal Tunbridge Wells

Royal Tunbridge Wells is a town in west Kent, England, about south-east of central London by road, by rail. The town is close to the border of the county of East Sussex...

 with Eastbourne

Eastbourne

Eastbourne is a large town and borough in East Sussex, on the south coast of England between Brighton and Hastings. The town is situated at the eastern end of the chalk South Downs alongside the high cliff at Beachy Head...

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Waldron

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

Others

Broad Oak, Punnetts 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

Bingletts Wood

Bingletts Wood is a 15.86 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in East Sussex, England. The site was notified in 1985 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. The main feature in the site is the ghyll woodland, which contains several plants with an Atlantic distribution...

 and Heathfield Park

Heathfield Park

Heathfield Park is an English country house and walled park in the village of Old Heathfield in East Sussex. It is privately owned.Originally called Bayley Park, the mansion was begun by James Plummer in 1677 and continued by Raymond Blackmore in the early eighteenth century...

 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. Paines Cross Meadow

Paines Cross Meadow

Paines Cross Meadow is a 3.66 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in East Sussex, England. The site was notified in 1991 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981....

, Sapperton Meadows

Sapperton Meadows

Sapperton Meadows is a 14.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in East Sussex, England. The site was notified in 1991 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981....

 and St. Dunstan's Farm Meadows

St. Dunstan's Farm Meadows

St. Dunstan's Farm Meadows is a 10.2 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in East Sussex, England. The site was notified in 1992 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981....

 also have SSSI status. These sites consist mainly of wet meadowland and are of biological interest, hosting a wide variety of fauna. The final SSSI is Waldron Cutting

Waldron Cutting

Waldron Cutting is a 0.19 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest, located in East Sussex, England. The site was notified in 1990 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981....

, a small cutting along the lane between Heathfield and Horam, which is of geological interest. Its sandstone bedrock containing samples of fossilised Lycopodites

Lycopodiophyta

The Division Lycopodiophyta is a tracheophyte subdivision of the Kingdom Plantae. It is the oldest extant vascular plant division at around 410 million years old, and includes some of the most "primitive" extant species...

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