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Glynde and Beddingham
Glynde and Beddingham shown within East Sussex |
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| Area | 17.8 km2 (6.9 sq mi) [1][2] |
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| Population | 555 (Parish-2007)[3] includes Tarring Neville |
| - Density | 56 /sq mi (22 /km2) |
| OS grid reference | TQ456089 |
| - London | 45 miles (72 km) N |
| Parish | Glynde and Beddingham |
| District | Lewes |
| Shire county | East Sussex |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LEWES |
| Postcode district | BN8 |
| Dialling code | 01273 |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | East Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Lewes |
| Website | Parish Council website |
| List of places: UK • England • East Sussex | |
Glynde and Beddingham is a civil parish in the Lewes district of East Sussex.
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On a local level, Glynde and Beddingham is governed by Glynde and Beddingham Parish Council. Council meetings are held every two months in the Beddingham Reading Room. Their responsibilities include footpaths, street lighting, playgrounds and minor planning applications. The parish council has seven seats available [4] although only three were filled in the uncontested May 2007 election.[5]
The next level of government is the district council. The parish of Glynde and Beddingham lies within the Ouse Valley and Ringmer ward of Lewes District Council which returns three seats to the council. The election on 4 May 2007 elected two Liberal Democrats and one local Conservative.[6]
East Sussex County Council is the next tier of government, for which Glynde and Beddingham is within the Ouse Valley East division, with responsibility for Education, Libraries, Social Services, Civil Registration, Trading Standards and Transport. Elections for the County Council are held every four years. The Liberal Democrat Thomas Ost was elected in the 2005 election.[7]
The UK Parliament constituency for Glynde and Beddingham is Lewes. The Liberal Democrat Norman Baker has been serving as the constituency MP since 1997.
At European level, Glynde and Beddingham is represented by the South-East region, which holds ten seats in the European Parliament. The June 2004 election returned four Conservatives, two Liberal Democrats, two UK Independence, one Labour and one Green, none of whom live in East Sussex.[8]
There are five Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) within the parish. Firle Escarpment,[9] which extends into the neighbouring parish of Firle. Another site, completely within the parish is Asham Quarry[10] which is of geological interest due to its stratigraphy of Devensian and Flandrian deposits.
Southerham Grey Pit and Southerham Machine Bottom Pit are two more SSSIs of geological interest within the parish. These sites are disused chalk pits which display a wide variety of fossilised fish remains.[11][12] The final SSSI is Lewes Downs, a site of biological interest, which is an isolated area of the South Downs.[13]
Within the parish, overlooking the village of Glynde, is Mount Caburn, a 480 foot (146 m) isolated peak on top of which sits an Iron Age hill fort.