P Patcham Tegdown Hill Eastwick Bottom Ewe Bottom Holt Hill Pangdean Holt South Hill Hogtrough Bottom Donkey Bottom Deep Bottom Poor Brow Upper Lodge Wood Coney Hill Scare Hill Braypool The Pylons Chattri War Memorial A27 A 2 7 A 23 L O N D O N ROAD To Jack and Jill Windmills Lynchets South Hill Farm P P No Open Access, Arable D I T C H L I N G R O A D Tumuli Rifle Range Bronze Age Earthworks Rifle Range in use when red flag flying, please keep clear WEEKENDS ONLY WEEKENDS ONLY WEEKENDS ONLY Shaped by farming Imagine this whole area covered in trees. That’s how it was some 7,000 years ago before Neolithic people cleared the woodland and started to work the land. Look out for ancient field systems called lynchets. These ‘terrace’ patterns were created by Iron Age ploughs some 2500 years ago. Sheep farming has helped maintain the open downland for centuries and place names like ‘Tegdown’ and ‘Ewe Bottom’ reflect this. Farming continues to shape the landscape we enjoy today, helping to sustain many of the special qualities for which the South Downs were designated including distinctive landscapes, diverse habitats and species, archaeological features and local produce. Discover a working, living landscape ‘Open Access’ gives you the right to explore even more of this unique landscape. Where you see the Open Access symbol you can leave the footpath and walk, sightsee, picnic, watch wildlife, run or climb within the mapped area. Please note, cycling, horse riding and driving are not permitted on Access Land. For more information on the South Downs National Park: e: [email protected] w: www.southdowns.gov.uk Twitter: @ SDNPA Facebook: SDNPA | Brighton Cityparks Download the walks leaflet For more information on Open Access in this area (Rich Howorth) Lynchets just above Ewe Bottom (BHCC) Chattri War Memorial (BHCC) Remember this is working landscape and we need your help to ensure it is looked after - follow the Countryside Code • Be safe – plan ahead and follow any signs • Protect plants and animals and take your litter home • Keep dogs under close control at any time. From 1st March to 31st July, your dog must be kept on a short fixed lead to help protect ground nesting birds • Leave gates and property as you find them Know your rights of way A resting place From here you can walk to the famous Chattri War Memorial most of which is open access land. During the First World War injured, Indian soldiers, were hospitalised in the Dome in Brighton. The Hindus and Sikhs who died were cremated on the Downs and, in 1921, the memorial was built on the cremation site. Chattri means ‘umbrella’ in Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu symbolising the protection offered to the memory of the dead. ENGLISH CHANNEL 0 10 km N A31 River Rother River Meon River Arun River Ouse Godalming Hailsham Heathfield Hurstpierpoint EASTBOURNE Alfriston LEWES East Dean Ditchling Steyning Singleton Lavant Haywards Heath EAST CRAWLEY GRINSTEAD Horsham Crowborough Uckfield Selborne Liss Upham Twyford Eastleigh Bishopstoke Havant WINCHESTER CHICHESTER BOGNOR REGIS LITTLEHAMPTON WORTHING BRIGHTON & HOVE Storrington Pulborough Petworth MIDHURST Cocking East Meon West Meon Haslemere Bordon Burgess Hill Northchapel SOUTHAMPTON FAREHAM GOSPORT PORTSMOUTH PETERSFIELD ALTON Four Marks New Alresford Rowlands Castle Arundel Liphook Binsted Cuckmere River River Adur KEY South Downs National Park South Downs Way Railway Railway Stations South Downs Way (footpath only) Settlement 0 200m N From Neolithic to modern day farming Lynchets [email protected] 01273 292929 Cows grazing the South Downs Open Access Footpath Bridleway New Footpath New Bridleway Scrub / Woodland You Are Here Footbridge Bus Stop New Gates © Crown copyright and database rights 2013 Ordnance Survey 100050083 CRoW data courtesy of Natural England. Key Patcham Coldean Chattri War Memorial Stanmer Park Stanmer Stanmer Park Nature Reserve DIT C H LI N G R O A D D I T C H L I N G R O AD A23 L O N D O N RO AD 500m 0 Your right to explore - part of Brighton & Hove’s City Council’s Downland Estate. Represents the structure frame - this will not print