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Pevensey Levels
• Low-lying tract of largely reclaimed wetland, actively maintained by purpose-built drainage systems and river floodplain improvements.
• A predominantly open landscape with extensive grazed wet meadows and some arable fields with characteristic dykes, wetlands and wide skies. The open windswept feel is further enhanced by the scarcity of trees and hedges in the landscape.
• Widely-spaced roads and isolated settlements combine with the overall open character to provide a sense of remoteness.
• Local landscape diversity is added by 'eyes' - islands of higher ground, many with farmsteads - and also by reed-fringed ditches, scattered willows and patches of standing water with adjacent rushy pasture.
• Views out of the area to the south-west are framed against the dramatic and distinctive backdrop of the South Downs.
For further details on this character area and for an introduction to the region, please see the PDF documents in the box at the top right hand side of this page.
