Family – Newmarket Hill

Welcome to Newmarket Hill – a South Down Blog!

In 1830, in the heart of the South Downs, a remote farm labourer’s cottage and barns was built. This blog records my efforts to discover some of its many stories.

Upcoming Events

Castle Hill Healthwalk May 21, 2024 at 9:30 am – 10:30 am 50.840637, -0.075086 Castle Hill Healthwalk: Explore this stunning chalk grassland National Nature Reserve. (When conditions are muddy, and on the last Tuesday of the month, the walk follows an alternative route around Bullock Hill, opposite the reserve.)Meeting Place: Castle Hill National Nature Reserve Car Park, Woodingdean, off Falmer Road (B2123), just north of the junction with Bexhill Road. …

Castle Hill Healthwalk May 28, 2024 at 9:30 am – 10:30 am 50.840637, -0.075086 Castle Hill Healthwalk: Explore this stunning chalk grassland National Nature Reserve. (When conditions are muddy, and on the last Tuesday of the month, the walk follows an alternative route around Bullock Hill, opposite the reserve.)Meeting Place: Castle Hill National Nature Reserve Car Park, Woodingdean, off Falmer Road (B2123), just north of the junction with Bexhill Road. …

Medieval Balsdean Walk and the Black Death May 31, 2024 at 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm Castle hill car park, Sea View Way, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN2 6NT, UK Peaceful & empty today, Medieval Balsdean was a village decimated by the Black Death, and the site of a battle with the French in 1377 in which 300 were killed between Lewes & Rottingdean. Walk leader David Cuthbertson tells all. Meeting place: Castle Hill National Nature Reserve car park, Woodingdean, off Falmer Road (B2123), just…

Saxon Sussex Downs Healthwalk Jun 1, 2024 at 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm Castle hill car park, Sea View Way, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN2 6NT, UK Discover ancient burial sites of Saxon farmers and warriors with walk leader David Cuthbertson. Their names are remembered in the downland settlements they founded. Meeting place: Castle Hill National Nature Reserve car park, Woodingdean, off Falmer Road (B2123), just north of the junction with Bexhill Road. Grid reference TQ356063. Free parking. Buses: 2, 22 &…

Castle Hill Healthwalk Jun 4, 2024 at 9:30 am – 10:30 am 50.840637, -0.075086 Castle Hill Healthwalk: Explore this stunning chalk grassland National Nature Reserve. (When conditions are muddy, and on the last Tuesday of the month, the walk follows an alternative route around Bullock Hill, opposite the reserve.)Meeting Place: Castle Hill National Nature Reserve Car Park, Woodingdean, off Falmer Road (B2123), just north of the junction with Bexhill Road. …