The Vision for the Wildlife of Sussex". Sussex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 25 December 2012 . Retrieved 24 April 2012. The tree tunnel on Mill Lane is reminiscent of something you would find in the Shire from Middle Earth. It owes its heritage to an old Roman road connecting Chichester to London. The footfall has caused a sunken path, which adds to the sense that you are walking through a woodland kaleidoscope. When my wife Jan and I arrived in Sussex in 1980, we started riding the South Downs on moonlit nights. The white chalk paths reflected the light and made the going easy, despite the steep drops and our night-wary horses. Once on the crest, you could see the lights of ships coming up the Channel to one side and the villages twinkling down below on the other. It is a magical space and provided a wonderful introduction to Britain, which we had come to from South Africa. As we clip-clopped home along the dark pathways, curtains would twitch – not surprisingly, as the last night riders hereabouts were smugglers transporting French brandy from the coast to London via these deep, hidden lanes. In such conditions, I prefer the freedom of going handheld, with a lightweight telephoto such as a 70-200mm f/4 lens. An aperture of f/9 should be fine for most scenes, together with a shutter speed of at least 1/500 or faster to capture details in the waves. According to the ONS urban area populations for continuous built-up areas, these are the 5 largest conurbations (population figures from the 2001 census):

Brighton’s most photographed structure is the remains of the West Pier – and for good reason. It first opened in 1866, but after falling into disrepair it then burnt down in 2003, leaving the iron skeletal remains of what we see today. It’s a reminder that nature reclaims everything eventually, making it a great subject for seascapes and long-exposure photography. We offer a bespoke service to our clients, with genuine customer care from start to finish. Together we endeavour to create the best garden to meet your requirements and budget. Ravilious lost his life during active service in the second world war. His works are displayed in a room with Charles Knight’s Ditchling Beacon (c1940), created as part of the wartime Recording Britain project, which saw artists on the home front documenting Britain’s threatened rural landscapes and architectural heritage. With the risk of invasion, Sussex was one of the earliest counties to be recorded, though Knight’s peaceful sun-drenched scene reflects nothing of the period’s fear and anxiety.Plants are laid out and planted to suit budget, location and clients maintenance criteria. Creating the perfect finishing point for your outside space and enabling you to enjoy your garden all year round. See also: Geology of East Sussex Devil's Dyke is the largest single coombe in the chalk karst of Britain. Development in Mid Sussex is constrained by environmental designations and by its attractive countryside and high-quality landscape Lowland Calcareous Grassland Habitat Action Plan". Sussex Biodiversity Partnership. February 2010. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013 . Retrieved 16 May 2012.

Following the loss of millions to Dutch Elm Disease, Sussex has the majority of the UK's mature English Elms. [39] Sussex Landscaping standards are high; we only recruit the best and brightest in landscape construction, because we are results-driven, and recognise that good design is only effective when properly carried out. It’s one thing to have an idea on paper of how things should look, but if you’re not skilled in the execution what was the purpose of the plan to begin with? Sussex has two islands, both of which are located in Chichester Harbour. Thorney Island and neighbouring Pilsey Island. Thorney Island is separated from the mainland by a narrow channel called the Great Deep, while Pilsey Island has in recent years it has become joined to Thorney by accumulating sand. Mid Sussex District Council’s LCWIP follows the creation of LCWIPs throughout the Districts and Boroughs of West Sussex. The Council appointed leading active travel consultants PJA to prepare the LCWIP, following the standard practice procedure outlined by the Department for Transport. It involved analysis of existing planning and active travel policies as well as data analysis, stakeholder engagement and location audits. Our LCWIP focuses on the three town centres of Burgess Hill, East Grinstead and Haywards Heath in Mid Sussex. At the turn of thetwentiethcentury, Charleston farmhouse had been used as a guesthouse but had fallen into disrepair. The house was cold all year round. It had no electricity, no telephone and no water heater, but Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell sought to make the house their own. They each chose studios in the house and decorated the interior with distinctive designs. They also painted the grounds and countryside surrounding the house a number of times. Paintings by Grant and Bell depicting the pond at Charleston farmhouse, as well as a painting by Roger Fry of the view of the Downs from an upstairs window, are currently on loan to Pallant House Gallery from Tate, Charleston and Philip Mould & Co., as part of the exhibition' Sussex Landscape: Chalk, Wood and Water'.

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You’re far down a bumpy winding lane a mile from Madehurst, a one-pub, 300-strong village among the Arcadian hills of the South Downs National Park. On one side of the hotel are soft chalk hills with nary a pylon or road in sight; on the other side is farmland. The views suggest deep countryside. Actually, you’re four miles from Arundel, eight from Climping beach. Five settlements within Mid Sussex were subject to the survey. The Historic Character Assessment Report for each settlement can be viewed below.

The coming of the Second World War once again saw Sussex as a place of sanctuary and after his London Studio was damaged by bombing in 1940, painter Ivon Hitchens moved into a disused caravan next to a patch of Woodland near Petworth. With the addition of a few buildings it became his home for the next 40 years. Eastern River Rother and its many tributaries including the Rivers Brede and Tillingham; source, Rotherfield in the High Weald and enters the sea at Rye Bay. A section known as the Kent Ditch forms part of Sussex's eastern boundary with Kent. The climate of the coastal districts is strongly influenced by the sea, which, because of its tendency to warm up slower than land, can result in cooler temperatures than inland in the summer. In the autumn months, the coast sometimes has higher temperatures. [7] Rainfall during the summer months is mainly from thunderstorms and thundery showers; from January to March the heavier rainfall is due to prevailing south-westerly frontal systems. [7] A beautifully illustrated look at how the Sussex landscape has inspired creativity across the centuries, reassessing the rich artistic lives and work of British artists and writers connected with the area. Sussex has three main geographic sub-regions, each orientated approximately east to west. In the south-west of the county lies the fertile and densely populated coastal plain. North of this lie the rolling chalk hills of the South Downs, beyond which lies the well-wooded Sussex Weald.

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You can see all of these works at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester in their current exhibition, Sussex Landscape: Chalk, Wood and Water until April 23, 2023. The Weald gets its name from the Old English weald, meaning "forest". The High Weald has the greatest amount of ancient woodland in any AONB, representing 7% of all the ancient woodland in England. [22] Around 1660 the total area under forest was estimated to exceed 200,000 acres (81,000ha), and charcoal from the woodlands supplied the furnaces and forges of the ironworks which formed an important industry in the county until the 17th century, and which survived even until the early years of the 19th century.