Outstanding because...
Abundant woodland
Historic routeways
Gill streams
Small, irregular-shaped fields
- It is one of the best surviving medieval landscapes in Northern Europe
- It is criss-crossed by sunken droveways
- It was the country's main iron-producing region during the Roman and Tudor periods
- It harbours gills (small, steep-sided streams) with rare plant populations not found anywhere else in eastern/central England
Outstanding wildlife
Over 22.8% of the High Weald is covered by ancient woodland; in the form of... Read more
Outstanding history
The High Weald is a cultural landscape, shaped by people since prehistory to the present... Read more
Outstanding buildings
The area's settlement is characterised by: A very high density of dispersed historic settlements of farmsteads... Read more
Outstanding geology
Underneath the patchwork landscape of the High Weald lie bands of sandstone and clay -... Read more