On: Wednesday 18 March 2009

At: 12.15 pm until 12.45 pm

Venue: outside Defra’s Nobel House office, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR (see map)

Bill Bryson, author and President of CPRE, will present a giant postcard to the Government on Wednesday 18 March, on behalf of the South Downs Campaign [1] a network of over 150 organisations pressing for a South Downs National Park.

The postcard is one of 18,500 sent to Government calling on it to confirm the widest possible boundary for the South Downs National Park. The postcard is also signed by Ben Fogle, Brian Blessed, Campaign for National Park President and Vice President respectively, Floella Benjamin OBE, Ramblers’ President and David Dimbleby.

For more information about the campaign visit: www.cpre.org.uk

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NOTES FOR EDITORS

Please call CPRE’s press office (020 7981 2880) if you would like an interview with Bill Bryson outside Defra’s Nobel House office.

1.  The South Downs Campaign is a network of over 150 national, regional and local organisations who are working together to secure the establishment of a South Downs National Park. CPRE, the Ramblers, the Campaign for National Parks and the Youth Hostels Association are amongst its more active national members within the Campaign. More information: http://www.southdownscampaign.org.uk/