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Summer events schedule inside WIN a PAGE 16 family Help save the ticket to bees Gilbert PAGE 5 White’s Sally Gunnell House talks about PAGE 10 her love of the South Downs PAGE 8 PERFECTLY SEASONED...... 4 BEE LINES...... 5 THE POWER OF CHALK...... 6 VISITOR GIVING...... 7 OLYMPIAN SALLY GUNNELL TALKS ABOUT HER LOVE FOR THE SOUTH DOWNS...... 8 IT’S YOUR FUTURE...... 9 The South THE HOME OF GILBERT WHITE...... 10 Downs Centre HIDDEN TREASURES...... 11 MAP...... 12 Midhurst, West Sussex, BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU TREAD...... 14 GU29 9DH EVENTS...... 16 01730 814810 Home of the National Park Authority, NEW AWARDS CELEBRATE OUTSTANDING DESIGN IN THE NATIONAL PARK...... 22 a community hub, visitor information centre and exhibition about the SOUTH DOWNS RAMBLER...... 22 National Park. SPRING/SUMMER 2019 ALL IN A DAY’S WORK...... 23 Opening Hours This magazine is printed on 90% FSC® recycled paper. This FSC® paper is sourced from FSC® certified mills and is from sustainable sources. Monday to Thursday: 09:00-17:00 Please Friday: 09:00-16:30 recycle me after use CONTENTS Saturday & Bank Holidays: (Easter to end of October only) 09:00-13:00 Front cover photograph © parkerphotography/Alamy Stock Photo
INFORMATION POINTS Aldershot Visitor Information Chichester Tourist Information Littlehampton Tourist Centre Centre Information Centre visit-hampshire.co.uk visitchichester.org sussexbythesea.com 01252 320968 01243 950412 Seaford Tourist Information Arundel Visitor Information Eastbourne Tourist Information Centre Point Centre seafordtown.co.uk arundel.org.uk visiteastbourne.com Worthing Visitor Information Bognor Regis Visitor 01323 415415 Centre Information Point Haslemere Visitor Information discoverworthing.uk sussexbythesea.com Centre 01903 221066 Brighton Tourist Information haslemere.com/vic Winchester City Mill and Shop 01428 645425 Point visitwinchester.co.uk/winchester- visitbrighton.com Horsham Visitor Information city-mill-shop 01273 290337 Centre 01962 870057 visithorsham.co.uk Burgess Hill Tourist Information Winchester Tourist Information 01403 597474 Centre Centre burgesshill.gov.uk/leisuretourism Lewes Tourist Information visitwinchester.co.uk 01444 238202 Centre 01962 840500 staylewes.org 01273 483448
2 SOUTH DOWNS VIEW – SPRING/SUMMER 2019 SOUTH WIN DOWNS £250 Rebecca Saunders Editor PHOTO COMPETITION
Welcome to the South Downs National Park 2019–20 Escaping the hustle and bustle of everyday life by getting outside and breathing in some fresh air Theme: Experience the can improve your mental and physical wellbeing Natural World immensely. etting active in the National The beautiful South Downs National Park provides the perfect Park is easy and fun. So, as space for everyone to get out into nature be it for a short 2019 is the national “Year of riverside walk, an adrenaline fuelled cycle on the South Downs Green Action”, our judges Way or some stargazing atop a peaceful hill, there really is are looking for inspiring Gimages that capture the beauty of the something here for everyone to enjoy. National Park – all while being active! In this edition of South Downs View, Olympian Sally Gunnell Whether it’s walking, cycling, tells us why she loves the healing power of the countryside and horseriding, walking the dog, counting how the South Downs have been her ‘green gym’ for training butterflies, bird-watching or having a throughout her career. picnic, we’re looking for images that show people out enjoying this amazing If you’re looking for some inspiration for a weekend landscape. Impress our judges to win adventure, check out the map on the centre pages which the first prize of £250. details some of the main South Downs attractions. Discover the This year we’re also offering £100 – show us homes of literary legends, explore the remains of historical hill for the best wildlife photo your close encounters with the stunning forts or simply sit back and sample some tasty local delicacies. species of the South Downs. On page 16 view a list of family friendly events taking place The competition closes at midday right across the National Park. With wildlife walks, country fairs, on Friday 18 October 2019. To enter, historical talks and farm open days there’s an event for every and for full terms and conditions, visit southdowns.gov.uk/photo- member of the family. competition. Inside you’ll also find two competitions. Grab yourself a family ticket to visit the newly renovated Gilbert White House and Museum (page 10), and six lucky winners can get their paws on a Dicky Bag – everything you need on a lead to make your dog walks in the South Downs that bit more pleasant (page 14). As always, while you’re out and about exploring the National Park, please tag us in your photos on social media #southdowns, and why not enter our photo competition: ‘Experience the Natural World’, which this year has a category specifically for wildlife photos. Finally, don’t forget you can keep up to date on all South Downs news throughout the year by signing up for our monthly newsletter – southdowns.gov.uk/join-the-newsletter. Happy exploring!
Roe deer © Elliott Neep
SOUTH DOWNS VIEW – SPRING/SUMMER 2019 3 Perfectly Autumn Gold by Seasoned Lorraine Heaysman We were inundated with entries for the 2018/19 South Downs photo competition, with an array of images showing stunning and interesting variations on the theme ‘perfectly seasoned’. Here are the winning photos… Early morning light casts shadows across an ethereal autumn mist, witnessed only by rolling hills and one small bird in Lorraine Heaysman’s winning image taken from the hills above Upwaltham.
Lorraine’s photo has such emotional impact and really showcases the South Downs National Park as a world class destination
...says Competition judge Steve Watkins, editor of Outdoor Photography Magazine. “The competition was phenomenally tough this year but Lorraine’s ethereal photo, which completely fitted the theme ‘Perfectly Seasoned’, is a well-deserved winner.”
Second prize went to Dominic Vacher for his picture ‘Race Race against time by Dominic Vacher against time’ taken from Tegdown Hill north of Brighton during last summer’s heatwave. The last light hits the dust of a farmer racing to bring his harvest home as the evening shadows lengthen. “I love the pace, lines and colours of Dominic’s photo,” says competition judge Finn Hopson, local photographer and owner of Brighton Photography Gallery. “This is the life of a farmer, out working in the National Park in 2018 and yet it captures the feeling of those old war time photos designed to remind people of what a special place the South Downs is.”
Third prize was won by Clive Blott for his show-stopping portrait of a cow taken on a very cold January morning near Midhurst. “The textures in Clive’s photo are wonderful,” says award- winning photographer and competition judge Rachael Talibart. “He has made this cow, with its frozen eyelashes, ears hung with icicles and snow-covered nose, look heroic – like a polar explorer.” Freshly Frozen by Clive Blott
4 SOUTH DOWNS VIEW – SPRING/SUMMER 2019 BEE LINES The iconic chalk grassland of the South Downs attracts ...pollinators are not a multitude of pollinators (such as bees and butterflies) only an important part of with its array of stunning wildflowers. However, with a the food chain, they are deterioration in chalk grassland and flower-rich habitats vital to grow most of the these key pollinating species are on the decline and in food we eat. need of your help.
Although originally extensive, chalk grassland now covers just 5,608ha of the How can you National Park (4% of its total area). During the Second World War much of help the downland across the South Downs was ploughed and has remained under To support the Bee Lines project cultivation. More recent intensification of the South Downs National Park farming methods has contributed to the Trust is looking to raise £75,000. fragmentation of this important habitat If you’d like to help protect bee making it harder for key pollinator species and butterfly species in the like the bee and the Adonis blue butterfly South Downs please donate via to thrive and move through the landscape. the Trust’s secure webpage: This is bad news for everyone as southdownstrust.org.uk pollinators are not only an important part of the food chain, they are vital to grow most of the food we eat. But all is not lost… Launching in late spring 2019 we will be working with farmers within the Arun to Adur area, to create wildflower corridors linking species-rich chalk grassland to sites which are in need of pollination. Simply sowing commercially sourced wildflower seeds is sadly not enough as often these mixes do not provide pollinators with the rich and long lasting Bee Lines supports the nationwide food which they rely on. This project, Bee Adonis blue – Neil Hulme initiative ‘B-Lines’ run by Buglife. For Lines, will look to develop a selection of more information about this, visit native and locally sourced flowering plant buglife.org.uk/b-lines-hub. seeds to hopefully resolve this problem.
