nature preserve in Cocking

Chichester Harbour Conservancy manages the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and one of the largest leisure harbours on the South Coast

Connecting people with Hampshires countryside

The National Trust

Life is for living, so get out and about and come and visit some of our special places and spaces!

One of the richest areas for nature in the UK with views across to the South Downs. The reserve has a great variety of habitats, home to some wonderful wildlife.

Lavington Common, a National Trust site in West Sussex, is a rare pocket of openness amongst plantation woodland.

WWT Arundel Wetland Centre

The Headley Down Nature Reserve is next to the Heatherlands Recreation Ground. The aim is to create a nature reserve accessible to all.

Horndean Parish Council serves the people of Horndean, Blendworth, Catherington, and parts of Lovedean and Hazelton - a population of approximately 13,000.

Horndean Parish Council serves the people of Horndean, Blendworth, Catherington, and parts of Lovedean and Hazelton - a population of approximately 13,000.

Find dramatic views and secluded valleys, with abundant wild flowers at the National Trust’s Harting Down in West Sussex.

Grazing marsh and ditches in a floodplain landscape important for rare birds, insects and plants

Grazing marsh with a large open water area important for birds.

A large wild area of ancient woodland in the Low Weald.

A microcosm of different habitats within one site - various woodland, carr, wet and dry heath, two large ponds and bogs

Pine plantation on ancient wet and dry heaths with a lovely acid pond.

Varied ancient wood pasture with ponds, streams, meadows and reclaimed arable land under conversion back to woodland

Traditional hazel coppice woodland with oak standards, and a large colony of wild daffodils

Formed in 2002, The Friends of Nore Barn Woods is a group of volunteers who aim to conserve and make the woods more pleasant for the general public. The Friends are affiliated to The British Trus…

A superb example of chalk grassland and scrub, rich in flowers and butterflies