Information - Beacon Hill Heritage Walk

Beacon Hill Heritage Walk

 

Event Date

Sunday 9th September

 

Event Times

14:00

 

Address


Beacon Hill Heritage Walk
Start: Kipling Gardens, Rottingdean Village
Brighton & Hove
East Sussex
BN2 7HA

 

Description

Once upon a time the area that now makes up Rottingdean and Ovingdean were made up of corn and sheep farmers. Corn farming was generally carried out in the valleys where the soil was rich. Sheep farming would be found in the surrounding hills where the soil was thinner and less fertile. Chalk Downland sheep grazing became synonymous with the rolling down of Sussex, as did the rich and diverse flora and fauna that could be found here.For many years this wonderful bio diversity was seen to be dwindling but thanks to Brighton and Hove City Council the grazing of Beacon Hill Nature Reserve has encouraged much of its native history back. Come and take a walk through the Beacon Hill Nature Reserve with Countryside Ranger David Larkin who will cover the history of the downs and will explore the wildlife that inhabits the area.

 

Directions


Meet: Kipling Gardens is located close to the village green in Rottingdean.