Wealden

Thirteen organisations which provide services to residents across Wealden are continuing to benefit from money awarded to them by Wealden District Council.

Uckfield Leisure Centre has been confirmed as an Asset of Community Value by Wealden District Council.

Groome Farm is a traditional Wealden farmhouse and features exposed wooden beams and brickwork.

A statement from Wealden District Council posted on its Facebook page on Sunday morning said: "Following a cliff fall yesterday at Birling Gap, we have closed access to the beach from Birling Gap steps today.

Everybody is welcome for a friendly chat and drink whilst raising funds for the Samaritans, and the event is supported by Wealden MP Nus Ghani.

At this time, they began to exploit the iron (Wealden rocks provide a plentiful supply of the ore), and shipped it out by boat.

Teilhard de Chardin had travelled to regions of Africa where one of the anomalous finds originated, and resided in the Wealden area from the date of the earliest finds.

The easterly section of the Wealden dome has been eroded away by the sea, and cliffs such as the White Cliffs of Dover are present where a chalk ridge known as the North Downs meets the coast.

The geology of this site generally consists of northeasterly dipping Cretaceous strata, part of the northern limb of the Wealden-Boulonnais dome.

The Wealden iron industry in the Weald was the site of the first blast furnace in Britain in 1491, and produced much of Britain's cast iron until the 1770s.