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Wealden
district, England, United Kingdom
Wealden, district, administrative county of East Sussex, historic county of Sussex, southeastern England. Hailsham, in the south-central part of the district, is the administrative centre. The district takes its name from The Weald, a region of forested ridges that lies between the chalk hills of the North and South Downs. Wealden is bordered to the north by Kent and to the south by the English Channel coast, where the borough of Eastbourne forms an urban enclave in what is otherwise still a rural district. In the northwest is Ashdown Forest, an area of natural woodland and heath. In Wealden’s southeastern ...(100 of 136 words)