Etchingham to Wadhurst: 10.6 miles / 17.1 km
Robertsbridge to Wadhurst: 13.1 miles / 21.1 km
add 1 - 3.5 miles for Bewl Water options
This is a lovely walk through the Weald via Ticehurst to Wadhurst (and on to its station). There are extra stretches in the afternoon that take you to the shores of Bewl Water. Another option is to start an hour earlier from Robertsbridge - this adds an extra 2.5 miles and should get you to Etchingham at about the same time as the main party.
Trains:
Etchingham start: 09:45 Charing Cross, 09:54 London Bridge, 11:01 Etchingham.
Robertsbridge start: 08:45 Charing Cross, 08:54 London Bridge, 10:05 Robertsbridge.
Return trains from Wadhurst at xx:01, xx:29
Buy a return ticket to your chosen starting point.
Lunch:
Ticehurst: There's a couple of places for an early lunch stop (4 miles from Etchingham). The Bell Inn, High Street, (01580 200300). The Greedy Goat Cafe, Church Street, open til 3pm.
Three Legged Cross: The Bull Inn, (01580 200586). 4.6 miles from Etchingham.
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A third possible tea option in Wadhurst (also closing at 4:30) is the recently-opened La Petite France in the old NatWest bank building virtually opposite the Greyhound. The cuisine is self-evident from the name, and it gets good reviews for its coffee, cheeses, meats and wines.
Ah yes, Brian: thanks for pointing this out. The tea places in Wadhurst have changed a bit. I updated them last November for the Wadhurst via Bewl Water Circular, but forgot to do the same for this walk. See the Wadhurst via Bewl Water home page for the latest. This link might work
https://www.walkingclub.org.uk/walk/wadhurst-via-bewl-water-circular/
#11 off the train at Etchingham for a stroll across the High Weald in #smirr-becoming-dry-but-overcast on a day when the area lived up to its reputation for thick, gloopy, slippery mud which was our companion for much of the way. Greetings over, we set off undaunted, but carefully, across some very boggy fields to cross the railway line into Foxhole Wood and up to Sheepstreet Lane. The gentle but steady climb up to Ticehurst spread the group out a little, and though four of us picnicked in the porch of St Mary the Virgin, others presumably walked on to The Bull at Three Leg Cross. Certainly, a quick recce in the Bell Inn Ticehurst showed no signs of our company.
Lunch over, we carried on towards Wadhurst, encountering some very tricky mudslides but also some very welcome shows of daffodils, snowdrops and primroses. The spire of Wadhurst church, like that at Ticehurst, was visible several miles away and led as unerringly to the deepest and gloopiest mud bath of the entire walk (I'm talking over the top of boots here) but rewarded the walker with a cunningly concealed tap on its southern wall with which to wash off most of the mud enabling an acceptable entrance to the Greyhound which provided a well-kept pint of Harvey's Sussex best. Reports welcome on other establishments, including La Petite France, if anyone tried it.
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