Build a Bee B&B Encourage bees into your garden with a bee B&B. Simply cut the top off a plastic bottle, pop some hollow bamboo sticks in, then add some string and tie it in a quiet spot in your garden. A great activity for kids and another way to use up plastic bottles, you can even paint the outside for a splash of colour. For a step-by-step guide and helpful photos visit southdowns.gov.uk/make-a-beehouse. © Shutterstock SOUTH DOWNS VIEW – SPRING/SUMMER 2019 5 The Power of Chalk
he chalk of the South A ChaMP Catchment Sensitive Downs is an amazing Farming Officer is available to give advice to resource for the people farmers and provides specialist assistance, of Brighton and Hove, grants and incentives to promote change providing water for both in land management. Over the past two Thomes and businesses, including years a rural incentive programme to assist most of the drinking water in an farmers, encouraging methods such as otherwise relatively dry part of the cover crops which reduce the amount country. It also sustains rare and of pollutants lost through the soil into nationally important habitats such groundwater has been set up. as chalk streams and wetlands. However, as with many of our natural resources, our groundwater is under ...as with many of threat, from population pressures our natural resources, our and as a side effect of modern farming and lifestyles. groundwater is under To help protect and improve the threat... quality of groundwater in the Brighton A rainscape in action area the Brighton ChaMP for Water (Chalk Management Partnership) has Rainscapes been established, a collaboration ChaMP plans to develop rainscapes in Did you know... between the South Downs National urban locations to clean the polluted water Park Authority, Brighton & Hove City which runs off busy roads. These shallow The third biggest cause of water Council, the Environment Agency and planted areas clean the water naturally by pollution in the UK today is from the University of Brighton. It tackles the slowing and holding water to allow time, highway run-off. rising trend of nitrates and other pollutants sunlight, vegetation and bacteria in the Brake pads and tyres wear in the groundwater to ensure it remains roots of the plants and soil to break down down, cars leak fuel and oil and this a sustainable resource for public water pollutants. releases heavy metals, hydrocarbons supply. As well as protecting groundwater, and nitrates onto the surface of the rainscapes have many other benefits road. It remains there until the next ChaMP will do this by: such as flood protection, increasing rainfall, and is then washed into the • Providing practical advice to land biodiversity, improving air quality, drainage system and ultimately ends managers; greening streets and improving amenity up in our rivers, streams, groundwater • Raising public and land-manager value for local people. For more and seas. The highest proportion of awareness of groundwater protection; information visit southdowns.gov.uk/ microplastics in the ocean comes • Undertaking research to increase champ. from car tyres! knowledge of the issues.
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Visitor Giving We’re not just a place we’re a cause We know you care about the special landscape of the South How does it work? Downs National Park. We do too. That’s why we have been Any business in and around the working with businesses to set up a Visitor Giving partnership National Park that has guests or scheme that encourages visitors to make a voluntary donation customers can become a Visitor Giving partner. There are many that will help protect this extraordinary landscape for future different ways such as encouraging generations. guests to make a contribution on top of the cost of their stay, invite Visitor Giving is a simple way of inviting garden’ to the city of Brighton and customers to round up their food voluntary donations from visitors, inspiring Hove, bringing millions of pounds to the or drink bill, or add a voluntary them to put something back into looking tourism economy and a wealth of leisure donation to the price of a ticket or after the places they love to visit. All Visitor opportunities. We’re proud to be playing entry fees. Giving contributions go to the South our part as a local business in helping Downs National Park Trust and will help to protect this important asset for future fund initiatives such as new community generations to enjoy.” cycling and walking routes, including for Jonathan Owen, General Manager at those with limited mobility and young the Hydro Hotel, adds: “It’s important for families, and the protection of endangered our heritage that such a unique setting species like the white letter hairstreak is preserved for future generations. The butterfly. South Downs National Park and its stunning scenery is the backdrop to the Visitor Giving Partners Hydro Hotel, and we fully support the A number of local accommodation donation initiative throughout the hotel.” providers support the Trust, including For more information on how you Deans Place Hotel, the first hotel to can become a Visitor Giving partner of pilot the Visitor Giving scheme. James the Trust, please email visitorgiving@ Dopson from Dean’s Place Hotel, southdownstrust.org.uk, or visit White letter hairstreak – Ian Kirk explains: “We know our visitors care southdownstrust.org.uk to find out about the National Park’s special more about the work we do. landscapes and we’re proud to show them that we do too. With just a £2 voluntary donation from each booking we can help to make a lasting difference Why The Village Inn is supportingwe’re delighted Visitor to support Giving… Visitor to the environment, wildlife and “As the owners of The Village Inn, Giving. The aims of Visitor Giving communities of the South Downs.” Buriton we are very proud to provide mirror our values of ensuring our Visitor Giving partnerships launching a great standard of accommodation, surroundings and environment this spring include holiday lettings food & service to travellers visiting are sustainably maintained and provider, Best of Brighton, and the 4-star the uniquely beautiful South Downs preserved for the benefit and Hydro Hotel in Eastbourne. National Park – a very special place! enjoyment of todays’ and future Abi Radford, from Best of Brighton, We believe it is vital, as visitors to the area.” describes why they’ve got involved: responsible citizens, we give “The South Downs National Park and something back, and that is why its beautiful landscape is the ‘back SOUTH DOWNS VIEW – SPRING/SUMMER 2019 7 aving resided at the foot of the Downs in Steyning, West Sussex for over 18 Olympian Sally years, star athlete Sally Gunnell OBE, is no stranger Hto the lure of the South Downs for Gunnell talks about exercising. The former Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth record holder at 400m hurdles is an Ambassador for the Prince’s her love for the Countryside Trust, manages her health and wellbeing business here in the South Downs and is full of South Downs praise for the healing power of the countryside... “My first memory of spending time in the South Downs was moving to Brighton from Essex to be with my boyfriend, soon to be husband. We’d often go to Devil’s Dyke for walks and to take in the view. South Downs Green Gym I’ve always found the South Downs to be an excellent place for hill training and the rise above Steyning behind our home offers a gruelling session. However, there are so many great trails and loops leading to ancient Chanctonbury Ring or stunning Wiston House that it’s possible to do a different walk or run from home for 45 minutes to an hour every day. I feel so lucky to live on the edge of the Downs, it’s a beautiful landscape and a great place for exercising. My husband and I try to lead by example in terms of keeping our children (three boys now health and wellbeing. Our philosophy is 21, 18 and 14) fit and active and limiting “small changes, consistently made” and Sally’s favourite places screen time. If they see you going out for we always encourage people to connect in the South Downs a run or taking the dogs out, cycling or more with nature and the outdoors. National Park generally being active, this is much more Orienteering sessions or walks on the effective than constantly nagging them to Downs are popular choices for team away 1. Chanctonbury Ring – for its move. days. history and as a starting and Our boys have always been keen I’ve always been keen to embrace finishing place, somewhere we to walk, cycle or run from the house, and endorse the health benefits gained have sat down and had a drink to although when they were younger we’d from connecting with nature and how it take in the view. often use treasure hunts as motivation kick starts the natural endorphins that 2. Devil’s Dyke – A constant in my to get them outside. As the boys have make us feel so much better. Don’t ever time here in the South Downs – got older we don’t get out so much as feel guilty for taking time for yourself, even somewhere we always took the a family on the Downs but the boys still for just 10 minutes to get out into the kids when they were small. love to use the National Park for mountain countryside. There’s nothing like getting 3. Steyning – We have spent so biking and two of them are now running up there and appreciating what you have much time on the hill above our seriously. on the doorstep.” home, it’s our gateway to the South Downs. You can’t beat the A Natural Health Kick view of the sea from the top. If I’m ever under stress, the first place I Sally has completed the head for some “me-time” is up onto the undulating 100 mile length of South Downs, either with the dogs or for the South Downs Way from If I’m ever under a run or even to learn a speech for an Winchester to Eastbourne at engagement. least twice on a bike. The last stress, the first place I Through my company, Sally Gunnell time was in one day – a tough head for some “me-time” Health and Wellbeing, I get to work with challenge even for a former organisations to help them improve Olympic athlete. is up onto the South performance through promoting staff Downs.
8 SOUTH DOWNS VIEW – SPRING/SUMMER 2019 Cameron MacDonald and Kirsty Ferris South Downs National Park Youth Ambassadors It’s your future The South Downs National Park is lucky enough to have its very own band of enthusiastic and caring volunteers looking after it. And now it also has its own Youth Ambassadors – Kirsty and Cameron. Find out why they’ve chosen to get outside and why you should get involved too…
As volunteers for the South Downs the young, the opportunity to get into National Park Authority we get up nature in a safe way. to a variety of activities that help Volunteering in the South Downs maintain the National Park, and as brings a vast number of benefits, from Youth Ambassadors we help younger feeling like you’ve given something members of society get outdoors into back, gaining confidence and improving the South Downs. both physical and mental health. You’re We started volunteering only more likely to feel good doing good recently (Cameron in July 2016 and than doing nothing at all. Volunteering Kirsty in February 2017) and already is also a fantastic way to boost your we believe it necessary to improve the CV through gaining work experience National Parks youth representation. and helping to demonstrate your For Kirsty volunteering was a gateway communication and team work skills to into a job in conservation, but she also an employer. enjoys giving something back to an area It’s important to us both that the she has spent many years enjoying – South Downs National Park is enjoyed plus cutting and burning things is also by generations to come. Looking after pretty fun! For Cameron volunteering what is already here so the youth of #iwill4nature is a means of escapism, away from the future can admire and enjoy it after Organisations across the academic life at university and out into a we’re gone is a huge part of what country are pledging to quieter environment. makes us volunteer. We are also keen safeguard the natural to help the National Park keep up to environment for generations date with this new digital age that we to come as part of the You’re more likely live in, catering activities and volunteer #iWill4Nature campaign. to feel good doing good tasks to the more modern savvy Search this hashtag on social individual. In an age where people are media to see how you can get than doing nothing at constantly surrounded by technology, involved. all. volunteering gives you the opportunity to escape and get back to nature. For more details about At last year’s EUROParc conference volunteering opportunities in the one of the speakers, Richard Louv, South Downs near you, please visit noted that as the generations have southdowns.gov.uk/volunteering. come and gone, children have felt less safe in the open environment. The world of volunteering gives people, not just
SOUTH DOWNS VIEW – SPRING/SUMMER 2019 9 The Home of Key events OO May 26: Come and celebrate the natural world with the annual Nature Festival – a day for families and keen naturalists alike, with fun activities, talks and Gilbert White House and Museum White’s All images © Gilbert nature tours. OO June 15 & 16: The annual Unusual Plants Fair with Once a name as famous as David Attenborough’s stallholders from across the is today, naturalist Gilbert White (1720–1793) has South Downs. OO July 20: A fantastic family inspired generations with his discoveries and focused Gilbert White Day. writing about the natural world. OO September 1: The 4th annual Dog Show. Set in the stunning South Downs National been out of print since 1789, he writes We also have a fantastic programme Park, Gilbert White’s home in Selborne, about his home village: ‘The prospect is of smaller family events throughout Hampshire is now a museum, garden bounded to the south-east and east by the school holidays, such as Nature and café that celebrates his life and work the vast range of mountains called the Camp or our Young Naturalists alongside other explorers of the natural Sussex-downs.’ Gilbert would often make Club. For more information visit world – Frank and Lawrence Oates. the journey from the western end of the gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk Born and bred in the South Downs, South Downs in Selborne to the east to Gilbert White’s writing was inspired by the visit his aunt in Ringmer, East Sussex, diversity of habitats, flora and fauna to be making acute observations in his journals the differences between the chiff chaff, found here. In White’s book, The as he travelled. White was the first to wood warbler and willow warbler. Natural History of Selborne, ‘observe nature narrowly’ and as a result In 2018 the museum underwent a which has never the first to identify the harvest mouse and huge renovation regenerating its galleries and restoring the 18th century stable yard, WIN: which now serves as the visitor entrance, A Free To celebrate exploring the natural world of the South Downs, shop, Brewhouse and café-bar. White’s Gilbert White & The Oates Collections are offering readers the café-bar, which is now a new National Family chance to win a family ticket (2 adults/2 children) to the museum Park information point, specialises in local Ticket as well as your own copy of the Naturalist’s Journal, a replica of the produce and home-made recipes, with notebook Gilbert used to record his observations. The ticket is valid views out over Gilbert White’s 25 acre for 12 months, giving one lucky winner the flexibility to choose when to 18th century garden. Next to White’s is visit. Simply go to gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/competition-page-sdnp Gilbert’s Brewhouse which is set to be and answer the question by 31 August 2019. restored into a microbrewery in 2019.
