ヘイルシャムの天然記念物・トップ10

粘土質の泥。雨季には非常に大変です

I can recommend visiting the Long Man of Wilmington (it isn't an ancient Fertility symbol more an artificial 17th century tourist attraction, more fool, the faux American witches I saw there several years ago). However I can't recommend leaving the Long Man pub down the road, at 7.30pm, in January, several days after it snowed and then several days of negative temperatures froze it in place, and then climb straight up past it. There is a path but we decided that would take far too long to divert to it. It was not surprisingly steep.

You get a good view as you follow the path along the meandering Cuckmere River

Not so white in October 2023.

The Litlington White Horse is a beautiful chalk hill figure cut into the hillside at Hindover Hill (known locally as High-and-Over). It looks down over the River Cuckmere to the west of the village of Litlington. The horse is owned by the National Trust.

Keeping watch over the South Downs, The Long Man of Wilmington is one of Sussex’s most iconic features. At 72 metres, he’s the largest depiction of a human figure in Europe and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

The Long Man of Wilmington cut into the chalk of the South Downs, has baffled archaeologists and historians for hundreds of years. Many people are convinced that he is prehistoric, whilst others believe that he is the work of an artistic monk from the nearby Priory created between the 11th and 15th centuries. There has been a lot of speculation as to his purpose. A fertility symbol? An Ancient warrior maybe? Early 18th century folly? An early representation of a Millwall fan?? No one knows? Visitors can view him from afar or walk across his form on the side of the Downs.

This is a fantastic open stretch of the South Downs Way with spectacular panoramic views. It’s part of a bridleway running over the top of Windover Hill. Windover Hill is famous for the Longman of Wilmington (or the ‘Wilmington Giant’), a huge figure carved into the slopes. The human figure is 235 feet (72 m) tall and holds two ‘staves’.