Hundreds of square miles of woodland, rolling chalk uplands and river valleys across southern England will be made a national park, the government announced today. The new South Downs national park will spread across Sussex and Hampshire thanks to a decision that comes more than 60 years after the area was recommended for park status, and a decade since the government first announced its intention to designate it as such. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/mar/31/south-downs-national-park
