South Downs Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
range of hills in the United Kingdom
About South Downs
"Down" is a southern English term for low to medium-sized hills. Downland is one of the characteristic landscapes of southern England, and is usually composed of chalk, but can also be sandy. The landscape is generally softly rolling, with many ridges and some steeper escarpments, though the peaks rarely exceed 200 metres in height. Apart from the South Downs, downland can also be found in theChilterns(Berkshire,BuckinghamshireandOxfordshire), the North Downs (East Sussex, Hampshire,Kent,Surreyand West Sussex) and the North Wessex Downs (Berkshire, Hampshire andWiltshire). The South Downs are the remnants of the former Wealden Anticline, which stretched across Sussex, The chalk was laid down between 100 and 65 million years ago, on top of the weaker Greensand and Sandstone which makes up m
South Downs Travel Guide Sections
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