Choose Wealden

With its breathtaking landscapes, Wealden is an incredible place to live, work, and visit

Wealden is the largest district in East Sussex covering 323 sq. miles. Nearly two-thirds is recognised as being of national landscape quality, boasting the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the South Downs National Park.

Home to over 162,000 people and 8,800 businesses, half the population live in the five market towns of Crowborough, Hailsham, Heathfield, Polegate and Uckfield, the remainder living within villages and hamlets amongst some of the most attractive countryside in the South East of England.

Wealden sits just thirty miles south of London, with direct rail links, and being one the sunniest regions in the British Isles, it has seen a boom in wine growing and now boasts over 20 vineyards across the beautiful rolling Sussex countryside.

The core appeal is the incredible lifestyle and work/life balance it offers and the beautiful, varied and natural landscapes from coastal cliffs, beaches and countryside to ancient woodland, forests and heathland.

Wealden has a vibrant mix of urban and rural locations and shares its boundaries with six neighbouring local authorities stretching from just south of Tunbridge Wells (Kent) in the north to the boundary with Eastbourne in the south – a distance of some 30 miles.

Communities across Wealden contain many innovative companies, home-based rural businesses and exciting enterprises. These come in all shapes and sizes, ranging from self-employed dog groomers to companies manufacturing precision parts.

Wealden District is the second most important contributor to the East Sussex visitor economy, in terms of total business turnover and the number of jobs it supports showcasing why many businesses choose Wealden as their home.

A profusion of local craftsmen, artists and writers have found inspiration in Wealden – AA Milne, dramatist, novelist, journalist and children’s writer, who made Ashdown Forest famous as the place where the Winnie the Pooh stories were written; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, novelist and writer of detective fiction and science fiction, is world-famous for the Sherlock Holmes stories, and Lee Miller, the American fashion model, portraitist, surrealist and WWII war correspondent who lived with Roland Penrose, the artist at Farley Farm, where Picasso stayed.