South Downs National Park
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A sky full of stars ⭐
📸: Lorcan Taylor-Hood
📸: Lorcan Taylor-Hood
December 9, 2025 at 5:00 AM
A sky full of stars ⭐
📸: Lorcan Taylor-Hood
📸: Lorcan Taylor-Hood
Ewes and views 🐑
📸: Tom Hard
📸: Tom Hard
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Ewes and views 🐑
📸: Tom Hard
📸: Tom Hard
Forest bathing this weekend, anyone? 🌲
No soap required - just nature, fresh air, and a slowed‑down you.
Studies show “forest bathing” (shinrin‑yoku) can lower blood pressure, boost immunity, and ease stress.
📸: Sam Moore, Friston Forest
No soap required - just nature, fresh air, and a slowed‑down you.
Studies show “forest bathing” (shinrin‑yoku) can lower blood pressure, boost immunity, and ease stress.
📸: Sam Moore, Friston Forest
December 7, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Forest bathing this weekend, anyone? 🌲
No soap required - just nature, fresh air, and a slowed‑down you.
Studies show “forest bathing” (shinrin‑yoku) can lower blood pressure, boost immunity, and ease stress.
📸: Sam Moore, Friston Forest
No soap required - just nature, fresh air, and a slowed‑down you.
Studies show “forest bathing” (shinrin‑yoku) can lower blood pressure, boost immunity, and ease stress.
📸: Sam Moore, Friston Forest
Have you 'herd'? 🐮
We're still accepting entries for our 2025/2026 Astrophotography Competition!
Find out more and enter: southdowns.gov.uk/dark-night-skies/astrophotography-competition 💫
📸: Christopher Pearson
We're still accepting entries for our 2025/2026 Astrophotography Competition!
Find out more and enter: southdowns.gov.uk/dark-night-skies/astrophotography-competition 💫
📸: Christopher Pearson
December 6, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Have you 'herd'? 🐮
We're still accepting entries for our 2025/2026 Astrophotography Competition!
Find out more and enter: southdowns.gov.uk/dark-night-skies/astrophotography-competition 💫
📸: Christopher Pearson
We're still accepting entries for our 2025/2026 Astrophotography Competition!
Find out more and enter: southdowns.gov.uk/dark-night-skies/astrophotography-competition 💫
📸: Christopher Pearson
Shoutout to all of our incredible volunteers ❤️
Because of you, the National Park remains the beautiful, vibrant place it is - and we’re so grateful.
#InternationalVolunteerDay
📸: SDNPA
Because of you, the National Park remains the beautiful, vibrant place it is - and we’re so grateful.
#InternationalVolunteerDay
📸: SDNPA
December 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Shoutout to all of our incredible volunteers ❤️
Because of you, the National Park remains the beautiful, vibrant place it is - and we’re so grateful.
#InternationalVolunteerDay
📸: SDNPA
Because of you, the National Park remains the beautiful, vibrant place it is - and we’re so grateful.
#InternationalVolunteerDay
📸: SDNPA
Much-needed improvements at RSPB Pulborough Brooks and RSPB Pagham Harbour are now complete, helping us restore valuable wetland habitats that benefit a variety of plants and animals 💚
Full story: www.southdowns.gov.uk/from-south-d...
#NationalLottery #HeritageFund #DownstotheSea
Full story: www.southdowns.gov.uk/from-south-d...
#NationalLottery #HeritageFund #DownstotheSea
December 4, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Much-needed improvements at RSPB Pulborough Brooks and RSPB Pagham Harbour are now complete, helping us restore valuable wetland habitats that benefit a variety of plants and animals 💚
Full story: www.southdowns.gov.uk/from-south-d...
#NationalLottery #HeritageFund #DownstotheSea
Full story: www.southdowns.gov.uk/from-south-d...
#NationalLottery #HeritageFund #DownstotheSea
Not all differences or disabilities can be seen, but all come with their own needs and considerations.
Whether its audio trails, easy-access routes or quiet sessions, there's lots of ways we're making the National Park more inclusive.
Learn more: southdowns.gov.uk/accessibility 👋
📸: SDNPA
Whether its audio trails, easy-access routes or quiet sessions, there's lots of ways we're making the National Park more inclusive.
Learn more: southdowns.gov.uk/accessibility 👋
📸: SDNPA
December 3, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Not all differences or disabilities can be seen, but all come with their own needs and considerations.
Whether its audio trails, easy-access routes or quiet sessions, there's lots of ways we're making the National Park more inclusive.
Learn more: southdowns.gov.uk/accessibility 👋
📸: SDNPA
Whether its audio trails, easy-access routes or quiet sessions, there's lots of ways we're making the National Park more inclusive.
