All posts by jefftravis

Special South Downs quilt marks group’s 40th birthday

May 10th, 2022

The fantastic walking opportunities offered by the South Downs National Park, with its sweeping meadows and rolling downland, have inspired an award-winning design for a quilt. U3a is a charity that enables members to learn new things, laugh with friends and live life to the full, for people who are no longer in full-time employment […]

Pond restoration in South Downs is toadally amazing!

May 10th, 2022

Rangers have supported a community to help toad populations recover. The Western Downs Ranger team have worked with residents in Newton Valence, Hampshire, to help make the village’s waters more appealing to common toads. It comes after a report from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Trust’s Arcadian Consulting, which found that the main breeding pond […]

Writers inspired by the beauty of Seven Sisters

May 10th, 2022

  Alinah Azadeh, Writer in Residence for Seven Sisters Country Park, recently hosted a writers’ retreat at the breathtaking site and gives an update. Last month I held the fourth We See You Now creative retreat, produced through Writing Our Legacy as producer, aimed at bringing writers of diverse, global heritage from the South East into the […]

Authority supports new education centre in South Downs

April 27th, 2022

Thousands of children will benefit from revamped educational facilities to help them learn about the countryside, nature and sustainable farming. A new purpose-built Education Centre has been built at Seeley Copse, on the Goodwood Estate, near Chichester. It comes after Goodwood Education Trust received a £40,000 Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) grant from the National Park […]

Green light for affordable homes in South Downs National Park

April 27th, 2022

Plans for 32 affordable homes on the site of a former school have been given the go-ahead. The mixture of houses and flats have been approved for land at the former Pells C of E Primary School, in Landport Road, Lewes. The school closed permanently in August 2017 and the 0.9 hectare site is now […]

Town meets Downs – amazing carvings are a hit at nature reserve

April 27th, 2022

Beautiful tree carvings are delighting visitors to a nature reserve. Thanks to Section 106 funding, the Authority has been able to support Horndean Parish Council on an arts project at Catherington Lith, near Waterlooville, in Hampshire. The site is a 30-acre ancient woodland with remnants of chalk grassland and was used during the Second World […]

New affordable homes for village in South Downs National Park

April 27th, 2022

The National Park Authority is pleased to have been able to support Angmering Community Land Trust (CLT) with the provision of five affordable new homes in the parish. The parish, located on the edge of the National Park, has seen an increase in property prices in recent years, meaning local residents and workers have often […]