Take a walk around campus
Posted on behalf of: Student Communications
Last updated: Tuesday, 2 July 2024
If you're lucky enough to be staying near campus over the summer, then it's a great time to get out into the nature that surrounds the University. Below, Digital Media Creator Sophie takes us on a tour of some of he favourite spots.
Explore Sussex with me
Useful links
How can nature benefit your mental health - Mind
Love Your Scrub - Rewilding Sussex
Forest Garden Society Instagram
Roots (communal gardening) society
Transcript
[Panning shot of Stanmer Park with text overlay “Explore Sussex with me”]
[Video footage of Falmer Pond]
Hands down, my favourite nature spot near campus is Falmer Pond. There are loads of benches to sit around and listen to music or read. And according to the Mind organization, spending time in nature can help improve your confidence, reduce loneliness, and help you feel more connected to nature and your local community.
[Video footage from the Boundary Walk]
Another hidden gem is the Boundary Walk, [image overlay of campus from above with the Boundary Walk marked in yellow] which circles around the University campus [image overlay of waymarkers] and has loads of way markers along the path so you don't get lost. It follows the Pelham Flint Wall, which, fun fact, the Pelhams were the aristocrats who owned the estate before the University was built there.
[Video footage of the places mentioned in the voice-over]
It then takes you out on Stammer Park and then past Dew Pond and then through a little woodland trail. It's such a pretty walk to do with so much biodiversity surrounding it and it really helped me relax and just get moving.
[Video footage of the Chalk Grassland]
It then takes you out onto the Chalk Grassland right over the University and there are so many ways you can get involved in helping to promote biodiversity on our campus, [screen capture of the ‘Love Your Scrub’ site] such as the ‘Love Your Scrub’ site, [screen capture of the Forest Garden Society Instagram including a Forest Garden Society post] the Forest Food Garden and Forest Garden Society, [footage of the Roots Garden] and Roots Garden, which is open Wednesday and Sunday, 1-3 PM.