Length: 14.5 km (9 miles) or 18.7 km/11.7 miles including the loop down to the seashore; 3/10
Highdown Gardens, just over a mile before the station, are worth a visit and would add about a mile/1.5 km. Other short/long options are described on the main walk page.
Travel: 1005 from Victoria (Clapham Junction 1012, East Croydon 1023) arriving in Arundel at 1129. Return trains from Goring-by-Sea at 27 and 56. Get a return to Littlehampton to cover both routes.
Lunch: Just south of Patching about 9 km into the walk, The World's End (01903-871346) has a large beer garden, and serves a good range of food all day from noon.
Tea:Just outside Highdown Gardens, The Highdown (01903-924670) has a tearoom open to 5 pm. It is about 1.7 km/1.1 miles from the station. If you do the loop to the sea, you pass the Sea Lane Café (01903-247847) on Marine Drive, which might still be open. There are also a couple of pubs on the return route from the beach to the station.
For walk directions, map and GPX click here
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There are advance singles available on these trains.
6 on the train from London joined by 2 plus a dog at Arundel so #8 in all. We spent the morning strolling through pretty valleys and woods. It was humid and with light rain which turned heavy at times, necessitating a short pause to shelter under some trees at one point. A few of us picnicked at the Church in Patching,joining 2 who lunched at the World's end for a drink afterwards. Despite the rain, we enjoyed looking round the Highdown Gardens. 3 of us just managed to catch the 16.27 Victoria Train, I suspect the rest got the next train.
Anyone who'd like to see what this walk is like in better weather can watch Amib's video of it, uploaded just a few days earlier. These half-hour shows are a treat for armchair walkers!
Two of us walked down to the shore after missing the 1627 - further than I remembered and I only just made the 1727 (my companion had an advance ticket for the next train and retired to the Bull). The tide was miles out.
#Rain-heavy-at-times-clearing-later
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