Horam

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Horam is a village and civil parish in East Sussex situated in the Weald of Sussex, once part of a vast forest of 1700 square miles situated between the North Downs and the South Downs of south-east England. The Weald is now a land of green fields, arable farmland and small woods, as nothing is left of the ancient forest except for a few sites which are now of scientific interest.

The Wealden administrative district (population 142,000) covers 323 square miles of the larger geographical area which is the Weald. Horam (population 2500) lies 3 miles south of Heathfield, one of the five main towns in the District. The main stream is the Waldron Ghyll (or Gill) which is a headwater of the River Cuckmere.

The land in Horam rises from about 41 metres above sea level (on the stream at Horeham Bridge) to about 97 metres in two places, one on a public path near Vines Cross, the other to the north-west of Horam village on the main road. From the high land there are good views southwards to the distant South Downs (the hills some 11 miles towards the English Channel).

The current Vicar of Horam Parish is Revd Mark Redhouse. He is also Rural Dean of Dallington.