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Mid Sussex Meanders No.1
Thursday 23 April, 10:00 – 12:00 Distance: 4.5 miles Start: Ditchling Country Park Folders Lane, East Ditchling BN6 8SQ Ref: 135/ TQ337180 Route: Mid Sussex Border Path, Lockstrood Farm, Purchase Wood, Stubs Copse. Easy going, mostly flat, free car park at W3W ///scarves.fees.thrashed
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Reimagining Rivers with Aimee Felus, CE of the Western Sussex Rivers Trust
Tuesday 21 April 2026 at 7pm, Pulborough Village Hall Join the Western Sussex Rivers Trust’s passionate and knowledgeable Chief Executive Aimee Felus for a deep dive into the state of our rivers and how we can take action for our riverscapes – for ourselves, the wildlife who live on them and for future generations. Find
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Guided Archaeology Walk on the Lewes Downs
Sunday 26 April 2026, 09:00 – 14:00 A venture onto the Lewes Downs with views over the beautiful Ouse Valley. The Caburn is an impressive Iron Age hillfort that has seen extensive excavations over the last 150 years. It is a rare example of a hill fort that seems to have been reused in later
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Land of the Nightingales: Guided tour of Butcherlands, Ebernoe Common
Wednesday 6 May 2026, 10:00 Ebernoe Wildlands is a nature reserve just to the north of Petworth. At its heart is Ebernoe Common National Nature Reserve. Here, one of the densest populations of Nightingales in the country thrive. A secretive bird, finding a Nightingale out in the open is a rare event. Their numbers are
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Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2026
Saturday 9 May 2026, 10:00 for a 10:30 start The 102nd Annual General Meeting of the Friends will be held at 10:00 for a 10:30 start on Saturday 9 May 2026 at Glyndebourne, Lewes, BN8 5UB. Members are invited to make nominations for the election or re-election of the Honorary Treasurer and Council Members. The
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Broadmoor to Leith
Friday 8 May, 10:00 – 14:00 Distance: 6.5 miles Start: Broadmoor Car Park, Sheephouse Lane RH5 5JY Ref: OL146/ TQ133454 Route: Squire’s Great Wood, Coldharbour, Leith Hill, Wotton Common. Car park is at W3W ///stuff.sketch.moral
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Better Smartphone Photography: Capture More of the South Downs
Wednesday 18 February 2026 online at 7pm. A fan of photography but not sure how to get the most out your smartphone camera? Join Friends of the South Downs and Sussex-based photographer David Taylor for an online training session focused on better smartphone photography. David will be focusing on iPhone cameras for certain specifics but