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class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in England</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the state park in Pennsylvania known as High Rocks, see <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Stover_State_Park" title="Ralph Stover State Park">Ralph Stover State Park</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output 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vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">High Rocks</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader category"><a href="/wiki/Site_of_Special_Scientific_Interest" title="Site of Special Scientific Interest">Site of Special Scientific Interest</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:High_Rocks_4110.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/High_Rocks_4110.JPG/220px-High_Rocks_4110.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/High_Rocks_4110.JPG/330px-High_Rocks_4110.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/High_Rocks_4110.JPG/440px-High_Rocks_4110.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_by_Area_of_Search" title="List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest by Area of Search">Location</a></th><td class="infobox-data region">East Sussex<br />Kent</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Grid_reference" class="mw-redirect" title="Grid reference">Grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion" style="white-space: nowrap"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=High_Rocks&params=51.122756_N_0.226319_E_region:GB_scale:25000">TQ 559 383</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-dsv_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dsv-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Interest</th><td class="infobox-data category">Geological</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data note">3.2 hectares (7.9 acres)<sup id="cite_ref-dsv_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dsv-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/SSSI_notification#Notification" class="mw-redirect" title="SSSI notification">Notification</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1986<sup id="cite_ref-dsv_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dsv-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location map</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271002928%27"><i>Magic Map</i></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>High Rocks</b> is a 3.2-hectare (7.9-acre) geological <a href="/wiki/Site_of_Special_Scientific_Interest" title="Site of Special Scientific Interest">Site of Special Scientific Interest</a> west of <a href="/wiki/Tunbridge_Wells" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunbridge Wells">Tunbridge Wells</a> in <a href="/wiki/East_Sussex" title="East Sussex">East Sussex</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dsv_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dsv-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-map_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-map-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is a <a href="/wiki/Geological_Conservation_Review" title="Geological Conservation Review">Geological Conservation Review</a> site.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prehistory">Prehistory</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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There are traces of <a href="/wiki/Middle_Stone_Age" title="Middle Stone Age">Middle Stone Age</a> and <a href="/wiki/Iron_Age" title="Iron Age">Iron Age</a> residents, including a 1st-century A.D. fort guarding against the <a href="/wiki/Roman_invasion_of_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman invasion of Britain">Roman invasion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recent_history">Recent history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=High_Rocks&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Recent history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After <a href="/wiki/James_II_of_England" title="James II of England">King James II</a> visited Tunbridge Wells and made the woodland a resort in the 17th century, High Rocks became a tourist attraction which also offered a maze, a bowling green, gambling rooms and cold baths. The <i>Aerial Walk</i>, a series of bridges linking the tops of the crags, was built in the 19th century. </p><p>A halt served by the local railway was established in 1907, and was used until 1952. The <a href="/wiki/Spa_Valley_Railway" title="Spa Valley Railway">Spa Valley Railway</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Heritage_railway" title="Heritage railway">heritage railway</a>, now connects the High Rocks pub beyond the High Rocks turnstiles to <a href="/wiki/Tunbridge_Wells" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunbridge Wells">Tunbridge Wells</a>, <a href="/wiki/Groombridge" title="Groombridge">Groombridge</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eridge_railway_station" title="Eridge railway station">Eridge</a> (on the <a href="/wiki/Oxted_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxted Line">London-Uckfield</a> line of <a href="/wiki/Southern_(train_operating_company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern (train operating company)">Southern Railway</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geology_and_geomorphology">Geology and geomorphology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=High_Rocks&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geology