Blackdown, West Sussex
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Blackdown, or Black Down, is the highest point in Sussex, located in the South Downs National Park in England, with a summit elevation 279.7 metres. It is one of the highest points in the south east o
View of Blackdown, watercolour by Helen Allingham, (1902)
Tennyson's Lane c. 1900. The gate marks the Surrey/Sussex border, and was a favourite destination for Lord Tennyson's walks.
View from two miles (3 km) away
Pine trees cleared and thinned to restore heathland
South Downs National Park
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The South Downs National Park is England's newest national park, designated on 31 March 2010. The park, covering an area of 1,627 square kilometres in southern England, stretches for 140 kilometres fr
View of the South Downs from Devil's Dyke
The headland of Beachy Head lies within the national park, seen here with the Belle Tout Lighthouse.
A view west from Devil's Dyke valley
View north from St Roche's Hill, West Sussex