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I visited the Five Ash Down Post Office to award its owners, Kim and Maggie Dopson, and their colleagues Nicola and Sam with the Wealden Hero Award. For more information, please click here.

I am delighted to see such a lovely a new business opening at the heart of Hailsham.

I visited Michelham Priory to celebrate its reopening to visitors and to learn about the issues surrounding its moat and low water levels.

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I visited the Primrose Farm and learnt about new livestock and about the impact of Covid-19 on the everyday running of the business.

I visited Groombridge and met two local heroes, Sarah Merriman and Chrissie Litchfield.

I visited the Perryhill Orchards and Farm Shop to award its proprietor, John Smith with the Wealden Hero Award.

I visited The English Soap Company in Waldron and presented its managing directors Oliver Butts and his wife Ailsa Cunningham with the Wealden Hero Award.

I met two Heroes from Hadlow Down, Charlotte Ward and Wendy Coleman.

I awarded Nick Bolton, Sue Willmott and Louisa Henderson from the Buxted Inn Volunteer Group with the Wealden Hero Award.