Visit Buxted Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Buxted

  

Buxted Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Buxted

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Buxted history

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The first standard blast furnace was built in Buxted parish in about 1491. The cannon-making industry in the Weald started at a furnace on the stream at Hoggets Farm lying to the north. The first cast-iron cannon made in England was cast in 1543 by Ralf Hogge, an employee of Parson William Levett.

Buxted geography / climate

The parish of Buxted lies partly within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Tributaries of both the Rivers Rother and Cuckmere flow through the parish, and were used by the iron industry for power. The parish contains an area of Site of Special Scientific Interest—Buxted Park.

You can visit Buxted places with Walkfo Buxted to hear history at Buxted’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Buxted has 32 places to visit in our interactive Buxted map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Buxted, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Buxted places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Buxted & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 32 audio facts unique to Buxted places in an interactive Buxted map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Buxted Places Map
32 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Buxted tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Buxted

  

Best Buxted places to visit

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Buxted has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Buxted’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Buxted’s information audio spots:

Uckfield Baptist Church Uckfield Baptist Church was founded in 1785 by seceders from the nearby Five Ash Down Independent Chapel. The church had its own chapel from 1789 until 2005, when the building closed and was sold for residential conversion. The “simple brick chapel” was rebuilt in 1874 and has been listed at Grade II.

St John the Evangelist Church, Heron’s Ghyll St John’s Church or St John the Evangelist Church is a Roman Catholic Parish Church in Buxted, East Sussex. It was built from 1896 to 1897 and designed by Frederick Walters. It is a Gothic Revival church and is a Grade II listed building.

Five Ash Down Independent Chapel Five Ash Down Independent Chapel is an independent Evangelical church in the Reformed (Calvinist) tradition in East Sussex. Founded in 1773 in the house of a local man, Thomas Dicker senior, the cause developed so rapidly that a church was founded and a permanent building was erected for the congregation 11 years later.

St Mark’s Church, Hadlow Down Founded in 1834 by committed local resident who petitioned the Archbishop of Canterbury for permission to establish a chapel in the poor agricultural village. The stone-built church, with its tall spire and well-regarded “living churchyard” nature reserve, is now Hadlow Down’s only remaining place of worship. English Heritage has listed it at Grade II for its architectural and historical importance.

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