England - South Downs Attractions

 
Counties: West Sussex and East Sussex

The South Downs, like the North Downs which are separated from them by the Weald, comprise a long ridge of chalk hills extending from Eastbourne in the east to beyond Winchester, running almost parallel to the coast. They are magnificent walking country and have been designated as an area of outstanding natural beauty.

"The Downs are sheep, the Weald is corn", so Rudyard Kipling described the humpback pastures of the Downs used for sheep grazing, and he continued in rhyme "You be glad, you are Sussex born". Countless sheep continue to graze amid sparse vegetation on the chalk pastures of the Downs, although some crops are now grown here.

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