All posts by Luke Geoghegan

Farmer Annie Brown wins Silver Lapwing Award

June 5th, 2015

Congratulations to South Downs famer Annie Brown who has won the 2015 FWAG Silver Lapwing Award. The FWAG Silver Lapwing Award is in its 38th year. To win a farm has to demonstrate a real commitment to species and habitat conservation and be able to show how they integrate their environmental management in their overall […]

South Downs named one of the most beautiful places in England

June 5th, 2015

Rough Guides have named the South Downs National Park as one of the most beautiful places in the country, paying tribute to our traditional English countryside and the white cliffs of the Seven Sisters. If you’d like to explore the Seven Sisters for yourself, we have put together an itinerary that makes use of public […]

World Environment Day – 5 June

June 5th, 2015

Seven billion dreams. One planet. Consume with care That’s the message behind World Environment Day 2015 – that the well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s natural resources. But what does this actually mean in practice? As the most populated National Park […]

Thank you to our volunteers!

May 29th, 2015

The first week of June is Volunteers Week 2015 – created as an opportunity to say thank you to volunteers across the country for the contribution that they make. More than 15m people volunteer in the UK every month lending their time and talents to a wide variety of causes and the National Council for […]

Work to begin on Rampion wind farm

May 18th, 2015

E.ON have today (18 May 2015) announced that funding is in place for the Rampion Offshore Windfarm. Work to bury 14km of cable through the South Downs National Park will now begin in June 2015. E.ON have been granted permission to construct up to 175 wind turbines off the Sussex Coast with a connection to […]

New support for South Downs dairy farmers

May 7th, 2015

In February 2015 the South Downs National Park was named as one of eleven new Food Enterprise Zones (FEZ) created to make it easier for food and farming businesses to expand and diversify. The South Downs FEZ covers the area of the National Park that falls within the Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership (parts […]