The mix of Low Weald clay and limestone left the soil like concrete in the summer, and an ‘unfathomable porridge’ in the winter, but since 2001, Knepp Home Farm been allowed to return to ...

13 August 2001 Wheat and oats do well on Weald clay "WE need some sunshine," says James Fuggle, who farms at Wadhurst in East Sussex. The farm has ...

A CHARACTERISTIC feature of the English landscape, about the time of Easter or Whitsuntide, is the company of rambling naturalists, or, as the proverbial peasant calls them, 14 naturals.” The ...

Farm facts Mike Pinard, Lodge Farm, South Godstone, Surrey 121ha rented land Soil type: Weald clay Cropping: winter wheat, winter linseed and canary seed ...

But in some instances, such as the flats of the Weald Clay and the Chalk of Salisbury Plain, there is hardly any such cover of detritus, ...

The remains of a dinosaur that walked the Earth around 130 million years ago have been discovered in a clay pit. Palaeontologists found the skeleton of the Iguanodon, believed to be 2.5 metres long, ...

The High Weald hoard was found in clay soil 30 miles north of Brighton. Nearly 3,000 silver Roman coins found four years ago by a metal detector enthusiast in Sussex are to go on display in the ...

As the future of a little-known region of England is debated, Jack Watkins argues that 'this enchanted land of windmills, sleepy lanes and copses is a visual joy of Sussex quite the equal of the ...

The paper runs to 44 pages, and includes a careful series of analyses of rock-specimens from the Weald Clay and all the more recent formations.

In a letter to parents, Weald of Kent's head teacher Mrs M E Johnson, said KCC's original proposal, for a four-form entry was not considered by its governors to be an "effective learning environment".

This week Kevin McCloud returns to the Weald of Kent to one of the most innovative houses ever featured on Grand Designs - a highly experimental arch-shaped home built from clay tiles. Sundays 7 ...

Solo notes with interest further resource estimates provided by UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC ("UKOG") which have been independently prepared by Schlumberger within the 55 square miles of the ...