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Wednesday, 21 January 2026

Wednesday walk - Lewes to Saltdean

Blow away the cobwebs on this airy walk which follows the South Downs over a chalk ridge in the morning before descending to Rodmell for lunch, then goes over the downs again and descends to the sea at Saltdean.
Length: 15.5km(9.6 miles). Shorter options are outlined in the walk directions.
Difficulty: 4 out of 10
Trains: Catch the 9.54 train from London Victoria (Clapham Junction 10.01, East Croydon 10.10)  arriving Lewes 10.56.
From London Bridge you could take the 9.45 Brighton train and change at East Croydon to the Lewes train.
Return: There are frequent buses from Saltdean to Brighton station. There is a bus stop next to Saltdean beach or you could walk along the undercliff path to Brighton. There are frequent trains from Brighton back to London.
A return ticket from London to Lewes will be valid for travel from Brighton.
Lunch: The Abergavenny Arms in Rodmell, tel 01273 472416. Other options in directions.
Tea: There is a cafe on the beach in Saltdean. Many other options in Brighton
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1 comment:

Sandy said...

With a dire weather forecast, there were only two on the train, met by a local walker at the station who kindly invited us for coffee. With no sign of the weather abating, one went in search of lunch while two went to an art exhibition after a little walk round the edge of the town. So I'm afraid #0 on the posted walk in #near-continuous-rain-and-strong-wind