Hadlow Down

Infobox UK place
official_name=Hadlow Down
country=England
region=South East England
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static_image_caption=
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 the Wealden District of East Sussex, England. It is located on the A272 road three miles (4.8 km) north-east of Heathfield. It came to prominence with the Wealden iron industry in the 17th and 18th centuries.

The parish church, built and consecrated in 1836, is dedicated to St Mark, and was rebuilt just before World 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 the Victoria Cross, is buried in the churchyard; and Diana Rowden (1915–44), SOE agent, lived at Hadlow Down before World 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]

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