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Friston Forest: good all year but absolutely perfect in the Autumn.
📷 Sam Moore
📷 Sam Moore
November 15, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Friston Forest: good all year but absolutely perfect in the Autumn.
📷 Sam Moore
📷 Sam Moore
Calling all communities in the National Park! 🏠 🌳
We've just opened the call for projects for Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funding - helping local initiatives around everything from recreation, to access, climate and wildlife restoration.
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/community-in...
We've just opened the call for projects for Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funding - helping local initiatives around everything from recreation, to access, climate and wildlife restoration.
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/community-in...
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Calling all communities in the National Park! 🏠 🌳
We've just opened the call for projects for Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funding - helping local initiatives around everything from recreation, to access, climate and wildlife restoration.
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/community-in...
We've just opened the call for projects for Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funding - helping local initiatives around everything from recreation, to access, climate and wildlife restoration.
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/community-in...
Laines (not to be confused with lanes) are open pockets of arable farmland at the foot of Downs (which are actually hills) 🤔 ⠀
📷 Guy Edwards
📍 Wilmington Hill
📷 Guy Edwards
📍 Wilmington Hill
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Laines (not to be confused with lanes) are open pockets of arable farmland at the foot of Downs (which are actually hills) 🤔 ⠀
📷 Guy Edwards
📍 Wilmington Hill
📷 Guy Edwards
📍 Wilmington Hill
Young people are at the heart of National Parks and why these cherished landscapes were designated for the nation.
We're pleased to announce more than 7,500 children enjoyed school trips to the National Park over the past year, thanks to grants schemes.
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/thousands-of...
We're pleased to announce more than 7,500 children enjoyed school trips to the National Park over the past year, thanks to grants schemes.
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/thousands-of...
November 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Young people are at the heart of National Parks and why these cherished landscapes were designated for the nation.
We're pleased to announce more than 7,500 children enjoyed school trips to the National Park over the past year, thanks to grants schemes.
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/thousands-of...
We're pleased to announce more than 7,500 children enjoyed school trips to the National Park over the past year, thanks to grants schemes.
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/thousands-of...
The Chattri war memorial was unveiled in 1921.
It is testimony to “those Hindu warriors born in remote villages, for whom the wildest imagination would never have suggested at their birth that their funeral fires would be fanned by the winds that swept those Sussex hills…”
📷 Darren Holes
It is testimony to “those Hindu warriors born in remote villages, for whom the wildest imagination would never have suggested at their birth that their funeral fires would be fanned by the winds that swept those Sussex hills…”
📷 Darren Holes
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The Chattri war memorial was unveiled in 1921.
It is testimony to “those Hindu warriors born in remote villages, for whom the wildest imagination would never have suggested at their birth that their funeral fires would be fanned by the winds that swept those Sussex hills…”
📷 Darren Holes
It is testimony to “those Hindu warriors born in remote villages, for whom the wildest imagination would never have suggested at their birth that their funeral fires would be fanned by the winds that swept those Sussex hills…”
📷 Darren Holes
Local Nature Recovery Strategies in Sussex and Hampshire will be a crucial means of boosting biodiversity across the National Park 🐝
Time is running out to have your say on the plan so follow the link below to make your view count 🦋
👉 shorturl.at/68JDQ
Time is running out to have your say on the plan so follow the link below to make your view count 🦋
👉 shorturl.at/68JDQ
November 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Local Nature Recovery Strategies in Sussex and Hampshire will be a crucial means of boosting biodiversity across the National Park 🐝
Time is running out to have your say on the plan so follow the link below to make your view count 🦋
👉 shorturl.at/68JDQ
Time is running out to have your say on the plan so follow the link below to make your view count 🦋
👉 shorturl.at/68JDQ
'Mudlarks', 'Chop-backs' & 'Pork-bolters' are just some of the traditional nicknames given to fishermen along the Sussex coast, depending on where they came from. ⠀
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Can you guess where each one is said to come from?⠀⠀
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📷 Hannah Temple
📍 Beachy Head Lighthouse
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Can you guess where each one is said to come from?⠀⠀
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📷 Hannah Temple
📍 Beachy Head Lighthouse
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
'Mudlarks', 'Chop-backs' & 'Pork-bolters' are just some of the traditional nicknames given to fishermen along the Sussex coast, depending on where they came from. ⠀
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Can you guess where each one is said to come from?⠀⠀
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📷 Hannah Temple
📍 Beachy Head Lighthouse
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Can you guess where each one is said to come from?⠀⠀
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📷 Hannah Temple
📍 Beachy Head Lighthouse
To all the fallen, we will remember them.⠀⠀
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📷 Emma Varley
📍 Lancing Ring
#LestWeForget #WeWillRememberThem #Remembrance
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📷 Emma Varley
📍 Lancing Ring
#LestWeForget #WeWillRememberThem #Remembrance
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
To all the fallen, we will remember them.⠀⠀
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📷 Emma Varley
📍 Lancing Ring
#LestWeForget #WeWillRememberThem #Remembrance
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📷 Emma Varley
📍 Lancing Ring
#LestWeForget #WeWillRememberThem #Remembrance
Great Christmas gift! 🎄
We've had lots of requests for more information about the Official South Downs National Park 2026 calendar.
