Church to Church Walks – North, East & Up Marden Churches

Church to Church Walks - North, East & Up Marden Churches

This is the beginning of a mini series taking walks from one church to another across the Sussex countryside. Today I am with Lara Sargent who has plotted our walk. We are in West Sussex and exploring the footpaths between North Marden, East Marden and Up Marden villages, using their historic country churches as our […]

The Park – Queen’s Park Brighton

The Park - Queen's Park Brighton

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 […]

The Park – Bedelands Farm Local Nature Reserve

The Park - Bedelands Farm Local Nature Reserve

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 […]