Archive of: South Downs

Update on TLC’s Biocultural Heritage Tourism Project in 2021
Like everyone else in the tourism industry, our original plans for our BioCultural Heritage Tourism Project had to change with the impact of Covid-19. Find out what’s been happening in the past year and things to look forward to in 2021...
Posted: 15 February 2021 | Comments: 0

Ponies at Devil's Dyke
5 Dartmoor ponies have arrived at Devil's Dyke to help look after the rare Chalk Grassland and Iron Age Hillfort.
Posted: 02 February 2021 | Comments: 0

Enjoy the South Downs during lockdown
Kate Drake, Health and Wellbeing Officer for the South Downs National Park, gives her take on ways to reduce stress during lockdown and gives an update on her work.
Posted: 25 November 2020 | Comments: 1

TAP to protect our precious groundwater
A major five-year £500,000 project has launched to help safeguard the chalk aquifer of the South Downs that supplies water to 1.2m people and is under increasing threat from climate change.
Posted: 31 March 2020 | Comments: 0

Let's Champion our Amazing Soil
Aimee Felus, who manages the ChaMP project digs deeper into why soil is so important…and explains how plant power is being harnessed as nature’s cleanser.
Posted: 04 December 2019 | Comments: 0

The Living Coast comes alive with summer’s butterflies!
Nothing sums up a Sussex summer more than watching our beautiful butterflies while they dance over the Downs, wander through our woods or circle us while we sunbathe in our back gardens. As we head into the summer the number of different butterfly species you can see in The Living Coast area increases and July is the peak time to head out and hunt for them.
Posted: 30 June 2017 | Comments: 0

Inspiration at Your Fingertips
Now you can explore The Living Coast from the comfort of your own home, or when out and about...
Posted: 31 May 2017 | Comments: 0
The Dark Side of the Downs
Posted: 07 October 2016 | Comments: 1