A guidebook to 40 circular day walks in the South Downs National Park. Exploring the beautiful chalk hills between Eastbourne and Winchester, there’s something for beginner and experienced walkers alike.
The walks range in length from 8 to 18km (5–11 miles), each is circular and where possible begins and ends at a place accessible by public transport.
- 1:50, 000 OS maps are included for each walk
- Detailed information on public transport and car parking
- Highlights include Beachy Head and the Seven Sisters
- Easy access from Brighton and Worthing
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CONTENTS
Map key
Overview map
INTRODUCTION
Plants and wildlife of the Downs
Walking on the Downs
Using the guide
Public transport and car parking
Where to stay
The Country Code
THE WALKS
1 Eastbourne to Birling Gap and East Dean (9½ miles)
2 Butts Brow to Jevington and Friston (7 miles)
3 Jevington to Friston Forest and the Long Man (7½ miles)
4 Jevington to Alfriston and Wilmington (8½ miles)
5 Exceat to East Dean and the Seven Sisters (8 miles)
6 Exceat to the Cuckmere Valley and Alfriston (7 miles)
7 Exceat Bridge to Cuckmere Haven and Seaford Head (6½ miles)
8 Alfriston to The Long Man of Wilmington (5 miles)
9 Alfriston to Bostal Hill, Alciston and Berwick (7 miles)
10 Bopeep to Bishopstone (7½ miles)
11 Glynde to Beddingham Hill, Firle Beacon and Bostal Hill (11 miles)
12 Glynde to Mount Caburn and Saxon Cross (6 miles)
13 Southease Station to Rodmell and Telscombe (7½ miles)
14 Cooksbridge to Plumpton Plain and Buckland Bank (10 miles)
15 Hassocks to the Clayton Windmills and Ditchling Beacon (10 miles)
16 Devil’s Dyke to Edburton Hill and Poynings (6½ miles)
17 Devil’s Dyke to Mile Oak Barn and Edburton Hill (6½ miles)
18 Wiston to No Man’s Land (6½ miles)
19 Findon to Cissbury Ring (7 miles)
20 Washington to Chanctonbury Ring (4¾ miles)
21 Washington to Kithurst Hill (7½ miles)
22 Chantry Post to Myrtle Grove Farm (7 miles)
23 Storrington to Parham Park and Rackham Hill (7½ miles)
24 Amberley to The Burgh (6¾ miles)
25 Burpham to Angmering Park (6 miles)
26 Arundel to South Stoke and Burpham (8 miles)
27 Bignor Hill to Sutton (6¼ miles)
28 Bignor Hill to Slindon (7¾ miles)
29 Duncton to Barlavington and Sutton (5 or 6 miles)
30 Singleton to Littlewood Farm (5½ miles)
31 West Stoke to Kingley Vale and Stoughton (6½ miles)
32 Compton to East Marden (5 miles)
33 Harting Down to Beacon Hill and Telegraph House (5 miles)
34 East Meon to Salt Hill (5 miles)
35 East Meon to Small Down (6 miles)
36 West Meon to Brockwood Copse (5 miles)
37 West Meon to Old Winchester Hill and Henwood Down (9 miles)
38 Exton to Warnford and Beacon Hill (6 miles)
39 Exton to Lomer Farm (6½ miles)
40 Cheriton to Tichborne (6½ miles)
APPENDIX A Route summary table
APPENDIX B Useful addresses
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APPENDIX C Bibliography
Sobre el autor
A lifelong passion for the countryside in general, and mountains in particular, drove Kev's desire to share his sense of wonder and delight in the natural world through his writing, guiding, photography and lecturing. Spending several months every year in various high-mountain regions researching guidebooks made him The Man with the World's Best Job.
Kev enjoyed a fruitful partnership with Cicerone from the 1970s, producing 50 books, including guides to five major trekking regions of Nepal and to numerous routes in the European Alps and Pyrenees, as well as walking guides for Kent, Sussex and the Cotswolds. 'A Walk in the Clouds' is a collection of autobiographical short stories recording 50 years of mountain travel and adventures. He was also the contributing editor of the collaborative guide 'Trekking in the Himalaya' and Cicerone's celebratory anniversary compilation 'Fifty Years of Adventure'.
A frequent contributor to outdoor magazines, Kev also wrote and illustrated brochures for national tourist authorities and travel companies. When not away in the mountains, Kev lived with his wife in a small cottage among what he called 'the Kentish Alps', with unrestricted walking country on the doorstep. But he also travelled throughout Britain during the winter months to share his love of the places he wrote about through a series of lectures.
Sadly, Kev passed away in 2021. He will be remembered fondly by all who knew him and by many more he inspired through his writing and talks.