Visit our South Downs Shop page where you can see more detail and purchase your copy. buff.ly/hOM8K3i
#2026Calendar #SouthDownsNationalPark
We've had lots of requests for more information about the Official South Downs National Park 2026 calendar.
Visit our South Downs Shop page where you can see more detail and purchase your copy. buff.ly/hOM8K3i
#2026Calendar #SouthDownsNationalPark
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Great Christmas gift! 🎄
We've had lots of requests for more information about the Official South Downs National Park 2026 calendar.
Visit our South Downs Shop page where you can see more detail and purchase your copy. buff.ly/hOM8K3i
#2026Calendar #SouthDownsNationalPark
We've had lots of requests for more information about the Official South Downs National Park 2026 calendar.
Visit our South Downs Shop page where you can see more detail and purchase your copy. buff.ly/hOM8K3i
#2026Calendar #SouthDownsNationalPark
'Clodgy', 'Gubber', 'Sleech'.
These are just some of the 30 different words for mud in the Sussex dialect.
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Do you know any others?⠀⠀
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📷 Elaine Higgins ⠀⠀
These are just some of the 30 different words for mud in the Sussex dialect.
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Do you know any others?⠀⠀
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📷 Elaine Higgins ⠀⠀
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
'Clodgy', 'Gubber', 'Sleech'.
These are just some of the 30 different words for mud in the Sussex dialect.
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Do you know any others?⠀⠀
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📷 Elaine Higgins ⠀⠀
These are just some of the 30 different words for mud in the Sussex dialect.
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Do you know any others?⠀⠀
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📷 Elaine Higgins ⠀⠀
We will remember them.⠀
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📷 Richard Murray⠀
📍 Trundle Hill, Goodwood
#Remembrance #LestWeForget #WeWillRememberThem
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📷 Richard Murray⠀
📍 Trundle Hill, Goodwood
#Remembrance #LestWeForget #WeWillRememberThem
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 AM
We will remember them.⠀
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📷 Richard Murray⠀
📍 Trundle Hill, Goodwood
#Remembrance #LestWeForget #WeWillRememberThem
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📷 Richard Murray⠀
📍 Trundle Hill, Goodwood
#Remembrance #LestWeForget #WeWillRememberThem
Time to learn some more old Sussex. ⠀⠀
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Have you ever heard the word 'bostal'? ⠀
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If you have, it was probably on a steep lane or path because that's exactly what it is: 'a small path leading to a hill.'⠀⠀
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📷 Alex Holden
📍 Butser Hill
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Have you ever heard the word 'bostal'? ⠀
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If you have, it was probably on a steep lane or path because that's exactly what it is: 'a small path leading to a hill.'⠀⠀
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📷 Alex Holden
📍 Butser Hill
November 8, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Time to learn some more old Sussex. ⠀⠀
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Have you ever heard the word 'bostal'? ⠀
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If you have, it was probably on a steep lane or path because that's exactly what it is: 'a small path leading to a hill.'⠀⠀
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📷 Alex Holden
📍 Butser Hill
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Have you ever heard the word 'bostal'? ⠀
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If you have, it was probably on a steep lane or path because that's exactly what it is: 'a small path leading to a hill.'⠀⠀
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📷 Alex Holden
📍 Butser Hill
The ancient Stopham bridge, near Pulborough, boasts almost six centuries of history.
A remarkable example of medieval craftsmanship, it has weathered floods, conflicts, and modern traffic. ⠀
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📷 Jamie Fielding
A remarkable example of medieval craftsmanship, it has weathered floods, conflicts, and modern traffic. ⠀
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📷 Jamie Fielding
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The ancient Stopham bridge, near Pulborough, boasts almost six centuries of history.
