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Pads Wood

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Pads Wood is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in West Sussex, covering 0.22 km². The county has 67 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. The surrounding countryside is part of the South Downs National Park.

For more of the same, Harting Downs and West Harting Down are close by. The nearest railway station is Rowlands Castle, about 7.2 km to the south-west.

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Photo of the South Downs, a National Park in south east England.Iconic

South Downs

You’re inside itNational Park near Fittleworth

A chalk ridge rolling from Winchester to the sea cliffs at Beachy Head.

Photo of Uppark, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Chalton in the South Downs, West Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Uppark

House & garden near Chalton

A 17th-century Downs house tied to Emma Hamilton and a young H.G. Wells.

1.5 km NW

Photo along the South Downs Way, a 100-mile National Trail running from Winchester to Eastbourne, south east England.

South Downs Way

National Trail

A hundred miles of chalk ridge from Winchester to the sea at Eastbourne, walkable in a week.

1.8 km N · West Sussex, East Sussex & Hampshire

Photo along the Monarch's Way, a 625-mile long-distance path running from Worcester to Shoreham-by-Sea, England.Highlight

Monarch's Way

Long-distance path

England's longest inland waymarked trail, tracing Charles II's escape route from defeat at Worcester in 1651 to the ship waiting at Shoreham.

5 km S · spans 14 counties

Photo of Butser Ancient Farm, a visitor attraction near Chalton in the South Downs, Hampshire, south east England.Highlight

Butser Ancient Farm

Attraction near Chalton

Reconstructed Iron Age roundhouses and a Roman villa.

6.9 km W

Photo of Racton Monument, a folly near Chidham in the South Downs, West Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Racton Monument

Folly near Chidham

A gaunt triangular tower ruin on a hill above Chichester Harbour, its brick shell now open to the sky.

7.1 km S