Population and Settlements
With an estimated population of around 124,880 and a density of 0.85 people per hectare, the High Weald AONB is an essentially rural area characterised by a landscape of scattered villages and dispersed settlement. Two major towns, Tunbridge Wells and Crowborough, lie within the AONB but are excluded from it. Battle, with more than 6,000 inhabitants, is the largest settlement actually in the AONB. The High Weald AONB is closely bordered by several major population centres, notably Crawley, Horsham, East Grinstead, Tonbridge, Hastings, Uckfield and Haywards Heath. These major towns, taken together with Tunbridge Wells, Crowborough and Battle, account for almost 400,000 people, which inevitably imposes pressures on the AONB but also underlines its important as an important, historic and relatively unspoilt open space in a relatively populous and affluent region lying in the hinterland of London.
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