All posts by Luke Geoghegan

Season’s greetings

December 23rd, 2015

Wishing you a very happy Christmas and a new year full of outdoors, adventures, local food & drink, wildlife and heritage. From everyone at the South Downs National Park Authority

Next link in Centurion Way opens for walkers and cyclists

December 22nd, 2015

A 2.5km stretch of new and improved path is opening up year-round access for walkers and cyclists of all abilities from Chichester into the heart of the South Downs National Park. The new section of the Centurion Way was officially opened by Trevor Beattie, CEO for the South Downs National Park Authority and Alex Barron, […]

On the tenth day of Christmas…

December 22nd, 2015

On the 10th day of Christmas in the South Downs National Park, there’s something leaping at Lord’s Piece… Lord’s Piece is a very special heathland in Sussex and home to many rare species, including the British field cricket. British field crickets are classed as a vulnerable insect and are a national priority species. By the 1980s the […]

On the ninth day of Christmas…

December 21st, 2015

On the ninth day of the South Downs National Park Christmas, not nine dancing ladies, instead we’re giving you something to dance about. Recent findings from the 2015 State of Butterflies report have revealed that, while many resident and migrant butterflies are in trouble, intensive conservation efforts have started to turn around the fortunes of some of […]

On the eighth day of Christmas…

December 18th, 2015

On the 8th day of Christmas the maids have been a milking in the South Downs National Park to bring you the best local cheese. Plumpton College, known for its agricultural courses, is located at the foot of the South Downs, in East Sussex. Wales Farm is the colleges’ own commercial farm and produces a variety […]