South Downs National Park
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We have achieved our goal of planting 100,000 trees by the end of this winter! 🌳
But we're not stopping there... now we want to plant at least one million more.
📸 Joe James
🔗 Find out more: southdowns.gov.uk/we-did-it-triumph-for-nature-as-south-downs-national-park-hits-tree-planting-target
But we're not stopping there... now we want to plant at least one million more.
📸 Joe James
🔗 Find out more: southdowns.gov.uk/we-did-it-triumph-for-nature-as-south-downs-national-park-hits-tree-planting-target
November 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
We have achieved our goal of planting 100,000 trees by the end of this winter! 🌳
But we're not stopping there... now we want to plant at least one million more.
📸 Joe James
🔗 Find out more: southdowns.gov.uk/we-did-it-triumph-for-nature-as-south-downs-national-park-hits-tree-planting-target
But we're not stopping there... now we want to plant at least one million more.
📸 Joe James
🔗 Find out more: southdowns.gov.uk/we-did-it-triumph-for-nature-as-south-downs-national-park-hits-tree-planting-target
Happy Tuesday 😊
📷 Sunrise at Bury Hill by Chris Hall
📷 Sunrise at Bury Hill by Chris Hall
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Happy Tuesday 😊
📷 Sunrise at Bury Hill by Chris Hall
📷 Sunrise at Bury Hill by Chris Hall
* JOB ALERT *
Nature recovery and creating new wildlife havens sit at the heart of the National Park Authority's work 🦉
We're currently seeking a Strategy Lead for Nature Recovery.
Apply 👉 bit.ly/3K3QVpY
📷 Corinne Kozok
Nature recovery and creating new wildlife havens sit at the heart of the National Park Authority's work 🦉
We're currently seeking a Strategy Lead for Nature Recovery.
Apply 👉 bit.ly/3K3QVpY
📷 Corinne Kozok
November 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
* JOB ALERT *
Nature recovery and creating new wildlife havens sit at the heart of the National Park Authority's work 🦉
We're currently seeking a Strategy Lead for Nature Recovery.
Apply 👉 bit.ly/3K3QVpY
📷 Corinne Kozok
Nature recovery and creating new wildlife havens sit at the heart of the National Park Authority's work 🦉
We're currently seeking a Strategy Lead for Nature Recovery.
Apply 👉 bit.ly/3K3QVpY
📷 Corinne Kozok
We're soon to be celebrating 10 years of the National Park being an International Dark Sky Reserve! 🌠
If you have an amazing night-time photograph, you could win up to £250!
Find out more 👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/AstroPhotoComp
📷 Aurora and tree at Firle Beacon by Lee J Rouse
If you have an amazing night-time photograph, you could win up to £250!
Find out more 👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/AstroPhotoComp
📷 Aurora and tree at Firle Beacon by Lee J Rouse
November 23, 2025 at 5:00 AM
We're soon to be celebrating 10 years of the National Park being an International Dark Sky Reserve! 🌠
If you have an amazing night-time photograph, you could win up to £250!
Find out more 👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/AstroPhotoComp
📷 Aurora and tree at Firle Beacon by Lee J Rouse
If you have an amazing night-time photograph, you could win up to £250!
Find out more 👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/AstroPhotoComp
📷 Aurora and tree at Firle Beacon by Lee J Rouse
Happy National Tree Week! 🌳
Do you love trees as much as we do?
If you have a favourite tree or woodland in the National Park, please do share it with us! 😊
📷 Tree of Solace by Sam Moore
Do you love trees as much as we do?
If you have a favourite tree or woodland in the National Park, please do share it with us! 😊
📷 Tree of Solace by Sam Moore
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Happy National Tree Week! 🌳
Do you love trees as much as we do?
If you have a favourite tree or woodland in the National Park, please do share it with us! 😊
📷 Tree of Solace by Sam Moore
Do you love trees as much as we do?
If you have a favourite tree or woodland in the National Park, please do share it with us! 😊
📷 Tree of Solace by Sam Moore
Our astrophotography season is well under way! 🌠
To celebrate our 10th anniversary as a Dark Sky Reserve, you could win up to £250 in our photo competition.
🔗Enter here: southdowns.gov.uk/dark-night-skies/astrophotography-competition
📷 Lee J Rouse
To celebrate our 10th anniversary as a Dark Sky Reserve, you could win up to £250 in our photo competition.
🔗Enter here: southdowns.gov.uk/dark-night-skies/astrophotography-competition
📷 Lee J Rouse
November 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Our astrophotography season is well under way! 🌠
To celebrate our 10th anniversary as a Dark Sky Reserve, you could win up to £250 in our photo competition.
