The funeral service for Jean Holland will be held in Brightling church at 11:00 am on Friday 16 December 2022. It will be followed by a private cremation. Read more

An invitation from Andrew Wedmore What can we do, locally, about the two “planetary emergencies”: the climate crisis, and the decline in bio-diversity?  You can worry about it, or you can tell yourself that it’s not really a problem, or that someone else will solve it somehow – or you can take action.  For those… Read more

During 2022 a survey of vascular plants was conducted in the beautiful Dallington Forest Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), which straddles the parishes of Brightling and Dallington. Originally surveyed and designated a SSSI way back in 1953 when regionally and nationally rare species: Wood Fescue, Hay-scented Buckler-fern, Cornish Moneywort, and Ivy-leaved Bellflower were found,… Read more