A year of achievements in the South Downs National Park

September 19, 2016

In 2015/16 the South Downs National Park Authority used the ambitious programme and vision it had created for England’s newest National Park to make an impact on the national stage.

The archaeological discoveries from the Secrets of the High Woods project made national news and promise to keep archaeologists busy for many years to come. The South Downs Food portal has quickly become established as the busiest and most comprehensive in the country. Major Heritage Lottery funding was secured for a five year Heathlands Reunited project which will set new standards in the restoration of this rare habitat, and one of the first farm clusters in the country was created, helping to shape a new model for the collaboration of farmers and landowners to achieve landscape scale benefits.

These are just a few of the successes which you can read about in the latest Annual Review for the Authority. As always a huge thank you goes out to the wide range of volunteers, communities, organisations, landowners, farmers, local businesses, societies, residents and visitors, who help us achieve so much and are all committed to caring for the South Downs.