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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.
The South Downs are a popular area for ramblers with a network of over 2,000 mi (3,200 km) of well-managed, well-signed and easily accessible trails. The principal bridleway, and longest of them, is the South Downs Way. [17] The Monarch's Way, having originated at Worcester, crosses the South Downs and ends at Shoreham-by-Sea. [18]
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.
Chanctonbury Ring is a prehistoric hill fort atop Chanctonbury Hill on the South Downs, on the border of the civil parishes of Washington and Wiston in the English county of West Sussex. A ridgeway, now part of the South Downs Way, runs along the hill.
The South Downs Way and Monarch's Way long distance footpaths cross the summit of the hill, which reaches 197 metres (646 ft). About 2 kilometres to the northeast is another prominent hill, Henwood Down (201 m), above the village of East Meon. In March 2009, it became part of the South Downs National Park.
The Downs Link is a 36.7 miles (59.1 km) path and bridleway linking the North Downs Way at St. Martha's Hill in Surrey with the South Downs Way near Steyning in West Sussex and on via the Coastal Link to Shoreham-by-Sea. This is part of the National Cycle Network as National Route 223.
After release in June, the full album In A South Downs Way reached the top position in the Official UK Specialist Classical Charts. [9] Having performed extracts of the album at the Glastonbury Festival to positive reviews, the producers recognised the potential to continue with further such compositions that would reflect other parts of the ...
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