A guidebook to 40 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.
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1:50,000 OS maps
are included for each walk
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Detailed information on
public transport, accommodation and car parking
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Highlights include
Beachy Head and Seven Sisters
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Easy access
from Brighton and Worthing
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Höhe: 17.2 cm
Breite: 11.6 cm
Dicke: 10 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-85284-835-4 (9781852848354)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Kev Reynolds is a freelance writer, photojournalist and lecturer. A prolific compiler of guidebooks, his first title for Cicerone Press (Walks & Climbs in the Pyrenees) appeared in 1978; he has since produced many more titles for the same publisher, with others in the pipeline. A member of the Outdoor Writers' Guild, the Alpine Club and Austrian Alpine Club, his passion for mountains and the countryside remains undiminished after a lifetime's activity, and he regularly travels throughout Britain to share that enthusiasm through his lectures.
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 (91/2 miles)
2 Butts Brow to Jevington and Friston (7 miles)
3 Jevington to Friston Forest and the Long Man (71/2 miles)
4 Jevington to Alfriston and Wilmington (81/2 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 (61/2 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 (71/2 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 (71/2 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 (61/2 miles)
17 Devil's Dyke to Mile Oak Barn and Edburton Hill (61/2 miles)
18 Wiston to No Man's Land (61/2 miles)
19 Findon to Cissbury Ring (7 miles)
20 Washington to Chanctonbury Ring (43/4 miles)
21 Washington to Kithurst Hill (71/2 miles)
22 Chantry Post to Myrtle Grove Farm (7 miles)
23 Storrington to Parham Park and Rackham Hill (71/2 miles)
24 Amberley to The Burgh (63/4 miles)
25 Burpham to Angmering Park (6 miles)
26 Arundel to South Stoke and Burpham (8 miles)
27 Bignor Hill to Sutton (61/4 miles)
28 Bignor Hill to Slindon (73/4 miles)
29 Duncton to Barlavington and Sutton (5 or 6 miles)
30 Singleton to Littlewood Farm (51/2 miles)
31 West Stoke to Kingley Vale and Stoughton (61/2 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 (61/2 miles)
40 Cheriton to Tichborne (61/2 miles)
APPENDIX A Route summary table
APPENDIX B Useful addresses
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APPENDIX C Bibliography
