Today Julia and I are are joined by Lara Sargent in our investigation at parks in West Sussex. We have decided to visit Hotham Park in Bognor Regis. It was established by the founder of Bognor Sir Richard Hotham, who formerly resided at Hotham Park House (built 1792) which still stands today. Since becoming a […]
Continuing our mini series looking at parks and how they fit into society, Julia and I take a look at Queen’s Park in Brighton. Queen’s Park is a public park in Brighton, England. In 1825, Thomas Attree, a property owner and developer in Brighton, acquired land north of Eastern Road—already known as Brighton Park—to build […]
Julia and I are exploring the concept of the park and how it fits into society in a mini series. Today we are visiting Bedelands Farm Local Nature Reserve near Burgess Hill in West Sussex. The Nature Reserve consists of ancient meadows, woodland, hedgerows and ponds, covering 33 hextares (80 acres). Since 1994, in consultation […]
A mini series about the park and how it plays a roles in our society, both today and in in the past. Julia and I are visiting a number of parks in West Sussex. Today we are at the Southwater Country Park. The park is located next to the Downs Link, a beautiful off-road trail […]
Like so many villages across the UK, the rural idyll of High Halden, a small village in Kent is under attack. Julia and I are there to investigate. We are joined by local farmer, Adrian Ligdet. We start at the church, which is remarkable itself and the head to the field at the rear. High […]
Matthew Holdsworth and I are continuing our exploration of the Deepdene Trail which crosses the Greensand Way. Deepdene was an estate and country house occupying the south-east of Dorking, Surrey, England, the aspects of it that remain being a large minority of its woodland garden, interwoven amidst Dorking Golf Course. The remains of the gardens […]