Walks from Berwick
MapBeautiful walks starting or ending at Berwick Station.
Alternatively, view walks you can reach directly from Berwick by train.
Berwick to Eastbourne
Highly recommended: Farmland, reservoir, chalk downland, ridge grassland, chalk figure, smugglers villages and seaside resort.
Time: 5h30–11h30
2 lunch spots: the Eight Bells (2h30–5h30 in), or Jevington Tea Garden (3h–5h30 in)
1 end-of-walk reward: the Duke of Devonshire
Adapted from: Time Out Country Walks Volume 2.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Berwick Circular via Upper Dicker
Gently undulating farmland, open fields, bluebell woods, reservoir shorepath and quiet country lanes with fine downs and weald views.
Time: 5h30
Warnings: Can be slippery.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Berwick Circular via Ringmer
Flat, lonely Laughton Levels traverse over pastoral countryside and turf-farm 'lawns', past a 15th-century brick tower and quiet villages; many stiles.
Time: 3h30
Warnings: Some paths may have crop obstructions.
Walk details: Travelog Lewes (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Berwick Circular via Arlington
Gently undulating Wealden countryside on the Wealdway and Vanguard Way, past a moated priory, a bluebell wood and riverside meadows; many stiles.
Michelham Priory: A moated medieval Augustinian priory and house near Upper Dicker.
Time: 3h30
Walk details: Travelog Lewes (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Berwick Circular via Firle
Gently rolling villages of Bloomsbury heritage, past Charleston farmhouse, a Keynes home and a mural-painted church, with pubs en route.
Charleston: The decorated farmhouse retreat of the Bloomsbury group below Firle Beacon.
Berwick Church: A downland church famous for its Bloomsbury wall paintings by Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant.
Firle Beacon: A high point on the South Downs ridge with sweeping views over the Weald and sea.
Walk details: Travelog Lewes (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Berwick to Seaford
South Downs chalk hills, open downland, river valley, coastal cliffs, shingle beach and picturesque village.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Berwick to Polegate
Berwick Circular via Windover Hill
South Downs chalk hills, open downland, river valley, village lanes and fields.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Source: A shorter variant of Berwick to Seaford – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Berwick to Polegate
Farmland, chalk downland, Folkington village and suburban roads at finish.
Warnings: Suburban roads at end.
Source: A shorter variant of Berwick to Eastbourne – Time Out Country Walks Volume 2.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Berwick to Eastbourne
Farmland, chalk downland, ridge grassland, South Downs Way, clifftop and highest chalk sea cliff in Britain.
Warnings: Steep cliffs.
Source: A longer variant of Berwick to Eastbourne – Time Out Country Walks Volume 2.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Seaford to Berwick
Coastal chalk cliffs, downland, river valley, open fields and village lanes.
Warnings: Crumbly cliff edges.
Source: An alternative variant of Berwick to Seaford – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Bishopstone to Berwick
Downland climbs, South Downs Way and descent to Berwick via Vanguard Way.
Warnings: Can be overgrown.
Source: A shorter variant of Bishopstone Circular – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).