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Access to Nature

100 Mile Classroom Gravetye Hedge planting with Ifield Community College

Connecting with nature through active participation

100 Mile Classroom springs to life, connecting young people with nature recovery actions across Weald to Waves. 

Walking the corridor, Ian Rogers

Walking from Weald to Waves: A Journey Through England’s First Nature Corridor

Follow the Weald to Waves corridor on foot and discover how Sussex’s rivers, forests, and fields tell a story of loss, hope, and nature’s return.

Wiston Coppicing, Cathy Cross

Reviving Woodlands, Reconnecting Communities: Coppicing Returns to Wiston Estate

Discover how Wiston Estate and Roots West Sussex CIC are restoring local woodlands through traditional coppicing, boosting biodiversity and community wellbeing.

Connecting to nature

Connecting to Nature

Alongside our work monitoring vital environmental and biodiversity gains, we want to understand how nature recovery across the corridor is benefiting you. How is it making a difference in your lives, and in your communities? We want to hear your experiences.

Waxwing, by Rachel Bicker

Birdwatching in Winter

Although we may be in the depths of winter, our landscape is alive with overwintering birds.

100 Mile Classroom Gravetye Hedge planting with Ifield Community College

100 Mile Classroom springs to life, connecting young people with nature recovery actions across Weald to Waves. 

Walking the corridor, Ian Rogers

Follow the Weald to Waves corridor on foot and discover how Sussex’s rivers, forests, and fields tell a story of loss, hope, and nature’s return.

Wiston Coppicing, Cathy Cross

Discover how Wiston Estate and Roots West Sussex CIC are restoring local woodlands through traditional coppicing, boosting biodiversity and community wellbeing.

Connecting to nature

Alongside our work monitoring vital environmental and biodiversity gains, we want to understand how nature recovery across the corridor is benefiting you. How is it making a difference in your lives, and in your communities? We want to hear your experiences.

Waxwing, by Rachel Bicker

Although we may be in the depths of winter, our landscape is alive with overwintering birds.

Walking the corridor, Ian Rogers

A myriad of species should one day benefit from 100 miles of connected landscape. But how might a human navigate the corridor? Ian Rogers takes on the challenge.

Sussex is one of the most wooded regions in the country. Brush off your boots and explore the best of the autumn colour across the corridor.

Worthing beach Sussex by Christine Matthews CC BY-SA 2.0

Opportunities for people to access nature are highly variable, especially in our coastal towns.