Learn more: southdowns.gov.uk/accessibility 👋
📸: SDNPA
The unmistakable hues of autumn 🍂
Did you know that despite the rolling hills, 23% of the National Park is covered by woodland?
📸: Carrie Davidson
Did you know that despite the rolling hills, 23% of the National Park is covered by woodland?
📸: Carrie Davidson
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The unmistakable hues of autumn 🍂
Did you know that despite the rolling hills, 23% of the National Park is covered by woodland?
📸: Carrie Davidson
Did you know that despite the rolling hills, 23% of the National Park is covered by woodland?
📸: Carrie Davidson
The South Downs Advent Calendar is now live! ☃️
Test your South Downs knowledge each day for the chance to win a luxury hamper 💝
Remember you can only answer the question on the actual day, so don't forget to open the door before midnight! 😉
👉 southdownsnationalpark.adventcalendar.com
Test your South Downs knowledge each day for the chance to win a luxury hamper 💝
Remember you can only answer the question on the actual day, so don't forget to open the door before midnight! 😉
👉 southdownsnationalpark.adventcalendar.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The South Downs Advent Calendar is now live! ☃️
Test your South Downs knowledge each day for the chance to win a luxury hamper 💝
Remember you can only answer the question on the actual day, so don't forget to open the door before midnight! 😉
👉 southdownsnationalpark.adventcalendar.com
Test your South Downs knowledge each day for the chance to win a luxury hamper 💝
Remember you can only answer the question on the actual day, so don't forget to open the door before midnight! 😉
👉 southdownsnationalpark.adventcalendar.com
It's the last day to sign up for our South Downs Christmas Advent Calendar Quiz before the first door opens tomorrow! 🎅
Top prize is a gorgeous South Downs hamper and the runner-up will win a bottle of sparkling wine 🍾
Sign up here 👉 southdownsnationalpark.adventcalendar.com
📷 Ian Brierley
Top prize is a gorgeous South Downs hamper and the runner-up will win a bottle of sparkling wine 🍾
Sign up here 👉 southdownsnationalpark.adventcalendar.com
📷 Ian Brierley
November 30, 2025 at 5:00 AM
It's the last day to sign up for our South Downs Christmas Advent Calendar Quiz before the first door opens tomorrow! 🎅
Top prize is a gorgeous South Downs hamper and the runner-up will win a bottle of sparkling wine 🍾
Sign up here 👉 southdownsnationalpark.adventcalendar.com
📷 Ian Brierley
Top prize is a gorgeous South Downs hamper and the runner-up will win a bottle of sparkling wine 🍾
Sign up here 👉 southdownsnationalpark.adventcalendar.com
📷 Ian Brierley
This is your reminder that our Astrophotography Competition is back! 💫
Full details here: southdowns.gov.uk/dark-night-skies/astrophotography-competition 👋
📸: Sean Lewis
Full details here: southdowns.gov.uk/dark-night-skies/astrophotography-competition 👋
📸: Sean Lewis
November 28, 2025 at 6:00 AM
This is your reminder that our Astrophotography Competition is back! 💫
Full details here: southdowns.gov.uk/dark-night-skies/astrophotography-competition 👋
📸: Sean Lewis
Full details here: southdowns.gov.uk/dark-night-skies/astrophotography-competition 👋
📸: Sean Lewis
The South Downs National Park is crammed with amazing history! ⚔️ 🏰
Find out about efforts to restore these incredible paintings of cultural heroines from the 1500s 👸
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/restoration-...
Find out about efforts to restore these incredible paintings of cultural heroines from the 1500s 👸
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/restoration-...
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The South Downs National Park is crammed with amazing history! ⚔️ 🏰
Find out about efforts to restore these incredible paintings of cultural heroines from the 1500s 👸
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/restoration-...
Find out about efforts to restore these incredible paintings of cultural heroines from the 1500s 👸
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/restoration-...
The official South Downs National Park 2026 Calendar is here! 📆
Bursting with gorgeous photos of the National Park and its amazing wildlife, it’s perfect as a stocking filler or just as a little treat for yourself.
🔗Find out more and order: www.southdowns.gov.uk/shop
Bursting with gorgeous photos of the National Park and its amazing wildlife, it’s perfect as a stocking filler or just as a little treat for yourself.
🔗Find out more and order: www.southdowns.gov.uk/shop
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The official South Downs National Park 2026 Calendar is here! 📆
Bursting with gorgeous photos of the National Park and its amazing wildlife, it’s perfect as a stocking filler or just as a little treat for yourself.
