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The Living Coast
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A designated urban biosphere reserve, The Living Coast stretches between Newhaven and Shoreham-by-Sea in Sussex. From the grassy South Downs down to the chalk-and-shingle coast and city streets, it embraces everyone and everything that lives within this area and makes life here possible.
UNESCO biospheres are areas with significant natural value, created to help us learn how to balance what people and nature need to flourish. If you live, work or visit this region, you are part of The Living Coast and can be a part of creating an environment that we can all enjoy now and in the future.
Latest news
Celebrating summer in The Living Coast
Brighton & Hove Wildlife Forum share what our local wildlife is doing in the summer months.
Announcing The Living Coast Artist Residency 2022
Announcing the selected artists for The Living Coast Artist Residencies 2022.
67,000 Citizen Scientists take the City Nature Challenge ’22
The 2022 City Nature Challenge welcomed 67,220 citizen scientists in May to the annual challenge recording local nature in cities across the globe.
What’s on across The Living Coast
The Big Butterfly CountOngoing
Photosymbiosis – heritage oak tree exhibition
LGBTQ+ Seafront Wellbeing Healthwalk
Wellbeing walk for new and expecting mums & birthing parents
TLC Undersea Experience Newhaven
TLC Undersea Experience Lewes
Spotlight on
Sussex Willow Coffins
Sussex Willow Coffins create hand crafted coffins with a low environmental impact being made from 100% natural materials and hand woven at their small workshop in the heart of Sussex.
Get involved
There are plenty of ways you can play a part in making our Living Coast a thriving environment. Explore the website, sign-up to our newsletter or follow us on social media to connect with projects, news, business and volunteering opportunities relevant to you.
Things to do in The Living Coast
