The South Downs, defined by the boundaries of the UK’s newest National Park, stretches for almost 90 miles between Winchester and Eastbourne, in the South East of England. It takes in a broad swathe of open, chalky downland hills, farms and estates, sweeping behind the towns and cities on the coastal plain, and running out to sea in the east with the white cliffs at Beachy Head. And, oriented inland and northwards towards London, there are the distinctly darker wooded hills, heaths, and vistas of the western Weald. The National Trust looks after over 5195 hectares (12838 acres) of natural resources and protected areas including chalk grassland, beech hangar, heathland, woodland, farmland, coastline and river.
