All posts by Rebecca Saunders

Beneath the ancient woodland of the South Downs National Park lies a secret landscape littered with traces of the people who have lived, visited and worked here. The woods have protected this hidden landscape with features unseen and unknown for years, even by the frequent visitor. However, recent research, including ground breaking LIDAR data capture […]

Recruiting dog ambassadors, films sharing ‘canine confessions’ and an Instagram parody are all part of the National Park’s latest campaign to encourage people to Take the Lead in the South Downs. With over a million dogs living in the South East of England and more than 3,300km of rights of way across the National Park […]

Rogate and Harting Walks Leaflet

December 16th, 2016

Explore patchwork fields, peaceful villages and the scenic River Rother using this new walks leaflet. Detailing two routes, one starting in Rogate and one in South Harting, this leaflet takes you through some of the stunning quintessentially English countryside of the Weald. You’ll also walk part of the Serpent Trail, the 64 mile long route which winds […]

Autumn Blues

November 17th, 2016

The autumn colours have been quite remarkable this year however, on Tuesday this week, the South Downs Volunteers Rangers from the Seven Sisters group discovered an additional colour to add to the autumnal palette. While clearing an area of scrub from Cloth Farm, Jevington, one of the group’s volunteers was intrigued to find a flash […]