🔗Enter here: southdowns.gov.uk/dark-night-skies/astrophotography-competition
📷 Lee J Rouse
To celebrate our 10th anniversary as a Dark Sky Reserve, you could win up to £250 in our photo competition.
🔗Enter here: southdowns.gov.uk/dark-night-skies/astrophotography-competition
📷 Lee J Rouse
Have you signed up for our Advent Calendar Quiz yet? 🎄
You could win a luxury hamper or a bottle of South Downs fizz! 🍾
Be in it to win it 👉 southdownsnationalpark.adventcalendar.com
📷 Autumn meets winter, Matt Goddard
You could win a luxury hamper or a bottle of South Downs fizz! 🍾
Be in it to win it 👉 southdownsnationalpark.adventcalendar.com
📷 Autumn meets winter, Matt Goddard
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Have you signed up for our Advent Calendar Quiz yet? 🎄
You could win a luxury hamper or a bottle of South Downs fizz! 🍾
Be in it to win it 👉 southdownsnationalpark.adventcalendar.com
📷 Autumn meets winter, Matt Goddard
You could win a luxury hamper or a bottle of South Downs fizz! 🍾
Be in it to win it 👉 southdownsnationalpark.adventcalendar.com
📷 Autumn meets winter, Matt Goddard
We've just published our latest Economic Profile, giving a really fascinating snapshot of the diverse economy of the National Park.
Ahead of the Autumn Budget, we're calling for renewed support for rural economies and farmers, as well as accelerated growth in the right areas.
👉 rb.gy/u3vgei
Ahead of the Autumn Budget, we're calling for renewed support for rural economies and farmers, as well as accelerated growth in the right areas.
👉 rb.gy/u3vgei
Green economy thrives in the South Downs amid calls to enshrine nature into UK growth plans - South Downs National Park
The South Downs National Park is the “economic powerhouse” of England’s protected landscapes, a major new independent study has shown. With protected landscapes covering a quarter of England, the repo...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We've just published our latest Economic Profile, giving a really fascinating snapshot of the diverse economy of the National Park.
Ahead of the Autumn Budget, we're calling for renewed support for rural economies and farmers, as well as accelerated growth in the right areas.
👉 rb.gy/u3vgei
Ahead of the Autumn Budget, we're calling for renewed support for rural economies and farmers, as well as accelerated growth in the right areas.
👉 rb.gy/u3vgei
* JOB ALERT *
We currently have a position available for a Fundraising Officer.
If you have experience of researching and writing fundraising applications, plus have an interest in nature, heritage and climate action, this could be the job for you! 😊
👉 bit.ly/4nORXE7
We currently have a position available for a Fundraising Officer.
If you have experience of researching and writing fundraising applications, plus have an interest in nature, heritage and climate action, this could be the job for you! 😊
👉 bit.ly/4nORXE7
November 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
* JOB ALERT *
We currently have a position available for a Fundraising Officer.
If you have experience of researching and writing fundraising applications, plus have an interest in nature, heritage and climate action, this could be the job for you! 😊
👉 bit.ly/4nORXE7
We currently have a position available for a Fundraising Officer.
If you have experience of researching and writing fundraising applications, plus have an interest in nature, heritage and climate action, this could be the job for you! 😊
👉 bit.ly/4nORXE7
We 🧡 Autumn
📷 Katarzyna Kedziora
📍 Halnaker
📷 Katarzyna Kedziora
📍 Halnaker
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 AM
We 🧡 Autumn
📷 Katarzyna Kedziora
📍 Halnaker
📷 Katarzyna Kedziora
📍 Halnaker
Sunday serenity.
The view towards Ashcombe Mill near Kingston.
📷 Lloyd Lane
The view towards Ashcombe Mill near Kingston.
📷 Lloyd Lane
November 16, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Sunday serenity.
The view towards Ashcombe Mill near Kingston.
📷 Lloyd Lane
The view towards Ashcombe Mill near Kingston.
📷 Lloyd Lane
Friston Forest: good all year but absolutely perfect in the Autumn.
📷 Sam Moore
📷 Sam Moore
November 15, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Friston Forest: good all year but absolutely perfect in the Autumn.
📷 Sam Moore
📷 Sam Moore
Calling all communities in the National Park! 🏠 🌳
We've just opened the call for projects for Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funding - helping local initiatives around everything from recreation, to access, climate and wildlife restoration.
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/community-in...
We've just opened the call for projects for Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funding - helping local initiatives around everything from recreation, to access, climate and wildlife restoration.
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/community-in...
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Calling all communities in the National Park! 🏠 🌳
We've just opened the call for projects for Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funding - helping local initiatives around everything from recreation, to access, climate and wildlife restoration.