🔗Find out more and order: www.southdowns.gov.uk/shop
Bursting with gorgeous photos of the National Park and its amazing wildlife, it’s perfect as a stocking filler or just as a little treat for yourself.
🔗Find out more and order: www.southdowns.gov.uk/shop
Cuckmere Haven and Cissbury Ring are just two of the places in the National Park that are now part of the expanded United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Biosphere 🌍
Learn more 👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/world-recogn...
📷 Sam Moore
Learn more 👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/world-recogn...
📷 Sam Moore
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Cuckmere Haven and Cissbury Ring are just two of the places in the National Park that are now part of the expanded United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Biosphere 🌍
Learn more 👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/world-recogn...
📷 Sam Moore
Learn more 👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/world-recogn...
📷 Sam Moore
We have achieved our goal of planting 100,000 trees by the end of this winter! 🌳
But we're not stopping there... now we want to plant at least one million more.
📸 Joe James
🔗 Find out more: southdowns.gov.uk/we-did-it-triumph-for-nature-as-south-downs-national-park-hits-tree-planting-target
But we're not stopping there... now we want to plant at least one million more.
📸 Joe James
🔗 Find out more: southdowns.gov.uk/we-did-it-triumph-for-nature-as-south-downs-national-park-hits-tree-planting-target
November 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
We have achieved our goal of planting 100,000 trees by the end of this winter! 🌳
But we're not stopping there... now we want to plant at least one million more.
📸 Joe James
🔗 Find out more: southdowns.gov.uk/we-did-it-triumph-for-nature-as-south-downs-national-park-hits-tree-planting-target
But we're not stopping there... now we want to plant at least one million more.
📸 Joe James
🔗 Find out more: southdowns.gov.uk/we-did-it-triumph-for-nature-as-south-downs-national-park-hits-tree-planting-target
Happy Tuesday 😊
📷 Sunrise at Bury Hill by Chris Hall
📷 Sunrise at Bury Hill by Chris Hall
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Happy Tuesday 😊
📷 Sunrise at Bury Hill by Chris Hall
📷 Sunrise at Bury Hill by Chris Hall
* JOB ALERT *
Nature recovery and creating new wildlife havens sit at the heart of the National Park Authority's work 🦉
We're currently seeking a Strategy Lead for Nature Recovery.
Apply 👉 bit.ly/3K3QVpY
📷 Corinne Kozok
Nature recovery and creating new wildlife havens sit at the heart of the National Park Authority's work 🦉
We're currently seeking a Strategy Lead for Nature Recovery.
Apply 👉 bit.ly/3K3QVpY
📷 Corinne Kozok
November 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
* JOB ALERT *
Nature recovery and creating new wildlife havens sit at the heart of the National Park Authority's work 🦉
We're currently seeking a Strategy Lead for Nature Recovery.
Apply 👉 bit.ly/3K3QVpY
📷 Corinne Kozok
Nature recovery and creating new wildlife havens sit at the heart of the National Park Authority's work 🦉
We're currently seeking a Strategy Lead for Nature Recovery.
Apply 👉 bit.ly/3K3QVpY
📷 Corinne Kozok
We're soon to be celebrating 10 years of the National Park being an International Dark Sky Reserve! 🌠
If you have an amazing night-time photograph, you could win up to £250!
Find out more 👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/AstroPhotoComp
📷 Aurora and tree at Firle Beacon by Lee J Rouse
If you have an amazing night-time photograph, you could win up to £250!
Find out more 👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/AstroPhotoComp
📷 Aurora and tree at Firle Beacon by Lee J Rouse
November 23, 2025 at 5:00 AM
We're soon to be celebrating 10 years of the National Park being an International Dark Sky Reserve! 🌠
If you have an amazing night-time photograph, you could win up to £250!
Find out more 👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/AstroPhotoComp
📷 Aurora and tree at Firle Beacon by Lee J Rouse
If you have an amazing night-time photograph, you could win up to £250!
Find out more 👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/AstroPhotoComp
📷 Aurora and tree at Firle Beacon by Lee J Rouse
Happy National Tree Week! 🌳
Do you love trees as much as we do?
If you have a favourite tree or woodland in the National Park, please do share it with us! 😊
📷 Tree of Solace by Sam Moore
Do you love trees as much as we do?
If you have a favourite tree or woodland in the National Park, please do share it with us! 😊
📷 Tree of Solace by Sam Moore
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Happy National Tree Week! 🌳
Do you love trees as much as we do?
If you have a favourite tree or woodland in the National Park, please do share it with us! 😊
📷 Tree of Solace by Sam Moore
Do you love trees as much as we do?
