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Village in East Sussex, England
the village in Kent

Hadlow Down is a village and civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. It is located on the A272 road three miles (4.8 km) north west of Heathfield. The parish is within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It came to prominence with the Wealden iron industry in the 17th and 18th centuries. In 2011 the parish had a population of 857. The majority of the population now works outside the parish, but it still has a strong community atmosphere centred on the New Inn pub, St. Mark's school and St. Mark's church. The parish church, St. Mark's, was first built and consecrated in 1836 and rebuilt just before World War I. Edmond William Costello (1873–1949), holder of the Victoria Cross, is buried in the churchyard, and Diana Rowden (1915–44), SOE agent, lived at Hadlow Down before World War II. A former Calvinistic chapel, Providence Chapel, stands on Main Road; it was built in 1849 and converted into a house in 1996. The village school is St Mark's CE Primary School. The village pub is the New Inn, which is a historic Grade II listed building.

Wilderness Wood is a 62 acre (24.6 ha) of woodland, located near the centre of the village,. Tinkers Park is the home of the Claude Jessett collection of traction engines, steam rollers & fair organs is situated at the eastern end of the village. Hadlow Down is well known for its association with steam engines similar to those being used in the local rural farming industries many years ago. Claude bought his first steam engine 'The Tinker' in 1942 and he used it on his farm at Tinkers Park. By the 1950s Claude and his wife Joyce had become interested in the embryonic steam rally scene and, by the early 60's, their collection of steam engines had grown and they were branching out into collecting fairground organs, farming equipment and narrow gauge railways. The first annual Tinkers Park steam engine rallies was held in 1966 in aid of Cancer Research. The Great Bush Railway is also situated inside Tinkers Park. The Playing Field is a Community Area with a children's playground. An annual 'Summer Fayre, and late autumn 'Bonfire Night' is also held in the Playing Field. Hadlow Down Cricket Club merged in 2007 with a Brighton based club, Moulsecoomb Wanderers, to form Hadlow Down and Moulsecoomb Wanderers Cricket Club, or HDMWCC. The club as HDMWCC play friendly cricket matches only on the Hadlow Down Playing Field.

Two Sites of Special Scientific Interest are located within the parish. Hastingford Cutting is of geological interest, the cutting exposing a sequence of rocks indicating a lake/lagoon shoreface once existed at the site and the saint marks school. Stockland Farm Meadows is a site of biological importance, consisting of two meadows, the grassland providing habitat for a variety of flora and fauna.

The village pub, the New Inn, has an historic pub interior of "national importance" Listed Status: Grade II. All seven seats of Hadlow Down Parish Council are currently held by independent candidates. Hadlow Down Parish Council comprises a single ward this ward is represented by several parish councillors. Clockwise, from the north, it borders the communities of Crowborough, Five Ashes, Heathfield, Buxted & Uckfield.

Hadlow Down Parish Council is made up of up to 7 councillors elected from a single ward. The last elections were in 2015, and resulted in the election of 7 Independent councillors.