Book 2 Walk 23: Hassocks to Upper
Beeding (or Shoreham-by-Sea) T=2.23
Distance: 10 Miles (16.3 km) to Upper Beeding or roughly
14 Miles (22.5 km) to Shoreham-by-Sea (depending on route taken -- 2 GPX options available)
Difficulty: 7 out of 10
Train: Take the 9:34
AM Thameslink train from London Bridge to Hassocks, arriving 10:31.
For those ending the walk in Upper Beeding, you will need to take a bus No. 2
from outside the Rising Sun to Shoreham-by-Sea (15:27, 16:27, 15:27, 18:36 and
19:36). Return trains from Shoreham-by-Sea are at 26 and 56 past the hour. Buy
a day return to Shoreham-by-Sea.
Being a bank holiday weekend, a walk to the coast
seems in order….This walk first goes up, up and up to the South Downs which you
follow for a spell with grand views before descending into Upper Beeding from
where you can catch a bus to Shoreham or continue the walk into Shoreham-by-Sea
where those who wish can take a refreshing dip….More information and the walk instructions can be found here,
In addition to loads of picnic places, lunch could
be had at the Wildflour Café or Devil’s Dyke Pub with
afternoon drinks at the Rising Sun in Upper Beeding or various places in
Shoreham-by-Sea.
Enjoy the walk!
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I have this afternoon tweaked the higher, ridge option into Shoreham to reflect a new route I have discovered over recent years. This takes you along the usually very quiet ridge top road for a kilometre, down through a farm, and then across the interesting Mill Hill Nature Reserve (where you might just see some rare Adonis Blue butterflies at this time of year), and then down after the A27 to join the Adur riverside path. It is 13 miles from Hassocks to Shoreham station by this route. I uploaded the GPX for this only on Friday afternoon, so if you are interested in trying this route, re-load the GPX after reading this
The new route mentioned above seems to appear on the map of this walk if you view it using Chrome, but not if you view it using Safari. I don't know the reason for this or if it affects the availability of the GPX: I have put in a request to our webmaster to check this
Oh, OK, now it is showing on Safari too
About n=22 assembled on the platform at Hassocks for the usual formalities, including a number of less familiar faces...under w=grey-skies-with-a-chilly-stiff-breeze....I ended up with the rearguard, somewhat due to a few of us unintentionally exploring extra parts of the downs....Many seemed to have a bite to eat at the Wildflower café, giving it a definite thumbs up; others picnicked on the escarpment by the Devil's Dike pub...I do not think anyone actually visited the pub...as it was fully booked...
The trailing group stopped for afternoon drinks in the front garden of the licensed Truleigh Hill YHA before descending to Shoreham along the new ridge route....In Shoreham, we decided the weather did not bode well for a pleasant swim, so 5 of us opted for an alfresco dinner at the pub in the pedestrian area instead...A very pleasant and relaxed day.....
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