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Countryside Code refresh – have your say closes at 5pm on 11 January 2021
Did you know there was a Countryside Code? It is produced by the UK Government’s natural environment watchdog, Natural England. It has a statutory duty to produce and promote the Code to guide people visiting the countryside and to advise landowners...
19th January Online: Talk by Sir Charlie Burrell – the Knepp Estate Rewilding Project
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 7:30 PM Zoom talk with Sir Charlie Burrell The Friends of the South Downs have arranged a talk by Charlie Burrell, the owner of Knepp Castle, a 3500 acre estate that has been in the Burrell family for 220 years. Charlie is the inspiration...
2021 – Future Meetings of the South Downs National Park
Currently, due to Covid restrictions, all meetings are held on line. For further details go to: https://www.southdowns.gov.uk/national-park-authority/commitees-meetings/ Here are details of the currently published future meetings of the main committees of the SDNPA:...
Royal Mail’s first special stamps of 2021 celebrates UK’s National Parks!
Sussex has a big role to play in the Royal Mail's first special stamps issue of 2021 — which celebrates the 70th anniversary of the founding of Britain’s first National Parks. The stamps include an image of East Sussex's world-famous Seven Sisters' coastline, part of...
A27 bypass road proposals
New plans for the A27 Arundel Bypass by Highways England will devastate Arundel, surrounding villages, beautiful countryside, and the setting of the South Downs National Park. Highways England announced in October 2020 that the GREY ROUTE is its Preferred Route for...