Wadhurst is a market town in East Sussex, England. It is the centre of the civil parish of Wadhurst, which also includes the districts of Cousley Wood and also 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 positioned on the Kent-- Sussex border 7 miles (11 kilometres) east of Crowborough and about 7 miles (11 km) south of Royal Tunbridge Wells. Other neighboring negotiations include Ticehurst, Burwash, Mayfield and Heathfield in East Sussex, and also Lamberhurst, Hawkhurst and Cranbrook in Kent. Physically, Wadhurst rests on a high ridge of the Weald-- a range of wooded hillsides encountering Sussex and Kent in between the North Downs as well as the South Downs. The storage tank of Bewl Water is nearby. The River Bewl, which is a sub-tributary of the River Medway, as well as the Limden increase within the civil parish of Wadhurst.