England · National park
South Downs National Park
A hundred miles of chalk from Winchester to the Seven Sisters, with hillforts on top and the sea at the end.
The South Downs are the chalk ridge that runs across Hampshire and Sussex and ends in the white cliffs at Beachy Head. Nothing on it is high, but the scarp is steep, the views over the Weald are wide, and the whole length of it is walkable on the South Downs Way. It is the newest national park and the one closest to the most people.
Winchester, Petersfield, Arundel, Lewes and Eastbourne are the bases, all on the railway.
- Highest point
- Blackdown, 280 m
- Area
- 1,627 km²
- Designated
- 2010
- Walks mapped
- 7
- TRXO regions
- South Downs & the South East
7 walks
Moderate
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New
Winchester: the water meadows and St Catherine's Hill
Winchester
7.7 km · 100 m · 2–2.5 h