Archive of: South Downs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Posted: 07 October 2016 | Comments: 1