If you have a favourite tree or woodland in the National Park, please do share it with us! 😊
📷 Tree of Solace by Sam Moore
Our astrophotography season is well under way! 🌠
To celebrate our 10th anniversary as a Dark Sky Reserve, you could win up to £250 in our photo competition.
🔗Enter here: southdowns.gov.uk/dark-night-skies/astrophotography-competition
📷 Lee J Rouse
To celebrate our 10th anniversary as a Dark Sky Reserve, you could win up to £250 in our photo competition.
🔗Enter here: southdowns.gov.uk/dark-night-skies/astrophotography-competition
📷 Lee J Rouse
November 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Our astrophotography season is well under way! 🌠
To celebrate our 10th anniversary as a Dark Sky Reserve, you could win up to £250 in our photo competition.
🔗Enter here: southdowns.gov.uk/dark-night-skies/astrophotography-competition
📷 Lee J Rouse
To celebrate our 10th anniversary as a Dark Sky Reserve, you could win up to £250 in our photo competition.
🔗Enter here: southdowns.gov.uk/dark-night-skies/astrophotography-competition
📷 Lee J Rouse
Have you signed up for our Advent Calendar Quiz yet? 🎄
You could win a luxury hamper or a bottle of South Downs fizz! 🍾
Be in it to win it 👉 southdownsnationalpark.adventcalendar.com
📷 Autumn meets winter, Matt Goddard
You could win a luxury hamper or a bottle of South Downs fizz! 🍾
Be in it to win it 👉 southdownsnationalpark.adventcalendar.com
📷 Autumn meets winter, Matt Goddard
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Have you signed up for our Advent Calendar Quiz yet? 🎄
You could win a luxury hamper or a bottle of South Downs fizz! 🍾
Be in it to win it 👉 southdownsnationalpark.adventcalendar.com
📷 Autumn meets winter, Matt Goddard
You could win a luxury hamper or a bottle of South Downs fizz! 🍾
Be in it to win it 👉 southdownsnationalpark.adventcalendar.com
📷 Autumn meets winter, Matt Goddard
We've just published our latest Economic Profile, giving a really fascinating snapshot of the diverse economy of the National Park.
Ahead of the Autumn Budget, we're calling for renewed support for rural economies and farmers, as well as accelerated growth in the right areas.
👉 rb.gy/u3vgei
Ahead of the Autumn Budget, we're calling for renewed support for rural economies and farmers, as well as accelerated growth in the right areas.
👉 rb.gy/u3vgei
Green economy thrives in the South Downs amid calls to enshrine nature into UK growth plans - South Downs National Park
The South Downs National Park is the “economic powerhouse” of England’s protected landscapes, a major new independent study has shown. With protected landscapes covering a quarter of England, the repo...
www.southdowns.gov.uk
November 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We've just published our latest Economic Profile, giving a really fascinating snapshot of the diverse economy of the National Park.
Ahead of the Autumn Budget, we're calling for renewed support for rural economies and farmers, as well as accelerated growth in the right areas.
👉 rb.gy/u3vgei
Ahead of the Autumn Budget, we're calling for renewed support for rural economies and farmers, as well as accelerated growth in the right areas.
👉 rb.gy/u3vgei
* JOB ALERT *
We currently have a position available for a Fundraising Officer.
If you have experience of researching and writing fundraising applications, plus have an interest in nature, heritage and climate action, this could be the job for you! 😊
👉 bit.ly/4nORXE7
We currently have a position available for a Fundraising Officer.
If you have experience of researching and writing fundraising applications, plus have an interest in nature, heritage and climate action, this could be the job for you! 😊
👉 bit.ly/4nORXE7
November 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
* JOB ALERT *
We currently have a position available for a Fundraising Officer.
If you have experience of researching and writing fundraising applications, plus have an interest in nature, heritage and climate action, this could be the job for you! 😊
👉 bit.ly/4nORXE7
We currently have a position available for a Fundraising Officer.
If you have experience of researching and writing fundraising applications, plus have an interest in nature, heritage and climate action, this could be the job for you! 😊
👉 bit.ly/4nORXE7
We 🧡 Autumn
📷 Katarzyna Kedziora
📍 Halnaker
📷 Katarzyna Kedziora
📍 Halnaker
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 AM
We 🧡 Autumn
📷 Katarzyna Kedziora
📍 Halnaker
📷 Katarzyna Kedziora
📍 Halnaker
Sunday serenity.
The view towards Ashcombe Mill near Kingston.
📷 Lloyd Lane
The view towards Ashcombe Mill near Kingston.
📷 Lloyd Lane
November 16, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Sunday serenity.
The view towards Ashcombe Mill near Kingston.
📷 Lloyd Lane
The view towards Ashcombe Mill near Kingston.
📷 Lloyd Lane