The South Downs National Park is a place of beauty and tranquillity with rolling hills, dramatic cliffs, abundant wildlife and pretty villages. Base yourself in a self-catering cottage and enjoy the wonders of this magical place at your leisure.
For a welcoming drink, breakfast, lunch or dinner this is the place to be. It’s perfectly placed for a day on the beach, ideal if you are walking the Cornish coastal path (and you can bring your dog too) or conveniently placed if you arrive by car as the main car park is next door.
Sussex offers the best of both worlds for your self-catering holiday with bustling towns and pretty villages contrasting with the wide-open spaces of the South Downs, Ashdown Forest and windswept beaches.
Back in 2013 we scoured the countryside for the most lauded and unsung benches. Now we are in a time where you may not be able to trundle along to these places, we thought we'd dig this out of the archive and take you there, and tell a few tales along the way too.