The map below indicates the boundary. If you need to find out if whether a property is within the AONB please ask your local council's planning department. A second port of call is the High Weald AONB Unit.
Please note that the original boundary was drawn in 1983, on large scale paper maps, before digital maps were available. Where it doesn't follow a boundary feature e.g. road, river, field edge, it can be hard to interpret, for example it can be hard to tell if an individual house or field is inside the boundary - especially near the edge of the AONB. The High Weald also has some spaces inside the boundary that are not in the AONB (around Crowborough and Heathfield) which need to be carefully checked.
High Weald AONB Boundary Map (5.89 MB)
For the experienced web user, there is a website called www.magic.gov.uk which provides details of many official boundaries (and lots of other data) including AONB's. It has an interactive map feature that can zoom into very close detail. The site is quite complicated though and needs some understanding of digital maps to use successfully - start in the interactive map and search on "Rural Designations - Statutory" in the topic box, then enter a postcode. You may want to switch off many of the 'layers' that appear to see the AONB clearly.
Any dispute about the boundary is ultimately be decided by Natural England - the Government advisor on countryside matters.
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