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South Downs National Park status - latest news March 2009
Finally, sixty years after it was first proposed, the South Downs have been granted National Park status. The South Downs National Park, which runs through the counties of Hampshire, West and East Sussex, is to include the market town of Lewes and the ancient village of Ditchling - renowned for its history as a centre of the arts.
Sussex Nature Reserves
Whatever your passion - birds, rare orchids, butterflies, bats ... the South Downs, as an area of outstanding natural beauty are also a haven for all kinds of wildlife, flora and fauna. The management of the Downs entails ensuring that a careful ecological balance is sustained.
Sussex Nature and Conservation groups
For specific details and links to their sites, check out our 'Sussex Nature and Conservation groups' section. The following groups are listed at present; if you would like your group included please use our contact us page.
South Downs National Park
This site seems to have the latest info on the South Downs National Park proposal. If you'd like to read other views and opinions, check out the travel writer, Bill Brysons' view, writing as the
President of 'The Campaign to Protect Rural England'.
To see a map of the most recent boundary proposals
click here.
Tourist Information Centres along the Sussex South Downs:
Arundel:
Brighton:
Chichester:
Eastbourne:
Lewes:
Littlehampton:
Midhurst:
Petworth:
Seaford:
Worthing:
Sussex South Downs Farmers' Markets:
Hassocks
Lewes
Activities and events along the Sussex South Downs:
South Downs National Park information:
South Downs Online
Sites of special interest in the Sussex South Downs
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