Length: 20 km (12.4 miles)
Toughness: 4 out of 10
London Charing Cross: 09-45 hrs Southeastern service to Hastings London Bridge: 09-54 hrs. Sevenoaks: 10-20 hrs
Arrive Crowhurst: 11-16 hrs
Return
Battle to Charing Cross: Southeastern services at 07 & 45 mins past the hour
Rail ticket: buy a day return to Crowhurst
The morning leg of today's walk has you walking over fields and through woods then along a lengthy, quiet farm track until you reach Hastings Golf Club. Hopefully the woodland footpaths through the course are clear today but they have been known to be overgrown, making progress slow. Best to have a walking pole at the ready. If you encounter overgrown sections the Walk Directions provide alternative routes. Once through the golf course you make your way through more woods then along a track which takes you to the village of Westfield, where I suggest you stop for lunch. The one remaining pub in the village - the New Inn - serves good food from a varied menu. No bad thing to 'phone ahead with numbers: 01424-752800 your e.t.a is 1-30 pm.
After lunch you walk down a quiet road before following a river over fields and along pleasant field edges then along a country lane as you make your way to the extensive grounds of the former Pestalozzi International Village. Once through these grounds it is a short walk beside the River Brede to the village of Sedlescombe. From here you may encounter some overgrown fields and paths as you make your way in a general westerly direction to the outskirts of Battle. Once in town you have a choice of cafes and pubs for post walk refreshments before you walk to the railway station - and home.
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Walk Directions are here: L=1.35
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Please stop in and visit us at Sedlescombe Organic Vineyard while you are nearby. We would love to see you and welcome you to try some of our beautiful wines or visit for refreshments.
Curiously, only two of us were on the suggested train to Crowhurst, with no one else in sight.
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