Walks you can reach from Berwick by train
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Glynde to Seaford (Sussex)
6 minutes direct from Berwick.
Highly recommended: South Downs ridge, chalk downland, Firle Park, river valley, ancient villages, forest, coastal cliffs, shingle beach and esplanade.
Time: 6h30–12h30
5 lunch spots: Alfriston (3h–6h30 in) — the Star Inn, the Old Smugglers Inn, or the Six Bells; plus the Ram Inn, Firle (30m–1h30 in), or the Plough & Harrow (3h30–7h30 in)
2 end-of-walk rewards: the Cuckmere Inn, or the Old Boot Inn
Warnings: Crumbly cliff edges.
Adapted from: Time Out Country Walks Volume 1.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Lewes to Southease (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Berwick.
Highly recommended: Escarpments, three distinct downland ridges, wide open chalk paths, panoramic views, historic town streets and gentle valleys.
Hilly: a third on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
Time: 4h30–9h
2 lunch spots: the Trevor Arms (1h30–3h30 in), or the Ram Inn, Firle (2h30–5h in)
1 end-of-walk reward: Courtyard Café at YHA Southease Hostel
Adapted from: The Rough Guide to Walks in London & the South East (3rd edition).
Eastbourne to Seaford (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Berwick.
Highly recommended: Spectacular white cliffs in a well-protected national landscape. Immense white chalk cliffs, sea, marshes, meadows and beachfront.
Hilly: a quarter on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
Coastal: four fifths along the coast.
Time: 6h30–13h
4 lunch spots: the Kiosk (1h30–2h30 in), Cadence Cafe Beachy Head (2h–4h in), the Beachy Head Pub (2h–4h in), or Birling Gap café (3h–5h30 in; excellent)
1 end-of-walk reward: the Cuckmere Inn
Best months: Jun-Jul (when the chalk is gleaming).
Warnings: Very popular and busy.
Source: Trains2Green.
Lewes Circular via Southease (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Berwick.
Highly recommended: Three distinct downland ridges, wide open chalk paths, panoramic views, historic town streets and gentle valleys.
Warnings: Three steep climbs.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Glynde Circular via Furlongs (Sussex)
6 minutes direct from Berwick.
Downland villages of artists and history: a Ravilious-painted cottage, a stately house, a Roman villa site and parish churches, with pubs en route.
Firle Place: A Tudor-cored country house, seat of the Gage family, open to the public.
Walk details: Travelog Lewes (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Eastbourne Circular via Eastbourne Pier (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Berwick.
All-tarmac seafront town walk past grand Victorian hotels, a pier, a Martello tower, the Winter Gardens, a gallery and elegant districts; a few moderate climbs.
Time: 2h30
Walk details: Travelog Lewes (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Hampden Park to Eastbourne (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Berwick.
Parks, woods, chalk downland ridges, open grassland, chalk heath, dense beech forest, coastal farmland, golf course and Victorian seaside town.
Warnings: Steep descents.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Lewes to Seaford (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Berwick.
South Downs ridges, open downland, sweeping valley, remote hidden valley, coastal shingle beach and recreation ground.
Time: 6h
Warnings: Steep climbs.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Eastbourne to Hastings (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Berwick.
Flat coastal seafront promenades, shingle beach, sandy beach at low tide, sea wall paths, quiet coast roads and low cliffs.
Warnings: Shingle heavy going.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Hassocks to Lewes (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Berwick.
South Downs chalk grassland ridge, panoramic views to sea and inland, dew ponds, Iron Age fort, wooded climbs, riverside embankment and historic town.
Time: 5h30
Warnings: Can be slippery.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Plumpton to Lewes (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Berwick.
Downland climb to the wooded summit of Blackcap and Mount Harry, then down past a castle, a historic lido and the High Street; one 120m climb.
Blackcap: A National Trust downland summit topped by a clump of trees north of Lewes.
Lewes Castle: A Norman motte-and-bailey castle on a ridge above the county town.
Time: 2h30
Walk details: Travelog Lewes (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Cooksbridge to Lewes (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Berwick.
Downland ridge climb to Blackcap's hilltop tree circle, past an old racecourse, descending into the county town; can be muddy after rain.
Blackcap: A National Trust downland summit topped by a clump of trees north of Lewes.
Lewes Castle: A Norman motte-and-bailey castle on a ridge above the county town.
Time: 2h
Warnings: Can be muddy after rain. Several stiles.
Walk details: Travelog Lewes (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).