AN AREA OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY (AONB)

Welcome to the High Weald
an historic landscape at the heart of South East England. It is designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) for its rolling hills, small, irregular fields, abundant woods and hedges, scattered farmsteads and sunken lanes.

Underneath the patchwork landscape of the High Weald lie bands of sandstone and clay.From earliest times, animals have had a hand - or hoof - in shaping the landscape of the High Weald A closer look at the pastures of the High Weald reveals that the blanket of green is actually made up of different types of grassland characterised by different species and numbers of wildflower and grassland plantsIt is hard to picture the former iron industry in today's countryside of small fields, woodlands and steep, narrow, gill valleys.The High Weald's rolling hills are draped with small, irregular fields - edged with ancient boundary features and often containing flower-rich grasslandThe High Weald has a unique, radiating network of ancient routeways and tracks.The High Weald countryside gets its ridges, valleys and rolling landscape from the underlying bands of sandstone and clayTrees and woodland are a particularly distinctive feature of the High Weald landscapeThe High Weald has many isolated farmsteads, hamlets and dwellings dotted across the countryside. To read the High Weald story find the nine hotspots on the picture, when the cursor changes to a hand, click.

If you are a Landowner Click Here If you are a Visitor Click Here If you are a Partnership Click Here

 

NEWS

EXPLORE THE HIGH WEALD

High Weald Map