Length : 21.9 km (13.6 mi)
Ascent /Descent: 412/415m
Net Walking Time : 5 ½ hours
Toughness : 6 out of 10
Take the 09.24 Eastbourne train from
London Bridge (East Croydon 09.40), change
at Lewes onto the Seaford train (10.26/10.30), arrives Seaford at 10.48.
From Victoria, the 09.06 train gets to EC at 09.22, leaving time for buying a
coffee…
Returns from Eastbourne: xx.05
and xx.33. Buy an Eastbourne Return.
“This classic cliff-top walk affords stunning (in good weather) views of
the white cliffs of the Seven Sisters, and the renowned Beachy Head, before
ending in the elegant seafront town of Eastbourne.” Plenty of ups and downs on this
route but all in, still only with a middling total ascent/descent metreage.
Shorter Walks: Several shorter iterations of this walk are mentioned on the webpage,
but the Birling Gap finish/start will not be possible, as the 13X bus does not
run on winter Saturdays.
Lunch/Tea en route: The Cuckmere Inn or the Saltmarsh
Farmhouse Café, Bar & Restaurant, both in Exceat, or
later The
Birling Gap Café (National Trust) and The
Beachy Head pub. Both pubs
are now run by Vintage Inns, so will presumably offer similar menus.
Tea in Eastbourne: plenty of options; check the pdf
for details.
For walk directions, map, height profile, photos
and gpx/kml files click here . T=2.28
4 comments:
Hope to attend. Wishes: the leader; more sunshine; less cold'
Austen
N=8, W= cold and cloudy.
W=cold-and-cloudy
Two finished at East Dean having detoured along Flagstaff Brow - presumably the monument on the clifftop there used to hold a flagstaff. We saw a huge flock of lapwings - several hundred - in the Cuckmere river valley. We got the bus back to Seaford and had a nice cup of tea there. I met another walker on the train from Lewes and hear that the others carried on to Eastbourne without stopping, but got separated amongst the crowds of tourists at Beachy Head.
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