South Downs
The South Downs is a national park in South East England. The park comprises an area of chalk upland which stretches from Winchester in Hampshire, through West Sussex to Eastbourne in East Sussex.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: wildlife encounters, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wolstonbury Hill and Church of the Transfiguration.
Wolstonbury Hill
Peak
Photo: Cupcakekid, CC BY 2.5.
Wolstonbury Hill is a 58.9-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-west of in West Sussex, within South Downs National Park. It is owned by the National Trust and part of it is a Scheduled Monument.
Church of the Transfiguration
Church
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church of the Transfiguration is the Church of England parish church of the village of Pyecombe, in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England.
St John the Baptist’s Church, Clayton
Church
Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.
St John the Baptist's Church is the Church of England parish church of the village of Clayton in Mid Sussex District, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ditchling and Hurstpierpoint.
Ditchling
Photo: Paste, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ditchling is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. The village is contained within the boundaries of the South Downs National Park; the order confirming the establishment of the park was signed in Ditchling.
Hurstpierpoint
Village
Photo: Paul Gillett, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hurstpierpoint is a village in the Mid Sussex district, in the county of West Sussex, England, 4 miles southwest of Burgess Hill, and 1.5 miles west of Hassocks railway station.
Hassocks
Village
Photo: Hassocks5489, Public domain.
Hassocks is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. Its name is believed to derive from the tufts of grass found in the surrounding fields.
South Downs
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 39 feet
- Description: range of hills in the United Kingdom
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Yue Chinese—“South Downs” goes by many names.
- Basque: “South Downs”
- Bengali: “সাউথ ডাউনস”
- Bulgarian: “Саут Даунс”
- Catalan: “South Downs”
- Cebuano: “South Downs”
- Chinese: “南丘”
- Chinese: “南唐斯丘陵”
- Chinese: “南部丘陵”
- Czech: “South Downs”
- Danish: “South Downs”
- Dutch: “Nationaal park South Downs”
- Dutch: “South Downs”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ساوث داونز”
- French: “South Downs”
- German: “South Downs”
- Italian: “South Downs”
- Japanese: “サウス・ダウンズ丘陵”
- Japanese: “サウスダウンズ”
- Japanese: “ノースダウンズ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “South Downs”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “South Downs”
- Norwegian: “South Downs”
- Polish: “South Downs”
- Russian: “Сауз Даунс”
- Russian: “Саут-Даунс”
- Serbo-Croatian: “South Downs”
- Spanish: “South Downs”
- Swedish: “South Downs”
- Turkish: “South Downs”
- Venetian: “South Downs”
- Welsh: “Twyni Deheuol”
- Yue Chinese: “南丘”
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