The farmland depicted in this picture is threatened by the government proposed Bexhill-Hastings Link Road, which would cross the Combe Haven Valley, several smaller tributary valleys and cut through this beautiful view and right past a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Promoted by East Sussex County Council, the road is opposed by the Hastings Alliance, an umbrella organisation of local and national community and environmental groups, on environmental, economic and transport grounds.
In a report to its own cabinet, East Sussex County Council described Combe Haven as ″probably the finest medium-sized valley in East Sussex, outside of Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). It is set within a high-quality landscape of historic and wildlife interest and contains peaceful and remote countryside.″
I’ve known this part of the countryside for a number of years now. I can remember the viaduct
and railway line going across it. However nothing can beat the tranquility of the scene as it is now.