A remarkable example of medieval craftsmanship, it has weathered floods, conflicts, and modern traffic. ⠀
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📷 Jamie Fielding
A remarkable example of medieval craftsmanship, it has weathered floods, conflicts, and modern traffic. ⠀
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📷 Jamie Fielding
Did you know Sussex has its own dialect? Once widely spoken, it's mostly gone the way of the dinosaurs.
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But we think it's time to bring it back.
We're starting with...Dumbledore! Not a wisened wizard but old Sussex for bumblebee!
📷 Jan Knowlson
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But we think it's time to bring it back.
We're starting with...Dumbledore! Not a wisened wizard but old Sussex for bumblebee!
📷 Jan Knowlson
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Did you know Sussex has its own dialect? Once widely spoken, it's mostly gone the way of the dinosaurs.
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But we think it's time to bring it back.
We're starting with...Dumbledore! Not a wisened wizard but old Sussex for bumblebee!
📷 Jan Knowlson
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But we think it's time to bring it back.
We're starting with...Dumbledore! Not a wisened wizard but old Sussex for bumblebee!
📷 Jan Knowlson
The official South Downs National Park 2026 Calendar is available now! 😊
And it's a beauty - so many glorious shots of this wonderful landscape and its wildlife.
Get your calendar here 👉 www.civicaepay.co.uk/BHCCEstore/e...
And it's a beauty - so many glorious shots of this wonderful landscape and its wildlife.
Get your calendar here 👉 www.civicaepay.co.uk/BHCCEstore/e...
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The official South Downs National Park 2026 Calendar is available now! 😊
And it's a beauty - so many glorious shots of this wonderful landscape and its wildlife.
Get your calendar here 👉 www.civicaepay.co.uk/BHCCEstore/e...
And it's a beauty - so many glorious shots of this wonderful landscape and its wildlife.
Get your calendar here 👉 www.civicaepay.co.uk/BHCCEstore/e...
There ant no place like Sussex,⠀⠀
Until ye goos above,⠀⠀
For Sussex will be Sussex,⠀⠀
And Sussex won't be druv."⠀⠀
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Happy #BonfireNight! If taking part in tonight's festivities, have fun and take care. ⠀
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📷 Peter Warren ⠀
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#SouthDowns
Until ye goos above,⠀⠀
For Sussex will be Sussex,⠀⠀
And Sussex won't be druv."⠀⠀
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Happy #BonfireNight! If taking part in tonight's festivities, have fun and take care. ⠀
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📷 Peter Warren ⠀
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#SouthDowns
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
There ant no place like Sussex,⠀⠀
Until ye goos above,⠀⠀
For Sussex will be Sussex,⠀⠀
And Sussex won't be druv."⠀⠀
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Happy #BonfireNight! If taking part in tonight's festivities, have fun and take care. ⠀
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📷 Peter Warren ⠀
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#SouthDowns
Until ye goos above,⠀⠀
For Sussex will be Sussex,⠀⠀
And Sussex won't be druv."⠀⠀
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Happy #BonfireNight! If taking part in tonight's festivities, have fun and take care. ⠀
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📷 Peter Warren ⠀
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#SouthDowns
Drum roll please! 🥁
Our popular Advent Calendar Quiz is back soon for the chance to win a luxury South Downs hamper! 😊
Sign up now to ensure you're ready to open the first door 🎄
👉 southdownsnationalpark.adventcalendar.com
📷 Ian Brierley
Our popular Advent Calendar Quiz is back soon for the chance to win a luxury South Downs hamper! 😊
Sign up now to ensure you're ready to open the first door 🎄
👉 southdownsnationalpark.adventcalendar.com
📷 Ian Brierley
November 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Drum roll please! 🥁
Our popular Advent Calendar Quiz is back soon for the chance to win a luxury South Downs hamper! 😊
Sign up now to ensure you're ready to open the first door 🎄
👉 southdownsnationalpark.adventcalendar.com
📷 Ian Brierley
Our popular Advent Calendar Quiz is back soon for the chance to win a luxury South Downs hamper! 😊
Sign up now to ensure you're ready to open the first door 🎄
👉 southdownsnationalpark.adventcalendar.com
📷 Ian Brierley
Autumn bliss.
📷 Sam Moore
📍 Foxhole (Cuckmere) Cottages, Seven Sisters
📷 Sam Moore
📍 Foxhole (Cuckmere) Cottages, Seven Sisters
November 4, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Autumn bliss.