10 SOUTH DOWNS VIEW – SPRING/SUMMER 2019 HIDDEN TREASURES in the South Downs
Most caches contain Over 30 geocaches (containers) are tradeable hidden and waiting to be discovered items which right across the South Downs National children love to swap Park. All you need to find them is a with their own trinkets. smartphone or GPS. Simply download When searching for the geocaching app to join the world’s caches filter by cache largest treasure hunting community. size – the larger the Search for South Downs GeoTour cache, the more likely it (GT58) and you’re good to go! is to contain tradeable Top three caches on the South Downs items. Geotour... Top of the Downs – Serpent Trail Find this geocache at the highest point in the National Park and you’ll be enjoying views that Alfred, Lord Tennyson was inspired by… “You came and looked and loved the view, long known and loved by me, Green Sussex fading into blue with one grey glimpse of sea.” South Downs Way Mile 20 The best thing about this cache is how close it is to The Beech Café at The Sustainability Centre, offering an array of delicious organic, Fair Trade, vegetarian and vegan food. Past Worship This cache lies near the site of an ancient church, and is close to stunning views out over the white cliffs of the Seven Sisters.
The Original Explorer Challenge Time Nearly 200 years ago exploring with of special landscapes. Over a lifetime Have a go at completing our GeoTour GPS wasn’t possible, but one man his passion and activism helped create Passport, available at the South Downs Centre, went out there, felt the power of the the world’s first national park system in Midhurst or print a copy at southdowns.gov. wild and made sure it would be wild for America and over 100 years later people uk/geocaching. Find at least 10 of our caches generations after he was gone. are still enjoying the chance to explore and claim a bronze geocoin, 20 gets you a John Muir, a Scottish-born explorer, National Parks across the globe. silver and 30 gets you gold. had a reckless love for the outdoors, Do you care about National Parks famously tying himself to the top of a and enjoy exploring wild places? Then “How to get the best out of a short break Douglas spruce to feel the full force of follow in John Muir’s footsteps by taking in the South Downs National Park? Easy, a storm. His desire to understand the part in the John Muir Award, a nationally- we have just completed the excellent South mountains saw him venture, with only his recognised environmental award. The Downs GeoTour which took us to lots of dog for company, across the glaciers of South Downs National Park is a gateway spectacular views and interesting places. We Alaska to prove his theories about ice- location for the award and we’re here to would thoroughly recommend it.” rivers carving out valleys. In later years he help you plan your award activities, email Bazzerbeeza, Geocacher took President Roosevelt wild camping [email protected] in Yosemite to lobby for the protection for more information. SOUTH DOWNS VIEW – SPRING/SUMMER 2019 11 Key KeKey ySouth Downs National Park South Downs NationalWay Park South Downs Way (footpath only) South Downs Way Ra(footpathilway st ationsonly) Raiilwalway stations CountrRailwayyside sites SeCountrttlementyside sites 8 SeVisitorttlement Information Points VisitorCycle hire Information Points 2 Cycle hire 2 7
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views from atop of Butser Hill, © David Tipling overlooking Queen Elizabeth In the east of the National Park Country Park. Kingley Vale National Nature explore the wooded hills known Reserve is famous for its grove as the ‘hangers’, named so of twisted and ancient yew trees, because the ancient beech, lime, among the oldest living things in yew and ash woodlands seem Britain. 12 SOUTH DOWNS VIEW – SPRING/SUMMERto hang. 2019 WHERE WILL YOUR ADVENTURE TAKE YOU...
1 Winchester City Mill 24 Iping and Stedham Common 47 Mill Hill 2 25 48 St. Catherine’s Hill Woolbeding Gardens Southwick Hill 3 West Walk 26 Woolbeding Countryside 49 Devil’s Dyke/Fulking Escarpment 4 Beacon Hill 27 Marley Common 50 Saddlescombe Farm/Newtimber Hill 5 Hinton Ampner 28 Black Down 51 Woods Mill 6 Old Winchester Hill 29 Swan Barn Farm 52 Woolstonbury Hill 7 Chawton House 30 The Mens 53 Ditchling Beacon 8 Alice Holt Forest 31 Ebernoe Common 54 Black Cap 8 9 Gilbert White House & Oates Collection 32 Petworth House and Park 55 Castle Hill 10 Selborne Common 33 Lavington Common 56 Lewes Castle 11 Woolmer Forest 34 Bignor Hill 57 Lewes Downs/Mount Caburn 12 Ashford Hangers 35 Bignor Roman Villa 58 Monks House 7 13 Butser Hill 36 Slindon Estate 59 Charleston House 14 Queen Elizabeth Country Park 37 Arundel Castle 60 Long Man of Wilmington 15 Uppark House 38 Arundel Wildfowl & Wetland Trust 61 Lullington Heath 9 10 11 16 Harting Down 39 Amberley Working Museum 62 Alfriston Clergy House 17 40 27 29 Durford Heath Amberley Wildbrooks 63 Friston Forest 28 18 41 1 Kingley Vale Pulborough Brooks 64 Lullington Heath 19 42 Goodwood Sculpture Park Warren Hill and Sullington Warren 65 Seven Sisters Country Park 2 12 20 Drovers 43 Chanctonbury Ring 66 Birling Gap and Seven Sisters 5 30 21 Heyshott Down 44 Highdown Hill 67 Beachy Head 4 22 Weald and Downland Museum 45 Cissbury Ring 26 6 25 31 23 Goodwood Country Park 46 Bramber Castle 24 32 13 14 17 16 33 15 21 41
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SOUTH DOWNS VIEW – SPRING/SUMMER 2019 13 id you know not all birds nest in trees and boxes? While some Keep your dog safe BE birds are expert builders Throughout the year keep a and others professional lookout for rangers and dog Ddecorators, some species choose ambassadors in car parks at CAREFUL to do as little construction work heathland sites throughout the as possible, preferring to nest on South Downs. Come and say hi, the ground. It may come as no grab some free dog poo bags and WHERE why not ask them about keeping surprise that these are some of our most rare and threatened species, your dog happy and calm around YOU being particularly susceptible to livestock, why dogs need to stick disturbance. to the paths between March and Out on the heathland, which covers September or how to keep your TREAD… only 1% of the South Downs, the rare pooch safe on military land. woodlark simply nests in a depression in the ground among a tuft of grass or heather. They start their breeding season insects to feed their chicks. early and hope to raise two or three Once hatched, the female will continue to broods of chicks between March and feed and brood the young for a further 12 August. The Dartford warbler is restricted days, then abandon her first clutch to start to lowland heath in the South of England a second. The male continues to look and, while it is most easily spotted singing after the first brood for a further week until from the top of a gorse bush, it too they fledge. nests on the ground and is vulnerable to Many of us enjoy exploring heathland disturbance. but it’s important to remember that some Later in the year they are joined by the of our most beloved birds are incredibly nightjar, a species that has flown more vulnerable to disturbance as people and than 5,000 miles here from southern dogs may inadvertently damage nests Africa to breed. Nightjars are ground and eggs, or scare the adult birds away. nesting birds, relying on their superb Life for these rare birds which nest on the Many of us enjoy camouflaged plumage to keep them ground is tough, but we can help them exploring heathland but it’s hidden during the daytime. The female by sticking to the path during ground will lay two eggs, timing her laying so nesting bird season and keeping dogs on important to remember that the chicks hatch around a full moon leads and that birds don’t just nest in – more moonlight means better hunting in sight conditions for the adults who fly at dusk during trees and boxes. and dawn looking for moths and other ground
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Dartford Warbler – D. Middleton
14 SOUTH DOWNS VIEW – SPRING/SUMMER 2019 nesting bird season (normally March to September). This could also prevent your dog stumbling across an adder or, if you are on a Ministry of Defence site, stop them picking up potentially dangerous military debris. Find out more about our threatened heathlands habitats at southdowns.gov.uk/heathlands- reunited. WIN a Dicky Bag!
