The western Weald is an area of undulating countryside in Hampshire and West Sussex containing a mixture of woodland and heathland areas.
The Western Weald seen from Didling Hill
View across the western Weald to Blackdown (centre) and Marley Heights (left).
The historic market town of Midhurst, now to be included in the national park.
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
Western Weald
…The western Weald came to prominence as the result of a protracted and sometimes heated dispute about whether or not the area should be included in the South Downs National Park. The original public inquiry into the proposal to create the national park concluded that it should be excluded, in large part because of its different…
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