- Hadlow Down
Infobox UK place
official_name=Hadlow Down
country=England
region=South East England
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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 =17.0
population=715 (Parish-2007)
population_density= Pop density mi2 to km2|109|precision=0|abbr=yes
os_grid_reference=TQ533240
latitude=51.00
longitude=0.18
post_town=UCKFIELD
postcode_area=TN
postcode_district=TN22
dial_code=01825
constituency_westminster=Wealden
london_distance=convert|37|mi NNW
shire_district=Wealden
shire_county=East Sussex Hadlow Down is a village and
civil parish [ [http://www.hadlowdown.com Hadlow Down community website] ] in theWealden District ofEast Sussex ,England . It is located on theA272 road three miles (4.8 km) north-east of Heathfield. It came to prominence with the Wealdeniron industry in the 17th and 18th centuries.The parish church, built and consecrated in 1836, is dedicated to
St Mark , and was rebuilt just beforeWorld War I . [ [http://theweald.org/P2.asp?PId=P81.4.3.191 St Marks church history] ] [ [http://www.acny.org.uk/venue.php?V=4941 St Marks church today] ]Edmond William Costello (1873-1949), holder of theVictoria Cross , is buried in the churchyard; andDiana Rowden (1915–44), SOE agent, lived at Hadlow Down beforeWorld War II .There is a village school: Hadlow Down CE Primary School. [ [http://www.st-marks.ik.org/home.ikml Primary School] ]
Leisure
"Wilderness Wood", a 61 acre (24.6 ha) of woodland, is located here, [ [http://www.wildernesswood.co.uk/ Wilderness Wood] ] as is the
Great Bush Railway .Landmarks
Two
Sites of Special Scientific Interest are located within the parish.Hastingford Cutting is of geological interest, the cutting exposing a sequence of rocks indicating a lake/lagoon shoreface once existed at the site. [cite web|url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=1005977 |title=Natural England - SSSI (Hastingford Cutting)|accessdate=2008-10-05|publisher=English Nature]Stockland Farm Meadows is a site of biological importance, consisting of two meadows, the grassland providing habitat for a variety of flora and fauna. [cite web|url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=1006353 |title=Natural England - SSSI (Stockland Farm Meadows)|accessdate=2008-10-05|publisher=English Nature]References
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