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SOUTH DOWNS VIEW – SPRING/SUMMER 2019 15 7 APRIL Small Mammals course Woods Mill, Henfield, West Sussex, BN5 9SD sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on 01273 497561 SWT Member £32/Non SWT- member £45 7 APRIL Fieldcraft & Animal Tracking course Events Woods Mill, Henfield, West Sussex, BN5 9SD Find out what events are happening near you this spring sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on and summer... 01273 497561 SWT Member £32/Non SWT- member £45 6–22 APRIL February GIANT Easter Duck Trail 8 APRIL, 18 APRIL, 30 MAY 11 FEBRUARY–28 OCTOBER (SELECTED DATES) Arundel Wetland Centre Wild families – pondemonium RSPB Pulborough Brooks nature reserve, Wiggonholt, Goodwood House Afternoon Tea wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/arundel/whats-on/ Pulborough, RH20 2EL Goodwood House, Goodwood, Chichester, West Sussex, 01903 883355 Included in general admission PO18 0PH rspb.org.uk/pulboroughbrooks 6–22 APRIL 01798 875851 Nature trail entry fees apply goodwood.com/estate/goodwood-house/plan-your- Easter Activities (Adults £6/ Child £3/ RSPB member £2.40) visit/afternoon-tea Butser Ancient Farm, Chalton Lane, Waterlooville, 8–22 APRIL 01243 755055 Adults from £20/Child from £10 Hampshire, PO8 0BG butserancientfarm.co.uk Springtime Easter Activitives Weald & Downland Living Museum, West Sussex, March 02392 598838 Adults £9/ Child £5/ Concession £8/ Family (2 adults, 2 children) £23 PO18 0EU 30–31 MARCH wealddown.co.uk Historic Life Weekend: Museum Makers 6–22 APRIL 01243 811363 Adults £14/Child £6.50 (Under Weald & Downland Living Museum, West Sussex, Cadbury’s Easter egg hunt 4s FREE) National Trust Birling Gap, Nr Eastbourne East Sussex PO18 0EU 13 APRIL wealddown.co.uk BN20 0AB Academy Open Day 01243 811363 Adults £14/Child £6.50 (Under nationaltrust.org.uk/birling-gap-and-the-seven- The Academy, Golf At Goodwood, Goodwood, 4s FREE) sisters Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 0QB 01323 423197 Admission £3.50 goodwood.com/sports/golf/the-academy April 6–22 APRIL 01243 520162 FREE ADMISSION Cadbury’s Easter egg Hunt 3 APRIL 13 APRIL & 14 APRIL Director’s Evening Talk and Tour National Trust Uppark House & Gardens, South Harting, West Sussex GU21 5QR Nature Photography course Jane Austen’s House Museum, Chawton, Hants, Woods Mill, Henfield, West Sussex, BN5 9SD nationaltrust.org.uk/uppark-house-and-garden GU34 1SD sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on 01730 825415 £2 per trail + general jane-austens-house-museum.org.uk admission 01273 497561 SWT Member £32/Non SWT- 01420 83262 Admission £25 (includes member £45 museum and drink) 6–7 APRIL Lambing Open Days 13–14 APRIL 5 APRIL–1 SEPTEMBER Historic Life Weekend: Bread & Butter BRICKOSAURS! Saddlescombe Farm, Saddlescombe road, Brighton BN45 7DE Weald & Downland Living Museum, West Sussex, Marwell Zoo, Thompsons Lane, Winchester, Hants, PO18 0EU camillaandroly.co.uk SO21 1JH wealddown.co.uk 01273 857062 Adults £8, Child £4, Family of 4 marwell.org.uk/zoo/event/58/brickosaurs £20. Cash only please. 01243 811363 Adults £14/Child £6.50 (Under 01962 777407 Included in general admission 4s FREE) 7 APRIL 6–17 APRIL 13–14 APRIL Spring nature trail Vintage car show Amberley Industrial Museum, New Barn Road, Multiperiod Event from Stone age to Saxon National Trust Alfriston Clergy House, East Sussex Amberley, near Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9LT Bignor Roman Villa, Bignor, Pulborough, West Sussex, BN26 5TL RH20 1PH amberleymuseum.co.uk nationaltrust.org.uk/alfriston-clergy-house bignorromanvilla.co.uk 01798 831370 Adults £15/Child £8/Family 01323 871961 Included in general admission 2+3 £46 01798 869259 Included in general admission 16 APRIL Garden tour Discover National Parks National Trust Alfriston Clergy House, East Sussex FREE BN26 5TL 6-21 April nationaltrust.org.uk/alfriston-clergy-house 01323 871961 Included in general admission 16 APRIL In 2019 Discover National Parks fortnight Beachy Head Wildlife Walk will champion all that is unique and special Belle Tout car park, Beachy Head, BN20 0AE about our beautiful National Parks. This sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on year the South Downs National Park 01273 497561 SWT Member FREE/Non- member donation rangers are taking a wildlife roadshow to 17 APRIL town centres around the fringes of the Peter Rabbit meet and greet National Park with fun activities for all the Drusillas Zoo Park, East Sussex, BN26 5QS drusillas.co.uk family. Come and discover how easy it is 01323 874100 Included in general admission to get outside and discover the National Park on your doorstep... 17 APRIL • Newhaven Fort, Fort Road, BN9 9DS (Tuesday 9 April) Welcoming in the Wheatears • Horsham , Market area - Carfax, RH12 1AQ (Wednesday 10 April) South Hill Barn, Seaford, BN20 4JQ sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on • Southsea , Canoe Lake, Clarence Esplanade, PO4 9RG (Thursday 11 April) 07498 251494 FREE ADMISSION • Brighton , Jubilee Square, BN1 1EE (Thursday 11 April) 19–22 APRIL • Bordon , Forest Community Centre, Pinehill Road, GU35 0BS (Friday 12 April) Easter at the Museum • Worthing , Montague Street, BN11 3HG (Tuesday 16 April) Weald & Downland Living Museum, West Sussex, PO18 0EU • Crawley , Queens Square, RH10 1HA (Wednesday 17 April) wealddown.co.uk • Guildford , Rotunda, North Street, GU1 4YT (Thursday 18 April) 01243 811363 Adults £14/Child £6.50 (Under For full details visit southdowns.gov.uk/discovernationalparks 4s FREE)
16 SOUTH DOWNS VIEW – SPRING/SUMMER 2019 25 APRIL 4 MAY Evening Bat Walk Dawn chorus walk Arundel Wetland Centre National Trust Slindon Estate, Slindon, West Sussex wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/arundel/whats-on BN18 0RG 01903 883355 £12 nationaltrust.org.uk/slindon-estate 26 APRIL 01243 814730 Admission £8 Garden Tour 4 MAY National Trust Monks House Rodmell East Sussex How to help Bees and other Pollinators BN7 3HF Woods Mill, Henfield, West Sussex, BN5 9SD nationaltrust.org.uk/monks-house sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on FREE 01273 474760 Included in general admission 01273 497561 SWT Member £32/Non SWT- Live at Langhams 26 APRIL member £45 Birdsong for Beginners 4 MAY–17 NOVEMBER 20 April Woods Mill, Henfield, West Sussex, BN5 9SD The Great Fire of Uppark Langham Brewery, West Sussex sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on National Trust Uppark House & Gardens, South Harting, Enjoy award winning ales whilst 01273 497561 SWT Member £32/Non SWT- West Sussex GU21 5 QR member £45 nationaltrust.org.uk/uppark-house-and-garden listening to live music from The Ed 26–28 APRIL 01730 825415 Included in general admission Goodale Band, The Mantic Muddlers Inspired by Nature creative weekend 4–6 MAY and the Megan Linford Band at this RSPB Pulborough Brooks nature reserve, Wiggonholt, Nightingale Festival family event in aid of Sussex music Pulborough, RH20 2EL RSPB Pulborough Brooks nature reserve, Wiggonholt, rspb.org.uk/pulboroughbrooks Pulborough, RH20 2EL charity, Rhythmix – rhythmixmusic. 01798 875851 Adults £230/RSPB Member rspb.org.uk/pulboroughbrooks org.uk. Visit langhambrewery. £200 01798 875851 Nature trail entry fees apply co.uk/event/live-at-langhams for 27 APRIL (Adults £6/ Child £3/ RSPB member FREE) 4–6 MAY full details. Rockpool adventure National Trust Birling Gap, Nr Eastbourne East Sussex Lord Mayor’s Rural and Seaside Show BN20 0AB Castle Field, Clarence Esplanade, Southsea, Hampshire, nationaltrust.org.uk/birling-gap-and-the-seven- PO5 3ST sisters visitportsmouth.co.uk/whats-on/the-lord-mayors- 19–22 APRIL 01323 423197 Admission £4 rural-and-seaside-show-p1670421 Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt 02392 841400 FREE ADMISSION National Trust Alfriston Clergy House, East Sussex 27 APRIL–24 MAY BN26 5TL Humphry Repton at Uppark 5 MAY nationaltrust.org.uk/alfriston-clergy-house National Trust Uppark House & Gardens, South Harting, Dawn Chorus 01323 871961 £3 + general admission West Sussex GU21 5 QR Woods Mill, Henfield, West Sussex, BN5 9SD nationaltrust.org.uk/uppark-house-and-garden sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on 19–22 APRIL 01730 825415 Included in general admission 01273 497561 SWT Member £16/Non SWT- Cadbury’s Easter egg Hunt member £23 National Trust Monks House Rodmell East Sussex 28 APRIL BN7 3HF Spring Bus Show 5–6 MAY nationaltrust.org.uk/monks-house Amberley Industrial Museum, New Barn Road, Spring Show: Revive, Recycle, Restore 01273 474760 £2 per trail