club, which are both at Horsebridge recreation ground. Governance Hellingly civil parish is administered at the lowest level of local government by Hellingly Parish Council. Hellingly civil parish forms part of the larger Hellingly district ward, which also includes the village of Magham Down and the settlement of Ginger’s Green, in the Wealden District, with Wealden District Council being the middle level of local government for Hellingly. Hellingly district ward forms part of the even larger Arlington, East Hoathly & Hellingly county electoral division for East Sussex, with East Sussex County Council being the highest level of local government for Hellingly. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 5,940. Hellingly is in the Wealden parliamentary constituency, the MP since 2015 has been Nus Ghani, Conservative. Religion The 13th-14th century parish church is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul. It is the only remaining example of a church built on a Saxon ciric, a circular mound, in the county. The chancel dates from about 1200, and the shafts with annulets round the windows and the band of palmettes under them are substantially original. There is stained glass in the east lancet windows by Morris & Co. The church is Grade I listed. Zoar Strict Baptist Chapel was founded in 1837 at Lower Dicker. Transport The Cuckoo Trail is a 14-mile (23 km) footpath and cycleway that passes through the parish. This parish had a railway station on the Polegate to Eridge line which closed in 1968. The parish is served by buses run by Stagecoach and by Seaford & District Buses Notable people Margaret Fairchild (1911-1989) aka Miss Shepherd, the subject of the 2015 film The Lady in the Van, was born here Peter Grant (1935–1995), actor and music executive, lived in Hellingly, at Horselunges Manor, which was featured in the opening scene of the Led Zeppelin film, The Song Remains the Same, and is buried in the civil cemetery. References External links Villages in East Sussex Civil parishes in East Sussex Wealden District