Meet the new apprentices who are starting their environment careers by learning life-long skills in the South Downs National Park. For National Apprenticeship Week (3 to 7 Feb) the National Park Authority is celebrating its apprentices – a new generation helping conserve and enhance the natural beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage of the South Downs. […]

This year is very special for the South Downs National Park. It was 10 years ago that a vision became a reality. After years of passionate campaigning, England’s newest National Park was born, designating 1600km2 of special landscape with its breathtaking views, unique heritage and hidden gems for the benefit of the nation. The National […]

Campaigners are celebrating after Sunday services are set to be introduced at Cooksbridge railway station, a gateway to the National Park. Kevin Froude, from Cooksbridge Station Partnership, writes about the victory. Cooksbridge station, two miles north of Lewes, is situated right on the border of the National Park and enjoys beautiful views of the South […]

Jan Knowlson, Ranger for the Eastern Downs, gives her account of a tree planting day in East Sussex. Myself and volunteers from Seven Sisters were out in Newhaven helping the Friends of Riverside Park plant trees. The day was organised and supported by East Sussex CC Newhaven Town Council, Burley’s Landscape Contractors, Greenhavens Network, Lewes […]

Feeling part of the landscape is good for the soul. That’s the verdict of father and son Alan and Matthew Crook, whose passion for walking has seen them compile dozens of guided walks and maps across West Sussex. Their adventures have seen them cover the length and breadth of the county and they continue to […]