Amberley, near Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9LT Weald & Downland Living Museum, West Sussex, amberleymuseum.co.uk PO18 0EU 20 APRIL 01798 831370 Adults £15/Child £8/Family wealddown.co.uk Live@Langhams 2+3 £46 01243 811363 Adults £14/Child £6.50 (Under Langham Brewery, GU28 9BU 28 APRIL 4s FREE) langhambrewery.co.uk 8 MAY 01798 860861 FREE ADMISSION Seven Sisters archaeology walk National Trust Birling Gap, Nr Eastbourne East Sussex Spring on Seaford Head 20 APRIL BN20 0AB South Hill Barn, Seaford, BN20 4JQ Cadbury Easter egg trail nationaltrust.org.uk/birling-gap-and-the-seven- sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on National Trust Swan Barn Farm, Surrey GU27 2HU sisters 07498 251494 FREE ADMISSION9 MAY nationaltrust.org.uk/swan-barn-farm 01323 423197 Admission £4 8 MAY 01428 652359 Admission £3 28 APRIL Historic talk with Buildings Archaeologist 20–22 APRIL Slindon’s secret bluebells guided walk Stephen Gray Devil’s Dyke Cadbury Easter egg hunt National Trust Slindon Estate, Slindon, West Sussex National Trust Alfriston Clergy House, East Sussex National Trust Saddlescombe Farm, West Sussex BN18 0RG BN26 5TL BN45 7DE nationaltrust.org.uk/slindon-estate nationaltrust.org.uk/alfriston-clergy-house nationaltrust.org.uk/saddlescombe-farm-and- 01243 814730 Admission £4 01323 871961 Admission £10 newtimber-hill 01273 857712 Admission £3 10 MAY May Guided Walk: In Jane Austen’s Footsteps 21 APRIL 1 MAY Jane Austen’s House Museum, Chawton , Hants, Cadbury’s Easter egg trail GU34 1SD National Trust Woolbeding Countryside, Midhurst West Clergy, Cuckmere and Confessor jane-austens-house-museum.org.uk Sussex GU29 9RR National Trust Alfriston Clergy House, East Sussex BN26 5TL 01420 83262 £15 (excludes museum nationaltrust.org.uk/woolbeding-countryside admission) 01730 816638 £3 per trail nationaltrust.org.uk/alfriston-clergy-house 01323 871961 Adults £5/Child £3 11 MAY 21–22 APRIL Writing Workshop with Sally Bayley Easter Opening 4 MAY Opening Saturday Jane Austen’s House Museum, Chawton, Hants, Parham House & Gardens, Parham Park, Pulborough, GU34 1SD West Sussex, RH20 4HR Goodwood Racecourse, Selhurst Park Road, Chichester, jane-austens-house-museum.org.uk parhaminsussex.co.uk PO18 0PS goodwood.com 01420 83262 £55 (includes museum and 01903 742021 Adults £12/Child £6/Under 5s refreshments) FREE 01243 755055 Adults from £12/Children FREE 11 MAY 22 APRIL 4 MAY Mindfulness in Nature Devil’s Dyke Easter egg rolling competition Beltain Festival Butser Ancient Farm, Chalton Lane, Waterlooville, Woods Mill, Henfield, West Sussex, BN5 9SD National Trust Saddlescombe Farm, West Sussex sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on BN45 7DE Hampshire, PO8 0BG butserancientfarm.co.uk 01273 497561 SWT Member £32/Non SWT- nationaltrust.org.uk/saddlescombe-farm-and- member £45 newtimber-hill 02392 598838 Adults £28/ Child £23/Under 01273 857712 £1 per egg roll 3’s FREE
SOUTH DOWNS VIEW – SPRING/SUMMER 2019 17 11–12 MAY 25–26 MAY Historic Life Weekend: Ink, Books & Quills Historic Life weekend: Medieval Medicine Weald & Downland Living Museum, West Sussex, Weald & Downland Living Museum, West Sussex, PO18 0EU PO18 0EU wealddown.co.uk wealddown.co.uk 01243 811363 Adults £14/Child £6.50 (Under 01243 811363 Adults £14/Child £6.50 (Under 4s FREE) 4s FREE) 11–12 MAY 25–26 MAY Multiperiod Event from Stone age to Saxon Chawton Open Gardens Bignor Roman Villa, Bignor, Pulborough, West Sussex, Jane Austen’s House Museum, Chawton , Hants, RH20 1PH GU34 1SD bignorromanvilla.co.uk jane-austens-house-museum.org.uk 01798 869259 Included in general admission 01420 83262 FREE ADMISSION to the garden 12 MAY 25–26 MAY Rockpool adventure Big Church Day Out National Trust Birling Gap, Nr Eastbourne East Sussex Wiston House, Steyning, West Sussex, BN44 3DZ FREE BN20 0AB bigchurchdayout.com/south Way in a Day nationaltrust.org.uk/birling-gap-and-the-seven- [email protected] See website for details 21 June sisters 25–27 MAY 01323 423197 Admission £4 Heritage Craft Weekend Celebrate the longest day of the year 14 MAY Amberley Industrial Museum, New Barn Road, by walking a section of the stunning Garden tour Amberley, near Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9LT National Trust Alfriston Clergy House, East Sussex amberleymuseum.co.uk South Downs Way. This National BN26 5TL 01798 831370 Adults £15/Child £8/Family Trail runs the entire length of the nationaltrust.org.uk/alfriston-clergy-house 2+3 £46 South Downs National Park from the 01323 871961 Included in general admission 26 MAY historic city of Winchester in the west 16 MAY Seven Sisters archaeology walk Evening talk – Ancient Runes National Trust Birling Gap, Nr Eastbourne East Sussex to the white cliffs of Beachy Head at Butser Ancient Farm, Chalton Lane, Waterlooville, BN20 0AB Eastbourne. Hampshire, PO8 0BG nationaltrust.org.uk/birling-gap-and-the-seven- For more information and details of butserancientfarm.co.uk sisters 02392 598838 Adults £5 01323 423197 Admission £4 public transport visit southdowns. 16 & 23 MAY 26 MAY gov.uk/wayinaday. Twilight Tour Nature Festival 2019 National Trust Monks House Rodmell East Sussex Gilbert White’s House and the Oates Collection, BN7 3HF Selborne, Hampshire GU34 3JH nationaltrust.org.uk/monks-house gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk June 01273 474760 £17.50 01420 511275 Adults £7/Child £3/Family 1 JUNE 17–18 MAY (2+2) £18 Junior Open Days 26 MAY–3 JUNE Museum at Night The Academy, Golf At Goodwood, Goodwood, Weald & Downland Living Museum, West Sussex, Duckling Days Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 0QB PO18 0EU Arundel Wetland Centre goodwood.com/sports/golf/the-academy wealddown.co.uk wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/arundel/whats-on 01243 520162 FREE ADMISSION 01243 811363 £25 (Over 16s) 01903 883355 Included in general admission 1 JUNE 18–19 MAY 27–31 MAY Wetland Discovery Day Home Front Weekend Half Term Activities RSPB Pulborough Brooks nature reserve, Wiggonholt, Amberley Industrial Museum, New Barn Road, Weald & Downland Living Museum, West Sussex, PO18 Pulborough, RH20 2EL Amberley, near Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9LT 0EU rspb.org.uk/pulboroughbrooks amberleymuseum.co.uk wealddown.co.uk 01798 875851 Nature trail entry fees apply 01798 831370 Adults £15/Child £8/Family 01243 811363 Adults £14/Child £6.50 (Under (Adults £6/ Child £3/ RSPB member FREE) 2+3 £46 4s FREE) 1–2 JUNE 21 MAY 27–31 MAY Gladiators & Roman Living History Dawn Chorus Walk Half Term: Roman Villa – warming celebration! Bignor Roman Villa, Bignor, Pulborough, West Sussex, Arundel Wetland Centre Butser Ancient Farm, Chalton Lane, Waterlooville, RH20 1PH wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/arundel/whats-on Hampshire, PO8 0BG bignorromanvilla.co.uk 01903 883355 £12 butserancientfarm.co.uk 01798 869259 Included in general admission 22 MAY–2 JUNE 02392 598838 Adults £9/ Child £5/ Concession £8/ Family (2 adults, 2 children) £23 3 JUNE Needlework on Display Nightjar walk at Black Down Parham House & Gardens, Parham Park, Pulborough, 27–31 MAY National Trust Swan Barn Farm, Surrey GU27 2HU West Sussex, RH20 4HR ‘50 Things to do before you’re 11¾’ week nationaltrust.org.uk/swan-barn-farm parhaminsussex.co.uk National Trust Birling Gap, Nr Eastbourne East Sussex 01428 652359 FREE ADMISSION 01903 742021 Adults £12/Child £6/Under 5s BN20 0AB FREE nationaltrust.org.uk/birling-gap-and-the-seven- 4 JUNE International Women’s Golf Day 23–25 MAY sisters 01323 423197 Included in general admission The Academy, Golf At Goodwood, Goodwood, May Festival: featuring the Goodwood Food Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 0QB 28 MAY Show https:// goodwood.com/sports/golf/the-academy Goodwood Racecourse, Selhurst Park Road, Chichester, Bioblitz at Broxhead 01243 520162 FREE ADMISSION PO18 0PS Broxhead Common, Lindford, near Bordon, GU35 0NY 5 JUNE goodwood.com southdowns.gov.uk/heathlands-reunited 01243 755055 Adults from £20/Children FREE 01730 814810 FREE ADMISSION Drovers, Druids and Domesday National Trust Alfriston Clergy House, East Sussex 30 MAY 24 MAY BN26 5TL Whitbread Hollow Walk Introduction to Warblers nationaltrust.org.uk/alfriston-clergy-house Coldwaltham, Pulborough, RH20 1GG Dukes Drive, Eastbourne, BN20 7XL 01323 871961 Adults £5/Child £3 sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on 5–30 JUNE 01273 497561 SWT Member £32/Non SWT- 01273 497561 SWT Member FREE/Non- member £45 member donation Artist in Residence Exhibition Parham House & Gardens, Parham Park, Pulborough, 25 MAY–2 JUNE West