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South Downs

since 2025 › Feb › 13 (Thu) @ 15:38 UTC

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55 minutes ago

Country diary: A tiny orchid with mighty powers of deception | Oliver Southall ⊕

found 2026 › Jun › 11 (Thu) @ 08:06 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Wolstonbury Hill, West Sussex: The fly orchid looks like no fly I’ve ever seen – its target insect is a wasp. Even more strange is that neither I (nor Charles Darwin) have ever seen one being pollina…

57 days ago

Golf club's expansion plans are blocked after villagers feared works would send more than 42,000 lorries through narrow road ⊖⊖

found 2026 › Apr › 14 (Tue) @ 10:33 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Corhampton Golf Club, in the South Downs near Southampton, was denied its application to create four new holes on the course because it would 'significantly harm the character' of the area.

64 days ago

On the shoulders of giants: roaming among England’s famous chalk figures ⊕

found 2026 › Apr › 07 (Tue) @ 12:30 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Ancient hill carvings of horses, crosses and crowns have fascinated artists, writers and travellers for centuries. I went in search of their stories

In the churchyard next to Wilmington Priory in East…

3 months ago

Two students who blew up sheep with fireworks after beating and kicking it in 'violent assault' are locked up ⊖

found 2026 › Feb › 23 (Mon) @ 18:06 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Leighton Ashby, 22, and Oakley Hollands, 20, chased a sheep before punching and kicking it for 30 minutes at a field near Ditchling Beacon in the South Downs, East Sussex

4 months ago

Christian farmer who secretly turned a barn into a hidden home and lived with livestock is to be evicted after his 98-year-old neighbour complained ⊖

found 2026 › Feb › 07 (Sat) @ 15:05 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Nicholas Steele, 67, converted a 150-foot hay barn into a residence shielded from view in the rural South Downs National Park.

Warning over viral Highland Cows trend after three people were rescued while trying to take photos in Hampshire beauty spot ⊕

found 2026 › Jan › 26 (Mon) @ 19:25 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service rushed to the scene on Saturday after a group became disorientated on Butser Hill, part of the South Downs National Park, near Petersfield in Hampshire.

This idyllic village in 'the Sussex Cotswolds' has been taken over by a new money London 'mean girl' mafia. But simmering tensions threaten to rip apart this gang clad in Dubarry boots and Lululemon ...here's why the REAL locals are watching with glee ○

found 2026 › Jan › 22 (Thu) @ 01:55 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The rural posh mums, that impenetrable army of puffer coat and book-bag warriors who have the run of this village, set in the rolling hills of the South Downs.

5 months ago

Village where houses average £600,000 riven by bitter allegations of racism, sexism and even sabotage between surgery and pharmacy ⊖

found 2025 › Dec › 15 (Mon) @ 03:25 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Beneath its prosperous surface, the upmarket village of Rowlands Castle in the foothills of the South Downs has been riven by an extraordinary legal feud between its GP and pharmacy.

6 months ago

Louder than war! The pet shop tycoon who moved into his £4million South Downs mansion... then hosted an explosive firework display that left a horse dead, dogs vomitting in terror and neighbourly relations up in flames ⊖⊖

found 2025 › Nov › 15 (Sat) @ 00:30 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Last weekend Dean Richmond, who recently bought a £4million property in the village, hosted a fireworks party at his new country estate. Much to the anger of residents.

8 months ago

‘All of Sussex is laid out before us’: walking a new trail in the South Downs national park ○

found 2025 › Sep › 15 (Mon) @ 06:35 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Perfect for a weekend getaway, the Petworth Way takes in historic estates, welcoming inns and spectacular views

There are many ways to make an entrance, but lurching into a pub full of smartly dressed…

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