Heathfield and Waldron

Infobox UK place
official_name=Heathfield and Waldron
country=England
region=South East England
static_

static_image_caption=Heathfield High Street
area_footnotes=cite web |url=http://www.eastsussexinfigures.org.uk/webview/ |title=East Sussex in Figures |accessdate=2008-04-26 |publisher=East Sussex County Council]
area_total_km2 =52.8
population=11514 (2007)
population_density= Pop density mi2 to km2|565|precision=0|abbr=yes
os_grid_reference=TQ586209
latitude=50.97
longitude=0.26
post_town=HEATHFIELD
postcode_area=TN
postcode_district=TN21
dial_code=01435
constituency_westminster=Wealden
london_distance=convert|40|mi NNW
shire_district=Wealden
shire_county=East Sussex
website=http://www.hwpc.org.uk/

Heathfield and Waldron is a civil parish [ [http://www.hwpc.org.uk/ Parish website] ] 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 [ [http://www.heathfield.net/partnership/index.html The Heathfield Partnership] ] , a voluntary group was set up in 1995 "to identify options for developing the town and the local villages".

ettlements 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

Waldron is a village located to the west of Heathfield. The 12th century parish church is dedicated to All Saints. [ [http://www.roughwood.net/ChurchAlbum/EastSussex/Waldron/Waldron2003.htm All Saints church] ]

Cross-in-Hand

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

Broad Oak

Broad Oak is a small village east of Heathfield.

Punnetts Town

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. [cite web|url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=1002020 |title=Natural England - SSSI (Bingletts Wood)|accessdate=2008-05-25|publisher=English Nature] [cite web|url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=1001675 |title=Natural England - SSSI (Heathfield Park)|accessdate=2008-10-11|publisher=English Nature] 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. [cite web|url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=1006671 |title=Natural England - SSSI (Paines Cross Meadow)|accessdate=2008-10-11|publisher=English Nature] [cite web|url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=1003506 |title=Natural England - SSSI (Sapperton Meadows)|accessdate=2008-10-11|publisher=English Nature] [cite web|url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=1006601 |title=Natural England - SSSI (St. Dunstan's Farm Meadows)|accessdate=2008-10-11|publisher=English Nature] 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. [cite web|url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=1005480 |title=Natural England - SSSI (Waldron Cutting)|accessdate=2008-10-05|publisher=English Nature]

References