Sussex, RH20 4HR Half term trail parhaminsussex.co.uk National Trust Alfriston Clergy House, East Sussex 01903 742021 Adults £12/Child £6/Under 5s BN26 5TL FREE nationaltrust.org.uk/alfriston-clergy-house 01323 871961 Included in general admission 18 SOUTH DOWNS VIEW – SPRING/SUMMER 2019 7–15 JUNE 15–16 JUNE 23 JUNE 40th Annual South Downs Way Walk Dads Can Do Saddlescombe Farm Open Day Walking from Eastbourne to Winchester, with daily Amberley Industrial Museum, New Barn Road, National Trust Saddlescombe Farm, West Sussex coach pickups Amberley, near Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9LT BN45 7DE southdownsway.com amberleymuseum.co.uk nationaltrust.org.uk/saddlescombe-farm-and- 01903 813381 £269, includes 9 days coach 01798 831370 Adults £15/Child £8/Family newtimber-hill travel to and from SDW 2+3 £46 01273 857712 FREE ADMISSION, parking £5 9 JUNE 15–16 JUNE non members. Tours extra. Family Race Day Big Camp at Black Down 23 JUNE Goodwood Racecourse, Selhurst Park Road, Chichester, National Trust Swan Barn Farm, Surrey GU27 2HU Seven Sisters archaeology walk PO18 0PS nationaltrust.org.uk/swan-barn-farm National Trust Birling Gap, Nr Eastbourne East Sussex goodwood.com 01428 652359 Adults £20/Child £10 BN20 0AB 01243 755055 Adults from £15/Children FREE 15–16 JUNE nationaltrust.org.uk/birling-gap-and-the-seven- 9 JUNE Unusual Plants Fair sisters Day of Dance Gilbert White’s House and the Oates Collection, 01323 423197 Admission £4 Weald & Downland Living Museum, West Sussex, PO18 Selborne, Hampshire GU34 3JH 23 JUNE 0EU gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk Arun to Adur Farm Cluster Open Day wealddown.co.uk 01420 511275 Adults £7/Child £3/Family Lynchpole Farm, Sompting, Lancing, BN15 0AY 01243 811363 Adults £14/Child £6.50 (Under (2+2) £18 southdowns.gov.uk/events 4s FREE) 16 JUNE 01730 814810 FREE ADMISSION 9 JUNE Sussex Wildlife Day 25 JUNE Winchester Criterium & Cyclefest 2019 Arundel Wetland Centre Regency Week: Summer Evening Opening The Broadway, Winchester, SO23 9BE wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/arundel/whats-on Jane Austen’s House Museum, Chawton, Hants winchestercriterium.org 01903 883355 Included in general admission GU34 1SD 01962 848405 FREE ADMISSION (Entry fees 16 JUNE jane-austens-house-museum.org.uk apply to Criterium races) Father’s Day – Weapons and Warriors 01420 83262 £10 (includes museum and 9 JUNE Butser Ancient Farm, Chalton Lane, Waterlooville, refreshments) Moth Morning Hampshire, PO8 0BG 27 JUNE Arundel Wetland Centre butserancientfarm.co.uk High & Over walk wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/arundel/whats-on 02392 598838 Adults £9/ Child £5/ High & Over car park, Seaford 01903 883355 £12 Concession £8/ Family (2 adults, 2 children) £23 sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on 9 JUNE 16 JUNE 01273 497561 SWT Member FREE/Non- Fairy Festival Father’s Day Den building and campfire cooking member donation Butser Ancient Farm, Chalton Lane, Waterlooville, National Trust Saddlescombe Farm, West Sussex 29 JUNE Hampshire, PO8 0BG BN45 7DE Rockpool adventure butserancientfarm.co.uk nationaltrust.org.uk/saddlescombe-farm-and- National Trust Birling Gap, Nr Eastbourne East Sussex 02392 598838 Adults £9/ Child £5/ newtimber-hill BN20 0AB Concession £8/ Family (2 adults, 2 children) £23 01273 857712 Admission £12 nationaltrust.org.uk/birling-gap-and-the-seven- 9 JUNE 18 JUNE sisters Wolstonbury Orchid Safari Newtimber Orchid Walk and talk 01323 423197 Admission £4 National Trust Saddlescombe Farm, West Sussex National Trust Saddlescombe Farm, West Sussex 29 JUNE BN45 7DE BN45 7DE Regency Week Talk: Austen on the Cheap nationaltrust.org.uk/saddlescombe-farm-and- nationaltrust.org.uk/saddlescombe-farm-and- Jane Austen’s House Museum, Chawton, Hants newtimber-hill newtimber-hill GU34 1SD 01273 857712 Admission £5 01273 857712 Admission £10 jane-austens-house-museum.org.uk 10 JUNE 18 JUNE 01420 83262 £12 (excludes museum Rockpooling for Grown-ups National Garden Scheme day and Garden tour admission) South Hill Barn, Seaford, BN20 4JQ National Trust Alfriston Clergy House, East Sussex 29 JUNE sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on BN26 5TL Ecology of Chalk Grassland 07498 251494 FREE ADMISSION nationaltrust.org.uk/alfriston-clergy-house Steyning, West Sussex, BN44 3XZ 13 JUNE 01323 871961 Included in general admission sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on Historic talk with Buildings Archaeologist 20 JUNE 01273 497561 SWT Member £32/Non SWT- Stephen Gray Evening talk – Otzi – A Motive for Murder member £45 National Trust Alfriston Clergy House, East Sussex Butser Ancient Farm, Chalton Lane, Waterlooville, 29 JUNE BN26 5TL Hampshire, PO8 0BG Mindfulness in Nature nationaltrust.org.uk/alfriston-clergy-house butserancientfarm.co.uk Woods Mill, Henfield, West Sussex, BN5 9SD 01323 871961 Admission £10 02392 598838 Adults £5 sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on 13 JUNE 22 JUNE 01273 497561 SWT Member £32/Non SWT- Meet the Cattle at Longmoor Moth Morning member £45 Longmoor Enclosure, near Greatham, East Hampshire, Arundel Wetland Centre GU33 6EL wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/arundel/whats-on July southdowns.gov.uk/heathlands-reunited 01903 883355 £12 3 JULY 01730 814810 FREE ADMISSION 22 JUNE Barrows, Belfries and Bogarde 15 JUNE Midsummer Celtic Harp Concert National Trust Alfriston Clergy House, East Sussex Meet the Cattle at Woolbeding Butser Ancient Farm, Chalton Lane, Waterlooville, BN26 5TL Woolbeding Common, Woolbeding, near Midhurst, West Hampshire, PO8 0BG nationaltrust.org.uk/alfriston-clergy-house Sussex, GU29 0QB butserancientfarm.co.uk 01323 871961 Adults £5/Child £3 southdowns.gov.uk/heathlands-reunited 02392 598838 Adults £15 5 JULY 01730 814810 FREE ADMISSION 22 JUNE Glow Worm Evening 15 JUNE Dragonflies & Damselflies course Hangleton, East Sussex, BN3 8EQ Bumblebees and Bees course Woods Mill, Henfield, West Sussex, BN5 9SD sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on Sompting Estate, West Sussex, BN14 9JX sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on 01273 497561 SWT Member £16/Non SWT- sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on 01273 497561 SWT Member £32/Non SWT- member £23 01273 497561 SWT Member £32/Non SWT- member £45 6 JULY member £45 22–23 JUNE Bioblitz at Pulborough Brooks 15–16 JUNE Historic Life Weekend: Midsummer & Plant-Lore RSPB Pulborough Brooks, Wiggonholt, Pulborough, Historic Life Weekend: Wood – Crafts & Uses Weald & Downland Living Museum, West Sussex RH20 2EL Weald & Downland Living Museum, West Sussex, PO18 0EU southdowns.gov.uk/heathlands-reunited PO18 0EU wealddown.co.uk 01730 814810 FREE ADMISSION wealddown.co.uk 01243 811363 Adults £14/Child £6.50 (Under 01243 811363 Adults £14/Child £6.50 (Under 4s FREE) 4s FREE) SOUTH DOWNS VIEW – SPRING/SUMMER 2019 19 6 JULY 18 JULY–1 SEPTEMBER Bug hunt safari LEGO® Brick Animal Trail National Trust Saddlescombe Farm, West Sussex Arundel Wetland Centre BN45 7DE wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/arundel/whats-on nationaltrust.org.uk/saddlescombe-farm-and- 01903 883355 Included in general admission newtimber-hill 18 JULY–1 SEPTEMBER 01273 857712 FREE ADMISSION LEGO® Brick Workshops 6 JULY Arundel Wetland Centre Summer Butterflies course wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/arundel/whats-on Woods Mill, Henfield, West Sussex, BN5 9SD 01903 883355 £10 + general admission sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on 20 JULY 01273 497561 SWT Member £16/Non SWT- Gilbert White Day – 300th Birthday member £23 Gilbert White’s House and the Oates Collection, 6 JULY Selborne, Hampshire GU34 3JH Introduction to Moths course gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk Woods Mill, Henfield, West Sussex, BN5 9SD 01420 511275 Adults £7/Child £3/Family sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on (2+2) £18 Dog Fun Day FREE 01273 497561 SWT Member £16/Non SWT- 20 JULY member £23 Scything course 11 August 6–7 JULY Woods Mill, Henfield, West Sussex, BN5 9SD Gladiators & Roman Living History sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on Woolbeding, West Sussex Bignor Roman Villa, Bignor, Pulborough, West Sussex, 01273 497561 SWT Member £32/Non SWT- RH20 1PH member £45 Round up your golden oldies and bignorromanvilla.co.uk 20–21 JULY cuddliest pups for the annual South 01798 869259 Included in general admission Historic Life Weekend: Saxon Archaeology Downs Dog Fun Day. Sign your four 11 JULY Weald & Downland Living Museum, West Sussex