and geomorphology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>High Rocks is a key <a href="/wiki/Geomorphological" class="mw-redirect" title="Geomorphological">geomorphological</a> site for <a href="/wiki/Sandstone" title="Sandstone">sandstone</a> <a href="/wiki/Weathering" title="Weathering">weathering</a> features developed on the highest cliffs in the <a href="/wiki/Weald" title="Weald">Weald</a>. The Ardingly Sandstone has suffered gentle deformation, and joints have opened out to form spectacular gulls (tension cracks) which are wide enough in places for a person to enter. </p><p>Open gulls are comparatively rare in Britain, except in the central Weald, and they are nowhere better revealed than in the numerous open passages at High Rocks. The Ardingly Sandstone is friable and poorly cemented, but the surface develops a protective crust and displays a variety of micro-weathering features, notably honeycombing and polygonal cracking. The origin of this cracking is problematic but may relate to freezing and thawing under periglacial conditions during the <a href="/wiki/Pleistocene" title="Pleistocene">Pleistocene</a>. This type of cracking is found in Britain only on the sandstone outcrops in the central Weald, and is most strikingly displayed at High Rocks. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tunbridge_Wells_High_Rocks_steps.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Steps leading up to the Aerial Walk."><img alt="Steps leading up to the Aerial Walk." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Tunbridge_Wells_High_Rocks_steps.jpg/90px-Tunbridge_Wells_High_Rocks_steps.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Tunbridge_Wells_High_Rocks_steps.jpg/135px-Tunbridge_Wells_High_Rocks_steps.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Tunbridge_Wells_High_Rocks_steps.jpg/180px-Tunbridge_Wells_High_Rocks_steps.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Steps leading up to the Aerial Walk.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tunbridge_Wells_High_Rocks_big_chasm.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The large chasm and one of the bridges."><img alt="The large chasm and one of the bridges." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Tunbridge_Wells_High_Rocks_big_chasm.jpg/90px-Tunbridge_Wells_High_Rocks_big_chasm.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Tunbridge_Wells_High_Rocks_big_chasm.jpg/135px-Tunbridge_Wells_High_Rocks_big_chasm.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Tunbridge_Wells_High_Rocks_big_chasm.jpg/180px-Tunbridge_Wells_High_Rocks_big_chasm.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The large chasm and one of the bridges.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tunbridge_Wells_High_Rocks_climber.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A rock climber scaling a sandstone crag."><img alt="A rock climber scaling a sandstone crag." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Tunbridge_Wells_High_Rocks_climber.jpg/90px-Tunbridge_Wells_High_Rocks_climber.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Tunbridge_Wells_High_Rocks_climber.jpg/135px-Tunbridge_Wells_High_Rocks_climber.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Tunbridge_Wells_High_Rocks_climber.jpg/180px-Tunbridge_Wells_High_Rocks_climber.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A rock climber scaling a sandstone crag.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tunbridge_Wells_High_Rocks_Crooked_Bridge.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Crooked Bridge of the Aerial Walk."><img alt="The Crooked Bridge of the Aerial Walk." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Tunbridge_Wells_High_Rocks_Crooked_Bridge.jpg/120px-Tunbridge_Wells_High_Rocks_Crooked_Bridge.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Tunbridge_Wells_High_Rocks_Crooked_Bridge.jpg/180px-Tunbridge_Wells_High_Rocks_Crooked_Bridge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Tunbridge_Wells_High_Rocks_Crooked_Bridge.jpg/240px-Tunbridge_Wells_High_Rocks_Crooked_Bridge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Crooked Bridge of the Aerial Walk.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_use">Current use</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=High_Rocks&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Current use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The crags are visited by <a href="/wiki/Climbing" title="Climbing">rock climbers</a> and other members of the public. It is also frequently used for wedding receptions. Footpaths lead around the rocks, and it is possible to walk across the top of crags on footbridges. The main area is fenced in and there is a £6 entrance fee (£3 for children) to enter the site.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An unfenced and free access section of the ridge of rock outcrops can be reached by following the public footpath east of the pub, next to the railway bridge. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=High_Rocks&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-dsv-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-dsv_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dsv_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dsv_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dsv_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1002928&SiteName=high%20rocks&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=">"Designated Sites View: High Rocks"</a>. 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