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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.
Worthing Golf Club is a golf club on the South Downs at Worthing, England. Located close to the Iron Age hill fort of Cissbury Ring in the new South Downs National Park , the club comprises two links golf courses, a 6 hole academy course, a driving range, practice area, two putting greens and a clubhouse.
Proposals to create a national park for the South Downs date back to the 1940s. However, it was not until 1999 that the idea received firm government support. After a public enquiry that took place between 2003 and 2009, the government announced its decision to make the South Downs a national park on 31 March 2009.
Blackdown, or Black Down, summit elevation 279.7 metres (918 ft) AMSL, is the highest point in both the historic county of Sussex and the South Downs National Park. It is one of the highest points in the south east of England, exceeded by Walbury Hill, Leith Hill and Pilot Hill. Blackdown is protected as part of the South Downs National Park.
Bounded by Wilson Avenue and East Brighton golf course, the park extends into Sheepcote Valley and covers around 60 acres. Within the park, there are pitches for football and cricket, tennis courts, a café and a children's playground, beyond it is the South Downs National Park. It was created in 1925.
Jan Knowlson, the national park’s biodiversity officer and one of the judges, said of the yellowhammer photo: “It’s one of our great farmland birds in the South Downs that has struggled in ...
Jan Knowlson, the South Downs National Park's biodiversity officer, said Willow and Wilson were a "fabulous addition". "We're really interested in getting the water quality up," she said.
The South Downs Way runs along the edge of the cliffs, taking a very undulating course. Many landmarks around the area are named after the cliffs, including the Seven Sisters Sheep Centre . A panoramic view of all seven sisters from the Beachy Head cliffs near Birling Gap , looking back towards the River Cuckmere and Seaford Head in the background