The South Downs passes through the counties of East Sussex, West
Sussex and Hampshire. The downs are more open, bare and rounded
east of the River Adur at Shoreham, and more wooded west of the
Adur. Into Hampshire, the downs lose the steep north-facing
escarpment characteristic of the downs in Sussex. Each part has
its own beauty. Towns and Cities East to West: all the towns
above have a shop, public toilets, transport links and some form
of life The south Downs are the remnants of the former Wealden
Anticline, which stretched across Sussex, The chalk was laided
down between 100 and 65 million years ago, on top of the weaker
Greensand and Sandstone which makes up much of the Weald, the
beds were then folded from 30 to 1 million years ago, the top of
the chalk was then eroded, leaving two nearly parallel ridges,
which is why 'The Downs' form a long ridge. They are mirrored in
the north by the North Downs. The Downs have undergoing
inhabitation since the Stone Age, with Britain's earliest human
remains dating f