Houghton Bridge is a fantastic little self contained gateway to the South Downs with everything you need for a day or two of adventure. It’s in between Amberley and Houghton in West Sussex and also happens to be the home of Amberley train station on the main line to London and the coast. From here, […]
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This walk is perfect for family occasions or when you just need to get outside for some fresh air. At 3 km, it’s short and flat but you could combine it with other walks in the area to make it longer because it’s just to the side of Vanguard Way and Wealdway (both of which
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Kingley Vale is a National Nature Reserve just north west of Chichester. There are lots of reasons you might want to walk there which include amazing views, an incredible ancient yew forest, and the Devil’s Humps! It’s also a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, a Special Area of Conservation, and a Grade I Nature
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Sussex and the Devil go back a long way and you’ll find references to him (or her) across the county. In West Sussex, two particular Satan-style references are the Devil’s Humps and the Devil’s Jumps. They are not to be confused because they are quite different (although not that far apart) and both are worth
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The King Charles III England Coast Path is a new National Trail that when complete will run along the entire route of England’s coast. It will be the longest coastal path in the world at 4,345 km (2,700 miles). West Sussex King Charles III England Coast Path The West Sussex section of the path is
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The Serpent Trail is a 106 km long distance footpath. It runs from Haslemere in Surrey to Petersfield, crisscrossing the Hampshire, Surrey, and Sussex borders. It is within the South Downs National Park but the landscape is very different from the South Downs. It’s called the Serpent Trail because although as the crow flies Haslemere
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The Sussex Border Path is a 240 km (150 mile) long footpath, roughly along the inland boundary of the county of Sussex. It links Thorney Island in the west to Rye in the east, and one of the wonderful things about it is, that if you’re a keen Sussex walker, you’re likely to find yourself
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How about running a 50 km Sussex Ultra Trail? From Horsham to Hove through the Sussex countryside? Hear me out! For the love of trail running One of the simplest adventures you can have in Sussex is to go trail running. Of course, it can also be one of the most complicated, rewarding, and exhausting of
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In the summer of 1932, a curious advertisement appeared in the pages of the British press. ‘A Moonlight Walk!’ it announced, ‘over the South Downs to witness sunrise from Chanctonbury Ring’. The author of the notice was S. P. B. Mais ‘of Wireless fame’. Little remembered now, he was a leading public figure of his
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Monarch’s Way is a 1,006 km long-distance footpath that roughly follows the escape route taken by King Charles II in 1651 after being defeated in the Battle of Worcester. It runs from Worcester to Shoreham in West Sussex. It’s waymarked all along the way including the large section that wiggles and winds its way around
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