News Updates

When an individual becomes 100 years old, they receive a birthday card from the King.  But what happens when an organisation reaches that milestone?  Well, in the case of our… Read more: Triumphs in Conservation

The first of our Centenary prizes for academic work at Brighton University was awarded at the main University-wide graduation ceremony on Friday 28 July 2023 at the Brighton Centre. The… Read more: The Robert Thurston-Hopkins Award

Friends of the South Downs was established 100 years ago by ordinary people taking action to protect our precious Downland landscape. Over the past 100 years, our charity’s growth and… Read more: Your Opinion Matters

I’ll come clean.  My enthusiasm for country walking is what caused me to join the Friends of the South Downs in the first place.  Yes, I was at that stage… Read more: Not Just a Walking Club

Seven Sisters Country Park was transferred from East Sussex County Council to the stewardship of the SDNPA in 2020 and remains in public ownership. Since then, several improvements have been… Read more: The Pump Barn

We are deeply concerned to learn of the Government’s plans to rip up the planning protections that keep our national parks beautiful by allowing permitted development rights for conversions of… Read more: Conversions of Barns and Other Rural Buildings

We were deeply disappointed to learn of the Government’s plans to extend the Permitted Development Rights (PDR) for any agricultural or rural building to Protected Landscapes (National Parks and Areas… Read more: Permitted Development Rights (PDR)

From Canal to countryside, take a walk along the towpaths and trails of the Wey & Arun Canal – ‘London’s Lost Route to the Sea’ – and in woodland around… Read more: Towpaths and Trails

The Belloc Way is taking shape. The project is not yet finished, but there is an end in sight. We have now walked its full length for the first time.… Read more: The Belloc Way