The South Downs and Brighton
This
is for those of you who may wish to mingle with the Hassocks to
Brighton walkers in the evening and who might struggle with the 12 or so
miles and ups and downs their walk entails.
This
is an alternative map led (gpx) walk which keeps the distance
down to under 9 miles or 14km with an estimated difficulty of 3/10 and a
total ascent of 363 metres.
The
route initially follows the Lewes to Saltdean walk until just after
Kingston (about 3.5 km into the walk where it leaves this route and
continues in a south westerly direction to Woodingdean. I would suggest
the Down Hotel 01273 390 860 for standard pub fare as a lunch venue (but I've not visited there)
The
afternoon leg of the walk swings by the racecourse before descending
into east Brighton where there is a chance to meet up with the hardy
Hassocks to Lewis walkers for potential evening revelries.
The GPX route (essential) may be downloaded here
Catch the 10:16 am Eastbourne/Littlehampton train from London Victoria to Lewes (10:23 am from Clapham Junction, 10:33 am from East Croydon). Arrives at Lewes 11:23am
If memory serves, a day return to Lewes should suffice.
Last train from Brighton back to London St. Pancras is at 00:04am