📷 Sam Moore
📍 Foxhole (Cuckmere) Cottages, Seven Sisters
📷 Sam Moore
📍 Foxhole (Cuckmere) Cottages, Seven Sisters
The nights are drawing in fast and that can only mean one thing - it's South Downs dark skies season! 🌙 🎇
Our astrophotography competition returns with the chance to win £250! 🔭
Find out more 👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/dark-night-s...
📷 Man vs Galaxy by Lorcan Taylor-Hood
Our astrophotography competition returns with the chance to win £250! 🔭
Find out more 👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/dark-night-s...
📷 Man vs Galaxy by Lorcan Taylor-Hood
November 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The nights are drawing in fast and that can only mean one thing - it's South Downs dark skies season! 🌙 🎇
Our astrophotography competition returns with the chance to win £250! 🔭
Find out more 👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/dark-night-s...
📷 Man vs Galaxy by Lorcan Taylor-Hood
Our astrophotography competition returns with the chance to win £250! 🔭
Find out more 👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/dark-night-s...
📷 Man vs Galaxy by Lorcan Taylor-Hood
As we gear up to the start of Bonfire festivities, be sure to check those wood stacks for hedgehogs. ⠀⠀
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(and please remind others as well).
📷 Sarah Wolmersley
#SouthDowns #BonfireNight
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(and please remind others as well).
📷 Sarah Wolmersley
#SouthDowns #BonfireNight
November 3, 2025 at 5:00 AM
As we gear up to the start of Bonfire festivities, be sure to check those wood stacks for hedgehogs. ⠀⠀
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(and please remind others as well).
📷 Sarah Wolmersley
#SouthDowns #BonfireNight
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(and please remind others as well).
📷 Sarah Wolmersley
#SouthDowns #BonfireNight
Hands up if this is your kind of morning view?⠀
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📷 Evita Bird⠀⠀
📍 Forestside⠀
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📷 Evita Bird⠀⠀
📍 Forestside⠀
November 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Hands up if this is your kind of morning view?⠀
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📷 Evita Bird⠀⠀
📍 Forestside⠀
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📷 Evita Bird⠀⠀
📍 Forestside⠀
Welcome to November! ⠀
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Did you know Guy Fawkes was once employed as a footman at Cowdray House in Midhurst prior to the Gunpowder Plot?
📷 Carrie Davidson
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Did you know Guy Fawkes was once employed as a footman at Cowdray House in Midhurst prior to the Gunpowder Plot?
📷 Carrie Davidson
November 1, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Welcome to November! ⠀
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Did you know Guy Fawkes was once employed as a footman at Cowdray House in Midhurst prior to the Gunpowder Plot?
📷 Carrie Davidson
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Did you know Guy Fawkes was once employed as a footman at Cowdray House in Midhurst prior to the Gunpowder Plot?
📷 Carrie Davidson
The big day is finally here...it's the deadline for entries to our photo competition! 🫨
Please email over all your entries before midnight! 🌙 🎃
Thanks to everyone for taking part and best of luck!
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/care-for/pho...
📷 Snow on Wolstonbury Hill by Matt Goddard
Please email over all your entries before midnight! 🌙 🎃
Thanks to everyone for taking part and best of luck!
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/care-for/pho...
📷 Snow on Wolstonbury Hill by Matt Goddard
October 31, 2025 at 6:00 AM
The big day is finally here...it's the deadline for entries to our photo competition! 🫨
Please email over all your entries before midnight! 🌙 🎃
Thanks to everyone for taking part and best of luck!
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/care-for/pho...
📷 Snow on Wolstonbury Hill by Matt Goddard
Please email over all your entries before midnight! 🌙 🎃
Thanks to everyone for taking part and best of luck!
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/care-for/pho...
📷 Snow on Wolstonbury Hill by Matt Goddard
October 31, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Ol’ Sary Weaver lived at Upwaltham and was a village wise woman in the 1800s.
Local lore tells of her being a witch who could turn herself into a hare.
📷 Richard Murray
Local lore tells of her being a witch who could turn herself into a hare.
📷 Richard Murray
October 30, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Ol’ Sary Weaver lived at Upwaltham and was a village wise woman in the 1800s.
Local lore tells of her being a witch who could turn herself into a hare.
📷 Richard Murray
Local lore tells of her being a witch who could turn herself into a hare.
📷 Richard Murray