News & Updates

Walkers taking part in the High Weald Walking Festival News

Join the High Weald Walking Festival: 9-17 September!

The sixth annual Festival will offer free guided and self-guided walks showcasing the High Weald's breathtaking scenery, in partnership with the Ramblers...

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Wild About Dark Skies Festival celebrates wonders of the stars

A great time was had at the first ever Wild About Dark Skies Festival. Funded by the Sussex Lund grant programme, the Festival raised awareness of the negative impacts of light pollution on the High Weald's night sky.

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Results of our informal Management Plan survey

The Management Plan is the High Weald AONB’s most important document; it sets out objectives for conserving and enhancing this special place, and the local authorities’ ambitions for how the […]

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Meet the High Weald AONB Team at the Heathfield Agricultural Show!

Come and find us on stand C38 for a drink and a chat. Hear about our latest grant opportunities for farmers, land mangers and communities, and learn more about this historic and precious landscape...

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Advocacy

In support of our High Weald farmers…

The High Weald is a working landscape, with a rich farming history stretching back to the neolithic period. Livestock grazing over many generations has helped shape the area into the […]

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Join the first ever Wild About Dark Skies Festival in February 2023!

Did you know the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty has some of the darkest skies in the South East? Communities across the AONB will celebrate their unique and […]

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Biennial Review 2020-2022

Our 2020-2022 Biennial Review is now available to download, setting out the High Weald AONB Partnership’s activities over the past two financial years, including the challenges faced – and overcome – during the […]

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Sussex Lund Grant Programme opens for new applications

Calling all community groups, trusts, charities, town and parish councils, artists, musicians, theatre companies, schools and individuals who own or manage land in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural […]

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Advocacy

Government response to Landscapes Review

In January, the Government published its response to Julian Glover’s independent Landscapes Review, which looked at whether the protections for National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) are still fit […]

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