Nore Folly
Local highlightAn early nineteenth-century flint and brick archway on the downs above Slindon, built purely for show, with wide views over the coastal plain
Nore Folly is a tall archway of flint and brick standing on its own on the down above the village, the kind of thing landowners built in the early nineteenth century purely as an eyecatcher, a shape to draw the eye from the house or the parkland below. It sits on the National Trust’s Slindon Estate and you reach it on foot, along tracks up through the woods and open grass. From up here the view opens south over the coastal plain towards the sea, with the South Downs rolling away behind. There is not much more to the folly than the arch itself now, but it makes a good turning point on a walk out from Slindon.
