News & Updates

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High Weald Walking Festival returns for 2024

23 January 2024

Get the date in your diaries – the next High Weald Walking Festival will take place from Saturday 7th to Sunday 15th September 2024. Once again, walkers of all ages and abilities will come together to explore and enjoy the spectacular beauty of the High Weald National Landscape.

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Free training to help High Weald farmers host school visits

30 October 2023

Farmers in the High Weald AONB can now access free training and support to host educational visits, thanks to funding from the Farming in Protected Landscapes Programme...

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Have your say on the future of the High Weald AONB

25 September 2023

From 25 September to 5 November 2023, we are collecting comments on Draft High Weald AONB Management Plan 2024-2029. Your feedback will help us conserve and enhance this precious landscape for years to come...

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Landowner opportunity: FREE GATES to replace stiles on footpaths

26 July 2023

Landowners in the East Sussex and Kent High Weald can now access funding and support to replace stiles on their land with gates. This is a great opportunity to make rights of way on your land more accessible for people who find stiles difficult to use...

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Sussex Lund grants programme now open for applications

6 June 2023

Apply for grants of up to £15,000 for projects that improve the ecology and scenic beauty of the High Weald, or help people to experience the landscape and build connections to it...

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

5 June 2023

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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Join our team: Senior Administrator role

23 May 2023

We are recruiting a superstar administrator on a full to part-time, flexible basis. You will help us run two high-profile grant programmes for farmers, land managers and communities in and around the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty,

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Wild About Dark Skies Festival celebrates wonders of the stars

26 April 2023

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

26 April 2023

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 landscape will be looked after for the next 5 years. The High Weald AONB Team is currently working on the next iteration of the Management […]

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