A moderate walk (low hills and fells (below 600m)) starting and finishing in Brighton and Hove, England, about 12.80km (7.95 mi) long with an estimated walking time of about 4:00h. It is unsuitable for families with children, prams & pushchairs, wheelchairs.
A half day walk taking in some of the best view points on the South Downs. Start at Falmer, which has a station and good bus links from Brighton.
The quintessential English Stately Home village, complete with manor house, church and tea rooms . . .
Go staright over here to walk down a wonderful path through the beech trees - best in Autumn when the leaves turn golden.
Either continue in the direction you've been headng and pas via Streat Hill Farm, or extend the walk by turning northwards and a few more contours to meet the South Downs Way to the East of Ditchling Beacon.
This long distance path travels 100 miles between Eastbourne and Winchester. Head eastwards towards Lewes.
Admire the view northwards across the Weald to the Ashdown Forest and face the sea and the lights of Brighton.
Once one of the most impressive views from and race course in the land. Now a gallops.
From here you can take any number of routes into town. But make sure you leave time to explore this beautiful market town, with it's Castle, boutique shopping and Brewery (tours available).
Climb to the top for beautiful views of the surrounding town and countryside.
For frequent services to London, Ashford, Eastbourne, and Brighton.
A lovely route. We thoroughly enjoyed this relatively gentle ramble that gave us beautiful views over the downs. An afternoon well spent.
Just to correct a previous comment, we live in Falmer and it is in fact considered to be part of Brighton (Brighton is included in our postal address). Slightly confusing but the author is not incorrect. We have yet to do the walk but have been inspired by this post!
Hi Helen You could be right, sometimes the distances are overestimated due to the way the website calculates them, looks to me like 11-12 km at a rough estimate.
This is a lovely walk but it is not a walk from Brighton to Lewes its a walk from Falmer to Lewes.