The River Rother, which drains much of the county and discharges at Rye Harbour, has its source on the south side of the hill on which Rotherfield village is built.

[7] Rotherfield parish lies to the south of Tunbridge Wells in the High Weald, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

[9] Rotherfield has been designated as a conservation area because of the quality of the buildings, including the Grade I listed St Denys Church and the soon to be completed picturesque homes of the Court Farm development.

Rotherfield became a royal hunting estate in the times of Kings Alfred the Great, Æthelstan and William Rufus.

[10] Eridge (/ˈɛrɪdʒ/) or Eridge Green is a small village but not a civil parish: it is situated on a sandstone ridge in the northern borderlands of East Sussex next to Kent, having some publicly accessible woodland and trails with far-reaching views across the Kent and Sussex countryside.

Although the village is in East Sussex, its post town of Tunbridge Wells is in the former postal county of Kent.

The area also contains several follies, including the Saxonbury Tower and several ornamental buildings near the Sham Farm business park.

[16] Rotherfield St Martin is a charitable organisation that provides social support and arranges activities to older adults in the area.

The original spire was destroyed by a storm in October 1987, and reconstructed using a steel frame raised to the roof by helicopter.

Also in Rotherfield are the Providence Chapel (Strict Baptist); and the Roman Catholic Church dedicated to St Peter, Prince of Apostles.

A former Methodist chapel at Town Row, between Rotherfield and Mark Cross, was closed in the early 21st century.

[20] The area has the following pubs: in Rotherfield, the Catts Inn and the Kings Arms; in Mark Cross, the Lazy Fox; and in Eridge, the Huntsman and the Nevill Crest and Gun.

This is an old Sussex tradition which predates the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot but is now part of the buildup to the celebrations in Lewes on Bonfire night.