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/community-in...
We've just opened the call for projects for Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funding - helping local initiatives around everything from recreation, to access, climate and wildlife restoration.
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/community-in...
Laines (not to be confused with lanes) are open pockets of arable farmland at the foot of Downs (which are actually hills) 🤔 ⠀
📷 Guy Edwards
📍 Wilmington Hill
📷 Guy Edwards
📍 Wilmington Hill
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Laines (not to be confused with lanes) are open pockets of arable farmland at the foot of Downs (which are actually hills) 🤔 ⠀
📷 Guy Edwards
📍 Wilmington Hill
📷 Guy Edwards
📍 Wilmington Hill
Young people are at the heart of National Parks and why these cherished landscapes were designated for the nation.
We're pleased to announce more than 7,500 children enjoyed school trips to the National Park over the past year, thanks to grants schemes.
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/thousands-of...
We're pleased to announce more than 7,500 children enjoyed school trips to the National Park over the past year, thanks to grants schemes.
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/thousands-of...
November 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Young people are at the heart of National Parks and why these cherished landscapes were designated for the nation.
We're pleased to announce more than 7,500 children enjoyed school trips to the National Park over the past year, thanks to grants schemes.
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/thousands-of...
We're pleased to announce more than 7,500 children enjoyed school trips to the National Park over the past year, thanks to grants schemes.
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/thousands-of...
The Chattri war memorial was unveiled in 1921.
It is testimony to “those Hindu warriors born in remote villages, for whom the wildest imagination would never have suggested at their birth that their funeral fires would be fanned by the winds that swept those Sussex hills…”
📷 Darren Holes
It is testimony to “those Hindu warriors born in remote villages, for whom the wildest imagination would never have suggested at their birth that their funeral fires would be fanned by the winds that swept those Sussex hills…”
📷 Darren Holes
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The Chattri war memorial was unveiled in 1921.
It is testimony to “those Hindu warriors born in remote villages, for whom the wildest imagination would never have suggested at their birth that their funeral fires would be fanned by the winds that swept those Sussex hills…”
📷 Darren Holes
It is testimony to “those Hindu warriors born in remote villages, for whom the wildest imagination would never have suggested at their birth that their funeral fires would be fanned by the winds that swept those Sussex hills…”
📷 Darren Holes
Local Nature Recovery Strategies in Sussex and Hampshire will be a crucial means of boosting biodiversity across the National Park 🐝
Time is running out to have your say on the plan so follow the link below to make your view count 🦋
👉 shorturl.at/68JDQ
Time is running out to have your say on the plan so follow the link below to make your view count 🦋
👉 shorturl.at/68JDQ
November 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Local Nature Recovery Strategies in Sussex and Hampshire will be a crucial means of boosting biodiversity across the National Park 🐝
Time is running out to have your say on the plan so follow the link below to make your view count 🦋
👉 shorturl.at/68JDQ
Time is running out to have your say on the plan so follow the link below to make your view count 🦋
👉 shorturl.at/68JDQ
'Mudlarks', 'Chop-backs' & 'Pork-bolters' are just some of the traditional nicknames given to fishermen along the Sussex coast, depending on where they came from. ⠀
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Can you guess where each one is said to come from?⠀⠀
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📷 Hannah Temple
📍 Beachy Head Lighthouse
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Can you guess where each one is said to come from?⠀⠀
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📷 Hannah Temple
📍 Beachy Head Lighthouse
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
'Mudlarks', 'Chop-backs' & 'Pork-bolters' are just some of the traditional nicknames given to fishermen along the Sussex coast, depending on where they came from. ⠀
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Can you guess where each one is said to come from?⠀⠀
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📷 Hannah Temple
📍 Beachy Head Lighthouse
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Can you guess where each one is said to come from?⠀⠀
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📷 Hannah Temple
📍 Beachy Head Lighthouse
To all the fallen, we will remember them.⠀⠀
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📷 Emma Varley
📍 Lancing Ring
#LestWeForget #WeWillRememberThem #Remembrance
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📷 Emma Varley
📍 Lancing Ring
#LestWeForget #WeWillRememberThem #Remembrance
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
To all the fallen, we will remember them.⠀⠀
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📷 Emma Varley
📍 Lancing Ring
#LestWeForget #WeWillRememberThem #Remembrance
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📷 Emma Varley
📍 Lancing Ring
#LestWeForget #WeWillRememberThem #Remembrance
Great Christmas gift! 🎄
We've had lots of requests for more information about the Official South Downs National Park 2026 calendar.
Visit our South Downs Shop page where you can see more detail and purchase your copy. buff.ly/hOM8K3i
#2026Calendar #SouthDownsNationalPark
We've had lots of requests for more information about the Official South Downs National Park 2026 calendar.