legged friend up for one of the fun dog Historic talk with Buildings Archaeologist PO18 0EU Stephen Gray wealddown.co.uk show rounds, test their obedience, National Trust Alfriston Clergy House, East Sussex 01243 811363 Adults £14/Child £6.50 (Under speed and agility or simply take up BN26 5TL 4s FREE) residence at the ring edge and soak nationaltrust.org.uk/alfriston-clergy-house 21 JULY 01323 871961 Admission £10 Classic Car Show up everything dog! 11 JULY Amberley Industrial Museum, New Barn Road, Visit southdowns.gov.uk/ Dog Fun Day Amberley, near Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9LT dogfunday for more information. National Trust Woolbeding Countryside, Midhurst West amberleymuseum.co.uk Sussex GU29 9RR 01798 831370 Adults £15/Child £8/Family nationaltrust.org.uk/woolbeding-countryside 2+3 £46 24 JULY, 31 JULY, 7 AUGUST, 14 AUGUST, 21 01730 816638 FREE ADMISSION 21 JULY AUGUST, 28 AUGUST 13 JULY Butterfly walk and talk on Newtimber hill Wild families – Wild Wednesday Roman Feast! National Trust Saddlescombe Farm, West Sussex RSPB Pulborough Brooks nature reserve, Wiggonholt, Butser Ancient Farm, Chalton Lane, Waterlooville, BN45 7DE Pulborough, RH20 2EL Hampshire, PO8 0BG nationaltrust.org.uk/saddlescombe-farm-and- rspb.org.uk/pulboroughbrooks butserancientfarm.co.uk newtimber-hill 01798 875851 Nature trail entry fees apply 02392 598838 Adults £45 01273 857712 Admission £10 (Child £5/RSPB member £4) 13–14 JULY 21 JULY 25 JULY Creepy Crawlies Weekend Frog Firle Farm open day Wildflower and butterfly walk Drusillas Zoo Park, East Sussex, BN26 5QS National Trust Birling Gap, Nr Eastbourne East Sussex National Trust Woolbeding Countryside, Midhurst West drusillas.co.uk BN20 0AB Sussex GU29 9RR 01323 874100 Included in general admission nationaltrust.org.uk/birling-gap-and-the-seven- nationaltrust.org.uk/woolbeding-countryside 13–14 JULY sisters 01730 816638 Admission £3 Gala Weekend 01323 423197 FREE ADMISSION 26–27 JULY Amberley Industrial Museum, New Barn Road, 21 JULY Big Camp at Frog Firle Farm Amberley, near Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9LT Wild Chalk – Free Family Fun-day National Trust Birling Gap, Nr Eastbourne East Sussex amberleymuseum.co.uk East Brighton Park, BN2 5TS BN20 0AB 01798 831370 Adults £15/Child £8/Family southdowns.gov.uk/events nationaltrust.org.uk/birling-gap-and-the-seven- 2+3 £46 01730 814810 FREE ADMISSION sisters 13–14 JULY 01323 423197 Adults £15/Child £10 Parham Garden Weekend August 27 JULY Parham House & Gardens, Parham Park, Pulborough, 22 JULY–2 AUGUST Countryside Crafts Day at Swan Barn Farm West Sussex, RH20 4HR Warrior Camp – Summer Holiday Club National Trust Swan Barn Farm, Surrey GU27 2HU parhaminsussex.co.uk Butser Ancient Farm, Chalton Lane, Waterlooville, nationaltrust.org.uk/swan-barn-farm 01903 742021 Adults £12/Child £6/Under 5s Hampshire, PO8 0BG 01428 652359 FREE ADMISSION FREE butserancientfarm.co.uk 27 JULY & 28 JULY 14 JULY 02392 598838 Adults £45 Nature Photography course Rare & Traditional Breeds Show 23 JULY Woods Mill, Henfield, West Sussex, BN5 9SD Weald & Downland Living Museum, West Sussex 70th Anniversary of the Museum Opening sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on PO18 0EU Jane Austen’s House Museum, Chawton, Hants 01273 497561 SWT Member £32/Non SWT- wealddown.co.uk GU34 1SD member £45 01243 811363 Adults £14/Child £6.50 (Under jane-austens-house-museum.org.uk 28 JULY 4s FREE) 01420 83262 £2.34 (16/d) for the first 70 Seven Sisters archaeology walk 17 JULY visitors! National Trust Birling Gap, Nr Eastbourne East Sussex Friston Forest Walk 24 JULY BN20 0AB Friston Forest, Jevington, East Sussex Festival of Archaeology nationaltrust.org.uk/birling-gap-and-the-seven- sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on Butser Ancient Farm, Chalton Lane, Waterlooville, sisters 07498 251494 FREE ADMISSION Hampshire, PO8 0BG 01323 423197 Admission £4 18 JULY butserancientfarm.co.uk Evening talk – Making of a Roman Mosaic 02392 598838 Adults £9/ Child £5/ Butser Ancient Farm, Chalton Lane, Waterlooville, Concession £8/ Family (2 adults, 2 children) £23 Hampshire, PO8 0BG butserancientfarm.co.uk 02392 598838 Adults £5
20 SOUTH DOWNS VIEW – SPRING/SUMMER 2019 29 JULY–30 AUGUST 7–11 AUG 27–29 AUGUST ‘50 Things to do before you’re 11 ¾’ summer Boomtown Warrior Camp 2 holiday fun Matterly Estate, Hampshire, SO21 1HW Butser Ancient Farm, Chalton Lane, Waterlooville, National Trust Birling Gap, Nr Eastbourne East Sussex boomtownfair.co.uk/#start Hampshire, PO8 0BG BN20 0AB [email protected] See website for details butserancientfarm.co.uk nationaltrust.org.uk/birling-gap-and-the-seven- 9 AUGUST 02392 598838 Child £180 sisters Big Butterfly Walk at Frog Firle Farm 30 AUGUST 01323 423197 Included in general admission National Trust Birling Gap, Nr Eastbourne East Sussex Bringing Heathland Home 30 JULY, 6/13/20/27 AUGUST BN20 0AB Longmoor Enclosure, near Greatham, East Hampshire Time Traveller Training! nationaltrust.org.uk/birling-gap-and-the-seven- GU33 6EL Butser Ancient Farm, Chalton Lane, Waterlooville, sisters southdowns.gov.uk/heathlands-reunited Hampshire, PO8 0BG 01323 423197 Admission £4 01730 814810 FREE ADMISSION butserancientfarm.co.uk 11 AUGUST 02392 598838 Adults £9/ Child £5/ Dog Fun Day September Concession £8/ Family (2 adults, 2 children) £23 Woolbeding Countryside, Midhurst, GU29 9RR 31 AUGUST–1 SEPTEMBER 30 JULY–3 AUGUST southdowns.gov.uk/events Historic Life Weekend: Textiles Qatar Goodwood Festival: ‘Glorious Goodwood’ 01730 814810 FREE ADMISSION Weald & Downland Living Museum, West Sussex Goodwood Racecourse, Selhurst Park Road, Chichester 14 AUGUST PO18 0EU PO18 0PS Summer Butterflies on Seaford Head wealddown.co.uk goodwood.com South Hill Barn, Seaford, BN20 4JQ 01243 811363 Adults £14/Child £6.50 01243 755055 Adults from £20/Children FREE sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on (Under 4s FREE) 31 JULY 07498 251494 FREE ADMISSION 1 SEPTEMBER Discover Drovers guided walk 16 AUGUST Annual Dog Show National Trust Woolbeding Countryside, Midhurst West Soap making in the Tudor scullery Gilbert White’s House and the Oates Collection, Sussex GU29 9RR National Trust Saddlescombe Farm, West Sussex Selborne, Hampshire GU34 3JH nationaltrust.org.uk/woolbeding-countryside BN45 7DE gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk 01730 816638 Admission £3 nationaltrust.org.uk/saddlescombe-farm-and- 01420 511275 FREE ADMISSION 2 AUGUST newtimber-hill 7 SEPTEMBER Lammas Festival 01273 857712 Admission £12 Rockpool adventure Butser Ancient Farm, Chalton Lane, Waterlooville, 17 AUGUST National Trust Birling Gap, Nr Eastbourne East Sussex Hampshire, PO8 0BG Picnic in the Park BN20 0AB butserancientfarm.co.uk National Trust Woolbeding Countryside, Midhurst West nationaltrust.org.uk/birling-gap-and-the-seven- 02392 598838 Adults £15 Sussex GU29 9RR sisters 2–3 AUGUST nationaltrust.org.uk/woolbeding-countryside 01323 423197 Admission £4 Big Wild Sleepout 01730 816638 £2 per person 7–8 SEPTEMBER RSPB Pulborough Brooks nature reserve, Wiggonholt, 17–18 AUGUST Secrets of the Heath Pulborough, RH20 2EL Summer Show: Saddles & Steam Petersfield Heath, Petersfield GU31 4LA rspb.org.uk/pulboroughbrooks Weald & Downland Living Museum, West Sussex southdowns.gov.uk/heathlands-reunited 01798 875851 Adults £40/Child £20 (RSPB PO18 0EU 01730 814810 FREE ADMISSION member £32/£16) wealddown.co.uk 3 AUGUST 01243 811363 Adults £14/Child £6.50 (Under Wildlife Surveying course 4s FREE) Woods Mill, Henfield, West Sussex, BN5 9SD 17–18 AUGUST sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on South Downs Show 01273 497561 SWT Member £32/Non SWT- Queen Elizabeth Country Park, Horndean, PO8 0QE member £45 southdownsshow.co.uk 3–24 AUGUST 07918 941398 Adults £8.50/Child £3.50 MADhurst 2019 Festival 20 AUGUST Midhurst and surrounding area Reptile encounters madhurst.co.uk National Trust Woolbeding Countryside, Midhurst West See website for full details of Sussex GU29 9RR MADhurst 2019 nationaltrust.org.uk/woolbeding-countryside 3–4 AUGUST 01730 816638 Admission £3 Gladiators & Roman Living History 20 AUGUST Bignor Roman Villa, Bignor, Pulborough, West Sussex, Reptile Encounters RH20 1PH National Trust Lavington Common, Petworth bignorromanvilla.co.uk GU28 0QL 01798 869259 Included in general admission southdowns.gov.uk/heathlands-reunited 4 AUGUST 01730 814810 FREE ADMISSION Historic Cycles 23–25 AUGUST FREE Amberley Industrial Museum, New Barn Road, August Bank Holiday: Friday Fireworks & Family Amberley, near Arundel, West Sussex BN18 9LT Festivities Secrets of the Heath amberleymuseum.co.uk Goodwood Racecourse, Selhurst Park Road, Chichester 7&8 September 01798 831370 Adults £15/Child £8/Family PO18 0PS 2+3 £46 goodwood.com Petersfield Heath, Hampshire 7 AUGUST 01243 755055 Adults from £12/Children FREE Come and discover the history Bishops, Butchers and Bargemen 24 AUGUST and wildlife of the South Downs National Trust Alfriston Clergy House, East Sussex MADHURST Mini Beer and Music Festival Live@ BN26 5TL Langhams heathlands. Hunt for butterflies, meet nationaltrust.org.uk/alfriston-clergy-house Langham Brewery GU28 9BU the reptiles of the heath, watch battle 01323 871961 Adults £5/Child £3 langhambrewery.co.uk re-enactments and lots more at this 7, 14, 21 & 28 AUGUST 01798 860861 FREE ADMISSION family fun day. Wonderful Wednesdays 27 AUGUST Weald & Downland Living Museum, West Sussex Bat walk Visit southdowns.gov.uk/ PO18 0EU National Trust Woolbeding Countryside, Midhurst West secretsoftheheath for more wealddown.co.uk Sussex GU29 9RR information. 01243 811363 Adults £14/Child £6.50 (Under nationaltrust.org.uk/woolbeding-countryside 4s FREE) 01730 816638 Admission £3
