Discover National Parks Fortnight – Allison’s top six most accessible spots in the South Downs

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Discover National Parks Fortnight – Allison’s top six most accessible spots in the South Downs

April 3rd, 2022

Did you know our ambition is to make the South Downs the UK’s most accessible National Park? We’ve been working extremely hard over the past few years to create new routes across this stunning landscape that offer easy access for people with limited mobility – and we’re planning many more in the future! So, as […]

Helping the next generation connect with our amazing planet

March 28th, 2022

A raft of inspiring initiatives are launching to help connect young people with nature and empower them to get involved in climate action. The South Downs National Park Trust is announcing several schemes, including grants for schools across Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire, funding for nature-based activities and a fun eco-art competition. It comes as the […]

Major programme launched to create green network of rain gardens across Brighton and Lewes

March 22nd, 2022

Hundreds of rain gardens to help protect the South Downs aquifer around Brighton and encourage wildlife are set to be created as part of an inspiring new initiative. The theme for World Water Day on 22 March is groundwater and The Aquifer Partnership (TAP) is launching a major campaign to create as many rain gardens […]

“A safe familiar retreat, secure from life’s long reach” – discover Jenny’s inspiring South Downs poetry

March 21st, 2022

For World Poetry Day, we celebrate the wonderful work of Jenny Arach, a talented poet of Ugandan and English parentage. About her poetry, Jenny says: “I write through the lens of the Sussex coastal landscape which has long been a favourite area for me.” Enjoy! We hope these poems inspire you to get creative and […]

Major exhibition comes to museum in South Downs National Park

March 11th, 2022

A major exhibition featuring the work of a pioneering artist and storyteller is coming to Petersfield Museum later this month. One of the most important figurative artists of our time, Dame Paula Rego is also a sublime and inventive storyteller. Following a major retrospective at Tate Britain, Petersfield Museum is hosting an exhibition of Rego’s […]

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