Resources for local businesses
If you’re a business or organisation operating within The Living Coast, you can use the resources below to help you promote our natural riches and develop new opportunities around our natural and cultural heritage.
There’s advice on how to make the most of our heritage in a sustainable and positive way, and free marketing assets to help you attract different customers to the region and improve the visitor experience. With the growing demand for sustainable, immersive experiences that bring people closer to nature, there’s never been a better time to put the values of the biosphere at the heart of what you do.Â
Toolkit for tourism businesses
What is a biosphere? What opportunities are there for your business in a biosphere? How can you develop new experiences that support positive futures for people and nature in the region? How can you build on your strengths to make the most of the natural assets in the region?
Our Toolkit for Tourism Businesses in a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve considers these questions and looks at how you can grow a tourism-based business within the biosphere. This toolkit was developed as part of the EU Interreg-funded BioCultural Heritage Tourism Project.
Free destination marketing assets
If you share the values of the biosphere and want to attract visitors who appreciate connecting with nature and local culture, feel free to use our free marketing assets. They includes copy, videos and images that you can use to promote your business in print or online.
Climate information for business
Find out how to make your business more sustainable and be part of the circular economy.
Image gallery
If you’re a local organisation offering sustainable experiences, accommodation, products or services to visitors to The Living Coast, you can use these free images in your marketing.
Please only use these image for tourism marketing; if you would like to use them for any other purpose, contact us. We reserve the right to withdraw our permission to use them if they are used for a purpose that contradicts the values and the objectives of the biosphere.
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Volk’s Electric Railway
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. The Volk’s Electric Railway is a narrow gauge heritage railway in Brighton
Vegetated Shingle on Brighton Beach
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Vegetated Shingle on Brighton Beach
Undercliff Walk between Brighton and Saltdean
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Undercliff Walk between Brighton and Saltdean
Brighton, a green space with Elm trees, butterflies & a skate park
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. The Level, Brighton a green space with Elm trees & butterflies, a skate park
Brighton, a green space with Elm trees, butterflies & a skate park
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. The Level, Brighton a green space with Elm trees & butterflies, a skate park
Woodingdean to Newhaven Telscombe Tye area
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Woodingdean to Newhaven Telscombe Tye area
Youngsters up on Telscombe Tye
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Telscombe Tye – Youngsters up on Telscombe Tye
Youngsters using a magnifying glass
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Telscombe Tye – Youngsters using a magnifying glass
Youngsters flying kites on the Tye
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Telscombe Tye – Youngsters flying kites on the Tye
Surfers near Brighton Marina
Photo by Liz Finlayson at Vervate. Surfers near Brighton Marina
Climbing trees in Stanmer Park
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Stanmer Park
Learning about apples in Stamner Park
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Stamner Park
Rainbow in Stamner Park
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Stamner Park
Riding ponies in Stamner Park
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Stamner Park
Grooming ponies in Stamner Park
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Stamner Park
Stamner Park Autumn
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Stamner Park Autumn
Horse riding on Shoreham Beach
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Shoreham Beach Sea Swimmers
Vegetated shingle beach at Shoreham
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Shoreham by Sea and River Adur Vegetated shingle beach at Shoreham
Vegetated shingle beach at Shoreham
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Shoreham by Sea and River Adur Vegetated shingle beach at Shoreham
Vegetated shingle beach at Shoreham
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Shoreham by Sea and River Adur Vegetated shingle beach at Shoreham
Vegetated shingle beach at Shoreham
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Shoreham by Sea and River Adur Vegetated shingle beach at Shoreham
Vegetated shingle beach at Shoreham
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Shoreham by Sea and River Adur Vegetated shingle beach at Shoreham
Vegetated shingle beach at Shoreham
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Shoreham by Sea and River Adur Vegetated shingle beach at Shoreham
Round Headed Rampion on Beacon Hill Nature Reserve
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Round Headed Rampion on Beacon Hill Nature Reserve
Rottingdean High Street
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Rottingdean Rottingdean High Street
Road up to Balsdean
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Road up to Balsdean
Road up to Balsdean
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Road up to Balsdean
Lewes Railway Land and Egrets Way
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Lewes and District Lewes Railway Land and Egrets Way
Lewes Railway Land and Egrets Way
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Lewes and District Lewes Railway Land and Egrets Way
Starling Murmuration Brighton Seafront
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Starling Murmuration Brighton Seafront
Starling Murmuration Brighton Seafront
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Starling Murmuration Brighton Seafront
Starling Murmuration Brighton Seafront
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Starling Murmuration Brighton Seafront
Starling Murmuration Brighton Seafront
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Starling Murmuration Brighton Seafront
Views from Mill Hill overlooking the River Adur and Shoreham
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Views from Mill Hill overlooking the River Adur and Shoreham
Brighton Pier with the West Pier in the background during a murmuration
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Brighton Pier with the West Pier in the background during a murmuration
Lewes and District
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Lewes and District
Lewes River Ouse
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Lewes and District Lewes River Ouse
Lewes River Ouse
Kingston Ridge near Lewes
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Kingston Ridge near Lewes
Kingston Ridge near Lewes
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Kingston Ridge near Lewes
Glynde country walks
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Glynde country walks
Ditching Beacon sunrise
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Ditching Beacon sunrise
Ditchling Village
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Ditchling Village
Ditchling Village
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Ditchling Village
Devils Dyke
Devils Dyke
Devils Dyke
Devils Dyke early morning
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Devils Dyke early morning
Devils Dyke early morning
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Devils Dyke early morning
Clayton Village
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Clayton Village
Chalk grassland in East Brighton next to Swanborough Drive
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Chalk grassland in East Brighton next to Swanborough Drive
An orchid grows n chalk grassland in East Brighton
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. An orchid grows n chalk grassland in East Brighton
Chalk Beds between Telscombe and Peacehaven
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Chalk Beds between Telscombe and Peacehaven
Chalk Beds between Telscombe and Peacehaven
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Chalk Beds between Telscombe and Peacehaven
Castle Hill Nature Reserve Newhaven
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Castle Hill Nature Reserve Newhaven
Castle Hill Nature Reserve Newhaven
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Castle Hill Nature Reserve Newhaven
Brighton Arches by the i360
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Brighton Arches by the i360
Brighton Seafront
Brighton beach and seafront
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate The Living Coast, the Brighton & Lewes Downs UNESCO Biosphere Region includes land and sea from Shoreham to Newhaven. Brighton beach and seafront July 21
Video gallery
We have produced 6 short films which capture different elements of The Living Coast: Heritage & Culture, Local Produce, Health & Wellbeing, Active & Outdoors, Wildlife & Natural Environment and a spotlight feature on Stanmer Park, the largest park in Brighton & Hove. Feel free to share these films on social media and use them in marketing the biosphere as a destination.
