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The South Downs National Park is England's newest national park, designated on 31 March 2010. [1] The park, covering an area of 1,627 square kilometres (628 sq mi) in southern England, stretches for 140 kilometres (87 mi) from Winchester in the west to Eastbourne in the east through the counties of Hampshire, West Sussex and East Sussex.
Elfwood was a popular web-based alternative art gallery and online community devoted to original science fiction and fantasy art and writing. [1][2] It was started 1 May 1996 by Thomas Abrahamsson [3] and claimed to be the largest science fiction and fantasy art site in the world. [4] It was most popular in the Americas and Europe.
The geology of the South Downs National Park in South East England comprises a gently folded succession of sedimentary rocks from the Cretaceous and early Palaeogene periods overlain in places by a range of superficial deposits from the last 2.6 million years. Whereas the South Downs are formed from the Late Cretaceous age chalk, the South ...
The South Downs are a long chalk escarpment that stretches for over 110 km (68 mi), rising from the valley of the River Itchen near Winchester, Hampshire, in the west to Beachy Head near Eastbourne, East Sussex, in the east. [10] Behind the steep north-facing scarp slope, the gently inclined dip slope of undulating chalk downland extends for a ...
Eastbourne Downland Estate. The Eastbourne Downland Estate is an area of downland at the easternmost end of the South Downs National Park in East Sussex, England. It was bought by the public, following threats to the beauty spots of Beachy Head and the surrounding farmland, which led to a public campaign and Act of Parliament in 1926. [1]
Blackcap is a hill and nature reserve in East Sussex, England. It is on a peak of the South Downs, just south east of Plumpton and west of Lewes. The flatter landscape is made up of open ground with chalk paths, surrounded by thickets. The steeper ground leading up to the ridge is low-density woodland. The top is more open, with patches of pine ...
The Devil's Humps are counted among the most impressive round barrows surviving on the South Downs. [2] The Devil's Humps are within the Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve . [ 3 ] The two bell barrows together with two pond barrows and a cross dyke are listed as Scheduled Ancient Monument 1008371, [ 4 ] while the two bowl barrows are listed ...
Wales. Cross-border. v. t. e. The South Downs Way is a long distance footpath and bridleway running along the South Downs in southern England. It is one of 16 National Trails in England and Wales. The trail runs for 160 km (100 mi) from Winchester in Hampshire to Eastbourne in East Sussex, with about 4,150 m (13,620 ft) of ascent and descent.