Blackdown, West Sussex
Blackdown, or Black Down, is the highest point in Sussex, located in the South Downs National Park in England, with a summit elevation 279.7 metres (918 ft).

Blackdown, or Black Down, is the highest point in Sussex, located in the South Downs National Park in England, with a summit elevation 279.7 metres (918 ft). It is one of the highest points in the south east of England, exceeded by Walbury Hill, Leith Hill and Pilot Hill. Blackdown is protected as part of the South Downs National Park.
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Worth seeing in and around Blackdown, West Sussex
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Blackdown
Blackdown, or Black Down, is the highest point in Sussex, located in the South Downs National Park in England, with a summit elevation 279.7 metres. It is one of the highest points in the south east of England, exceeded by Walbury Hill, Leith Hill and Pilot Hill.
100 m · hill in West Sussex, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Haslemere Educational Museum
Haslemere Educational Museum was founded in 1888 by the eminent surgeon Sir Jonathan Hutchinson to display his growing collection of natural history specimens. After two moves it found in 1926 a permanent home in Haslemere High Street, in the town of Haslemere, Surrey, England.
3.8 km · geology, natural and human history museum, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03The Town Hall
Haslemere Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street, Haslemere, Surrey, England. The structure, which serves as the meeting place of Haslemere Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.
3.5 km · town hall in Haslemere, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Blackdown, West Sussex
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 37 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 49 km · London Luton (LTN), 93 km
- Stations
- Haslemere railway station, 3.9 km
- London → Blackdown, West Sussex64 km · quickest by road, 2h 8m · £7–9
- Luton, Luton → Blackdown, West Sussex93 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · £10–14
- London, Essex → Blackdown, West Sussex64 km · quickest by road, 2h 8m · £7–9
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No local-transport research exists yet for Blackdown, West Sussex
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Blackdown, West Sussex. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Blackdown, West Sussex is 48 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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