SOUTH DOWNS VIEW – SPRING/SUMMER 2019 21 Tim Slaney, Director of Planning
of the contribution that good design New awards celebrate can make to the quality of our local environments and communities. There outstanding design in the is design work across Hampshire and Sussex that pays homage to this unique landscape and has the National Park highest standards of architectural and landscape design, building efficiency and We’re proud to have launched an exciting new awards sustainability. scheme to promote outstanding and innovative design in Visit southdowns.gov.uk/ the National Park. designaward for more details and to download an entry form. The South Downs National Park Design Submissions opened in March and Awards celebrate projects that have will run until June 30. There will also made a standout contribution to the be a People’s Choice – voted for by landscape, heritage, built environment the general public – among shortlisted It’s time that and our local communities. projects. A special awards ceremony Our judges are looking for projects will be held on November 12, tying these kind of that demonstrate exceptional design in with the 10th anniversary of Hillary inspirational projects across three categories – Residential Benn signing the National Park’s official (an individual building or housing designation. are recognised. development), Non-residential (such as Tim Slaney, Director of Planning commercial, industrial or infrastructure) at the South Downs National Park and Conservation (such as landscape, Authority, said: “The awards are a gardens, or craftsmanship). fantastic opportunity to raise awareness
All aboard the South Downs Rambler! Fancy leaving the car at home and enjoying a family day- out in the National Park this summer? The South Downs Rambler bus is the Winchester Hill, the luxurious Langrish perfect opportunity to explore the South House Hotel and a number of traditional Downs Way – without expending a village pubs and villages. huge amount of energy by walking a Every driver on the South Downs 20-mile stretch of it! Taking in a range of Rambler has considerable local breath-taking views and key attractions knowledge and will be delighted to offer between Winchester and Petersfield, the guidance. The bus, which links up with between £1.80 and £2.70. You can also Rambler runs every Sunday from July 7 rail services from London, the Midlands hop on and off all day with a Bluestar to September 8, as well as the August and South Coast, has been funded by network ticket at £7.50 for adults, £5.70 Bank Holiday Monday. the Three Rivers and East Hampshire for children and £23 for groups of up to The bus takes a scenic view from Community Rail Partnerships and Cross five people. Concessionary pass holders Winchester to Petersfield railway stations Country Trains, and is operated by are welcome. and back again – via the Winchester Bluestar. To download a timetable visit Science Centre and Planetarium, views Adult single fares range between southdownsbybus.squarespace. at Cheesefoot Head, the gardens of £2.40 and £6, with returns between com/the-south-downs-rambler or Hinton Ampner, the Iron Age fort at Old £3.90 and £7.90. Child fares are easthampshirerail.co.uk
22 SOUTH DOWNS VIEW – SPRING/SUMMER 2019 All in a Day’s Work
The South Downs National Park Rangers play right fuel. My go-to snack is Cocking Crunch, a local delicacy that, pound for a vital role in helping to look after this beautiful pound, probably has more calories than landscape, but what is it like to actually be in this any foodstuff currently on the market. For anyone interested in adding it to their role. Charles Winchester, South Downs Ranger for New Year diet, it can be purchased from the Wealden Heaths area, tells us more… Cocking Post Office.
“Being a Ranger in the South Downs is 2019 Projects about as diverse and interesting as a job There are a couple of projects coming up can get. The thing I like most is that no this year that I’m excited to get started day is the same. It definitely has to be the on. The first is to turn an old sand pit most varied job I’ve ever done, and for into a home fit for nesting sand martins. that reason it never gets boring! The second is to enhance a stretch of Throughout my life I have worked – channel along the River Rother, with the and continue to work – on my parent’s aim of reducing erosion and improving fish livestock farm. However, my job before habitat. Hopefully both projects will help I came to the South Downs was with wildlife in those corners of the National an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Lapwing © Chris Prince Park to thrive in the coming years. (AONB). Like National Parks, AONBs don’t own any land but work in partnership with others to help conserve and enhance “PEEEWIT!” of lapwings down an entire landscape. I have also done a at Pulborough Brooks. A close second number of jobs abroad, including working would be Stephen, one of our volunteers, Favourite View on European Environmental Policy in shouting ‘tea!’ at 11am sharp on task days. The view towards the Downs from Brussels, doing climate change research Lord’s Piece is pretty special. I also and field work in Australia, and helping set like the view you get driving down up urban farms for underprivileged groups It definitely has to be the Lavant Valley on a summer’s in the United States. the most varied job I’ve evening. ever done, and for that Animals and Wildlife Bizarre Encounters reason it never gets The most unusual job I’ve “Having grown up on a farm I’d have to boring! undertaken since joining the South say my favourite animal has to be the Downs National Park Authority is Southdowns sheep. This small traditional probably trying to sort out an “overly breed originated near Lewes over 200 Perks of the job aggressive peacock” on the South years ago and has been instrumental in Downs Way. It turned out to be the development of a number of other “One of my favourite bits of Ranger kit has an unusual species of pheasant British sheep breeds. It’s also a large to be the chainsaw. There’s nothing quite misidentified by a walker, but it’s part of the reason why the South Downs like the adrenaline you get from felling a certainly the most unusual issue I’ve landscape that we all love looks the way big tree and I’m sure many of the other had to deal with… so far anyway! it does. Rangers would agree! In terms of distinctive sounds to listen With a lot of our daily work outside, out for in the South Downs, I love the in all weathers, it’s important to have the SOUTH DOWNS VIEW – SPRING/SUMMER 2019 23 Support Your National Park © Sam Moore
We have big ambitions for your National Park: we want to see more of the land managed for wildlife; more rare habitats protected; more local communities thriving and more people able to access and enjoy the landscapes.
The South Downs Trust is proud to support high quality projects, informed by the South Downs Rangers, local communities and environmental and heritage experts. Find out more and donate via the Trust’s website – southdownstrust.org.uk
Gifts in wills After you’ve thought of family and friends, you may choose to support the South Downs Trust by leaving a gift in your will. Any gift will make a difference to conserve and enhance the South Downs. Contact James Winkworth for more details – [email protected]
“I have found much comfort on the downs, and I hope my children can find the same.”
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