Walks from Berwick

Highly recommended: Farmland, reservoir, chalk downland, ridge grassland, chalk figure, smugglers villages and seaside resort.

Eastbourne (5h30 in)

Time: 7h30 (5h30 walking, 1h30 lunch, 30m break)

2 lunch spots: the Eight Bells (2h45 in), or Jevington Tea Garden (2h45 in)

1 end-of-walk reward: the Duke of Devonshire

Adapted from: Time Out Country Walks Volume 2.

Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.

Gently undulating farmland, open fields, bluebell woods, reservoir shorepath and quiet country lanes with fine downs and weald views.

Time: 7h (5h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Can be slippery.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Flat, lonely Laughton Levels traverse over pastoral countryside and turf-farm 'lawns', past a 15th-century brick tower and quiet villages; many stiles.

Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Some paths may have crop obstructions.

Walk details: Travelog Lewes (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

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: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Walk details: Travelog Lewes (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

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.

Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Walk details: Travelog Lewes (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

South Downs chalk hills, open downland, river valley, coastal cliffs, shingle beach and picturesque village.

Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Good views. Hill and moorland paths and with substantial climbs.

Alfriston Clergy House (National Trust; 1h15 in)

Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Short stretch on a fast-traffic road with limited verge.

Walk details: Railwalks.

South Downs chalk hills, open downland, river valley, village lanes and fields.

Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Source: A shorter variant of Berwick to Seaford (Saturday Walkers Club).

Farmland, chalk downland, Folkington village and suburban roads at finish.

Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Suburban roads at end.

Source: A shorter variant of Berwick to Eastbourne (Saturday Walkers Club) – Time Out Country Walks Volume 2.

Farmland, chalk downland, ridge grassland, South Downs Way, clifftop and highest chalk sea cliff in Britain.

Time: 7h30 (6h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Steep cliffs.

Source: A longer variant of Berwick to Eastbourne (Saturday Walkers Club) – Time Out Country Walks Volume 2.

Coastal chalk cliffs, downland, river valley, open fields and village lanes.

Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Crumbly cliff edges.

Source: An alternative variant of Berwick to Seaford (Saturday Walkers Club).

Downland climbs, South Downs Way and descent to Berwick via Vanguard Way.

Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Can be overgrown.

Source: A shorter variant of Bishopstone Circular (Saturday Walkers Club).