Wadhurst is a market community in East Sussex, England. It is the centre of the civil parish of Wadhurst, which likewise includes the communities of Cousley Wood as well as Tidebrook. Wadhurst is twinned with Aubers in France. A selecting ward in the exact same name exists. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 5,181. Wadhurst is located on the Kent-- Sussex boundary 7 miles (11 km) east of Crowborough and also about seven miles (11 kilometres) south of Royal Tunbridge Wells. Various other nearby negotiations include Ticehurst, Burwash, Mayfield as well as Heathfield in East Sussex, and Lamberhurst, Hawkhurst as well as Cranbrook in Kent. Physically, Wadhurst lies on a high ridge of the Weald-- a range of wooded hills encountering Sussex as well as Kent in between the North Downs and also the South Downs. The tank of Bewl Water neighbors. The River Bewl, which is a sub-tributary of the River Medway, and the Limden surge within the civil parish of Wadhurst.