Visit our South Downs Shop page where you can see more detail and purchase your copy. buff.ly/hOM8K3i
#2026Calendar #SouthDownsNationalPark
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Great Christmas gift! 🎄
We've had lots of requests for more information about the Official South Downs National Park 2026 calendar.
Visit our South Downs Shop page where you can see more detail and purchase your copy. buff.ly/hOM8K3i
#2026Calendar #SouthDownsNationalPark
We've had lots of requests for more information about the Official South Downs National Park 2026 calendar.
Visit our South Downs Shop page where you can see more detail and purchase your copy. buff.ly/hOM8K3i
#2026Calendar #SouthDownsNationalPark
'Clodgy', 'Gubber', 'Sleech'.
These are just some of the 30 different words for mud in the Sussex dialect.
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Do you know any others?⠀⠀
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📷 Elaine Higgins ⠀⠀
These are just some of the 30 different words for mud in the Sussex dialect.
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Do you know any others?⠀⠀
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📷 Elaine Higgins ⠀⠀
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
'Clodgy', 'Gubber', 'Sleech'.
These are just some of the 30 different words for mud in the Sussex dialect.
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Do you know any others?⠀⠀
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📷 Elaine Higgins ⠀⠀
These are just some of the 30 different words for mud in the Sussex dialect.
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Do you know any others?⠀⠀
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📷 Elaine Higgins ⠀⠀
We will remember them.⠀
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📷 Richard Murray⠀
📍 Trundle Hill, Goodwood
#Remembrance #LestWeForget #WeWillRememberThem
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📷 Richard Murray⠀
📍 Trundle Hill, Goodwood
#Remembrance #LestWeForget #WeWillRememberThem
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 AM
We will remember them.⠀
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📷 Richard Murray⠀
📍 Trundle Hill, Goodwood
#Remembrance #LestWeForget #WeWillRememberThem
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📷 Richard Murray⠀
📍 Trundle Hill, Goodwood
#Remembrance #LestWeForget #WeWillRememberThem
Time to learn some more old Sussex. ⠀⠀
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Have you ever heard the word 'bostal'? ⠀
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If you have, it was probably on a steep lane or path because that's exactly what it is: 'a small path leading to a hill.'⠀⠀
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📷 Alex Holden
📍 Butser Hill
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Have you ever heard the word 'bostal'? ⠀
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If you have, it was probably on a steep lane or path because that's exactly what it is: 'a small path leading to a hill.'⠀⠀
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📷 Alex Holden
📍 Butser Hill
November 8, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Time to learn some more old Sussex. ⠀⠀
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Have you ever heard the word 'bostal'? ⠀
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If you have, it was probably on a steep lane or path because that's exactly what it is: 'a small path leading to a hill.'⠀⠀
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📷 Alex Holden
📍 Butser Hill
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Have you ever heard the word 'bostal'? ⠀
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If you have, it was probably on a steep lane or path because that's exactly what it is: 'a small path leading to a hill.'⠀⠀
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📷 Alex Holden
📍 Butser Hill
The ancient Stopham bridge, near Pulborough, boasts almost six centuries of history.
A remarkable example of medieval craftsmanship, it has weathered floods, conflicts, and modern traffic. ⠀
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📷 Jamie Fielding
A remarkable example of medieval craftsmanship, it has weathered floods, conflicts, and modern traffic. ⠀
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📷 Jamie Fielding
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The ancient Stopham bridge, near Pulborough, boasts almost six centuries of history.
A remarkable example of medieval craftsmanship, it has weathered floods, conflicts, and modern traffic. ⠀
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📷 Jamie Fielding
A remarkable example of medieval craftsmanship, it has weathered floods, conflicts, and modern traffic. ⠀
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📷 Jamie Fielding
Did you know Sussex has its own dialect? Once widely spoken, it's mostly gone the way of the dinosaurs.
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But we think it's time to bring it back.
We're starting with...Dumbledore! Not a wisened wizard but old Sussex for bumblebee!
📷 Jan Knowlson
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But we think it's time to bring it back.
We're starting with...Dumbledore! Not a wisened wizard but old Sussex for bumblebee!
📷 Jan Knowlson
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Did you know Sussex has its own dialect? Once widely spoken, it's mostly gone the way of the dinosaurs.
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But we think it's time to bring it back.
We're starting with...Dumbledore! Not a wisened wizard but old Sussex for bumblebee!
📷 Jan Knowlson
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But we think it's time to bring it back.
We're starting with...Dumbledore! Not a wisened wizard but old Sussex for bumblebee!
📷 Jan Knowlson