Brighton and Lewes Downs Biosphere Reserve

UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, inscribed 2014, in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The Brighton & Lewes Downs Biosphere Reserve is located on the south-east coast of England, forming a central unit of the hills of the South Downs National Park. It is centred on the Brighton chalk block that lies between the River Adur in the west and the River Ouse in the east. Chalk downland makes up the principal terrestrial landscape of the area, bounded at each end by the two river valleys. The coastline is dominated by impressive chalk cliffs in the east and urbanised plains in the west, running to the estuary of the River Adur at Shoreham. The area is nationally and internationally renowned for its arts and culture, distinctive settlements, independent mindset, and its links to the surrounding iconic English landscape of downland, white chalk cliffs and beaches.