News - South Downs National Park Authority

Allison’s top five most accessible spots in the South Downs National Park

Did you know our ambition is to make the South Downs the UK’s most accessible National Park? Work has already begun in earnest to create new routes across this stunning landscape that offer easy access for people with limited mobility – and we’re planning many more in the future! So, as we mark #NationalWalkingMonth, I […]

Funding secured for next section of Egrets Way shared paths network

From early summer 2019, a new section of the Egrets Way network of shared paths will be available to people to walk and cycle to Lewes. This path will run for nearly a kilometre from the existing path at Ham Lane, passing under the railway and continuing into Lewes Railway Land Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve […]

Campaign to fix broken South Downs Way trail reaches 60% of target

A campaign to raise £120,000 to carry out much-needed improvements on the South Downs Way has reached more than 60 per cent of its target with six months, and the main summer walking season, still to go. More than £75,000 has been donated to ‘Mend our Way’, a campaign led by the South Downs National […]

Help needed to mend the South Downs Way

‘Please donate to help mend the South Downs Way’ is the plea going out to everyone who loves and uses the 160km national trail which runs all the way from Winchester to Eastbourne. The 20,000 people who walk, cycle or ride its length each year, the millions more who explore sections of the trail and […]

Cyclists and walkers welcome!

You’re out on your bike and run out of water… You want to hide from the rain with a pint but your walking boots are covered in mud… A pilot scheme starting in the South Downs this summer will help walkers and cyclists find a warm welcome and support the local businesses who offer it. […]