Wealden
§ This page gives an overview of the Wealden local authority district, bringing together key facts, maps, and data to help you quickly understand the area. One of 361 district profiles on Baseview.
Overview ⁞ Wealden is the largest district in East Sussex, stretching across the High Weald and the South Downs. It includes market towns such as Hailsham, Crowborough, and Uckfield, alongside historic villages and countryside. Ashdown Forest, associated with Winnie-the-Pooh, offers open heathland, while the South Downs provide rolling chalk hills. The landscape is dotted with castles, such as Herstmonceux, and historic estates, while rivers, farmland, and forests dominate much of the rural scenery.
The administrative boundary of Wealden can be viewed on OpenStreetMap: District Boundary of Wealden.
Key Facts about Wealden
What region is Wealden in? Wealden is in the South East of England, a region within the UK.
What county is Wealden in? Wealden is located in the county of East Sussex.
Is Wealden a city? No, Wealden is not a city. (Note: the UK has 76 officially designated cities.)
Who governs Wealden? The local authority for this district is: Wealden District Council - responsible for district-level services. Since East Sussex is a two-tier area, county-level services are handled by: East Sussex County Council.
▶ Official website of Wealden District Council 🔗 wealden.gov.uk
Which police force covers Wealden? Policing in Wealden is provided by Sussex Police 🔗 sussex.police.uk, which serves 13 local authority districts: Adur ⁞ Arun ⁞ Brighton and Hove ⁞ Chichester ⁞ Crawley ⁞ Eastbourne ⁞ Hastings ⁞ Horsham ⁞ Lewes ⁞ Mid Sussex ⁞ Rother ⁞ Wealden ⁞ Worthing.
Constituencies in Wealden
A constituency is a specific geographical area that elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to represent them in the House of Commons. The United Kingdom is divided into 650 parliamentary constituencies. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK parliamentary constituencies: List of Constituencies.
Wards in Wealden
Wealden is divided into 41 wards, listed below in alphabetical order.
- Arlington
- Buxted
- Chiddingly, East Hoathly & Waldron
- Crowborough Central
- Crowborough Jarvis Brook
- Crowborough North
- Crowborough South East
- Crowborough South West
- Crowborough St Johns
- Danehill & Fletching
- Forest Row
- Framfield & Cross-in-Hand
- Frant & Wadhurst
- Hadlow Down & Rotherfield
- Hailsham Central
- Hailsham East
- Hailsham North
- Hailsham North West
- Hailsham South
- Hailsham West
- Hartfield
- Heathfield North
- Heathfield South
- Hellingly
- Herstmonceux & Pevensey Levels
- Horam & Punnetts Town
- Lower Willingdon
- Maresfield
- Mayfield & Five Ashes
- Pevensey Bay
- Polegate Central
- Polegate North
- Polegate South & Willingdon Watermill
- South Downs
- Stone Cross
- Uckfield East
- Uckfield New Town
- Uckfield North
- Uckfield Ridgewood & Little Horsted
- Upper Willingdon
- Withyham
In the UK, a ward is a subdivision of a local authority area, used mainly for electoral and statistical purposes. Defined by the ONS, wards represent the primary unit for local elections, each returning one or more councillors to the local council. Wards are also used as a key geography for presenting population and census data.
Parishes in Wealden
Wealden is fully parished: 42 civil parishes, listed A-Z below.
- Alciston
- Alfriston
- Arlington
- Berwick
- Buxted
- Chalvington with Ripe
- Chiddingly
- Crowborough
- Cuckmere Valley
- Danehill
- East Dean and Friston
- East Hoathly with Halland
- Fletching
- Forest Row
- Framfield
- Frant
- Hadlow Down
- Hailsham
- Hartfield
- Heathfield and Waldron
- Hellingly
- Herstmonceux
- Hooe
- Horam
- Isfield
- Laughton
- Little Horsted
- Long Man
- Maresfield
- Mayfield and Five Ashes
- Ninfield
- Pevensey
- Polegate
- Rotherfield
- Selmeston
- Uckfield
- Wadhurst
- Warbleton
- Wartling
- Westham
- Willingdon and Jevington
- Withyham
A civil parish is the lowest tier of local government in England, used for villages, small towns, and suburbs. They have their own local authority, either a parish council or a parish meeting, which provides local services like managing parks, allotments, and streetlights, and represents the community's views to larger councils.
Built-up Areas in Wealden
Wealden covers 70 built-up areas, listed below in alphabetical order.
- Alfriston
- Argos Hill
- Ashurst Wood *
- Bexhill-on-Sea *
- Blackboys
- Boreham Street
- Broad Oak (Wealden)
- Burwash Common *
- Buxted
- Cade Street
- Chelwood Common
- Chelwood Gate
- Cousley Wood *
- Cowbeech Hill
- Cowden *
- Cross in Hand
- Crowborough
- Crumbles *
- Danehill
- Duddleswell
- East Dean and Friston *
- East Grinstead *
- East Hoathly
- Eastbourne *
- Five Ash Down
- Five Ashes
- Forest Row
- Framfield
- Frant
- Golden Cross
- Groombridge *
- Hadlow Down
- Hailsham
- Halland
- Hartfield
- Heathfield (Wealden)
- Hellingly
- Herstmonceux
- High Hurstwood
- Hooe Common
- Horam
- Horney Common
- Isfield
- Little London (Wealden)
- Lower Dicker
- Lower Willingdon *
- Lunsford's Cross *
- Magham Down
- Maresfield
- Mayfield (Wealden)
- Maynard's Green
- Newick *
- Ninfield
- Nutley
- Pevensey Bay *
- Polegate
- Punnett's Town
- Ripe
- Rotherfield
- Royal Tunbridge Wells *
- Sharpthorne *
- Stone Cross
- The Platt
- Town Row
- Uckfield
- Upper Dicker
- Upper Hartfield
- Wadhurst
- Westham
- Windmill Hill
In the UK, a Built-up Area (BUA) is a continuous urban area of at least 20 hectares (0.2 km²), defined by the ONS as land where buildings are generally no more than 200 metres apart, such as towns, cities, or large villages. (Note: A BUA name marked with an asterisk (*) indicates that the area is situated partly in the district of Wealden.)
Wealden compared with other districts in the UK
This section shows how Wealden compares with other local authority districts in the UK, using a variety of measures and rankings.
Wealden has 41 electoral wards.
Wealden has a population of 166,908 (2024 mid-year estimate by ONS)
More local statistics and data for Wealden can be found on the ONS statistics for Wealden.