Walks in the South Downs National Park

Catering as much for the casual stroller as for the long- distance walker, Kev Reynolds has carefully researched 40 accessible walks spread over an area that welcomes almost 40 million visitors a year - more than any other national park in the UK. With few difficulties, these walks are suitable for all ages and abilities. They are also accessible year round, but spring and early summer are best for seeing wild flowers and wildlife. With full-of- promise routes that continually fire the imagination, this guide reveals the delights of the South Downs, mile after mile. The South Downs, England's newest national park, stretches in a 100-mile arc between Eastbourne in East Sussex and Winchester in Hampshire. It contains some of the most iconic landscapes in southern England, including the white chalk cliffs of Beachy Head and the Seven Sisters, as well as romantic villages and hundreds of prehistoric sites to captivate the interest.