Woodchurch is a parish of 2,500 people and 800 dwellings nestling at the edge of the High Weald of Kent and East Sussex but including on its Southern side a low-lying area of rich farmland known as Shirley Moor. The parish is large, totalling 7,000 acres, much of it a designated Special Landscape Area. Its Western side borders an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Inhabited for over 4,000 years, and settled from the eleventh century or earlier, it is still only a village. The landscape has changed dramatically over this time, and the politics, economics, religion and culture which have shaped this change tell the story of today’s “typical English Village”.
We invite you to follow the story of Woodchurch from the times that Stone Age nomads passed by, through to the third millennium AD and to discover what has made Woodchurch what it is.
It is a fascinating tale.
