News & Updates

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

26 April 2023

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…

26 April 2023

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 beautiful and much-loved landscape we know today. Like other places in England, the High Weald is ideally suited to livestock farming as our soils grow […]

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

26 April 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 historic view of the stars at the first ever Wild About Dark Skies Festival, running Saturday 18 – Sunday 26 February 2023. Free events will take […]

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