Walks you can reach from Crowhurst by train
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Alternatively, view walks directly from Crowhurst.
Pevensey to Battle (Sussex)
4 minutes direct from Crowhurst.
Highly recommended: Beautiful landscapes and multiple historic sights.
Pevensey Castle (15 mins in)
Herstmonceux Castle (2h30 in)
Battle Abbey and Battlefield (7h30 in)
Battle (7h15 in)
2 lunch spots: Nuthatch Kitchen and Terrace (2h30 in), or the Ash Tree Inn (4h45 in)
2 end-of-walk rewards: the White Hart Pub, or Battle Abbey and Battlefield café
Adapted from: The Rough Guide to Walks in London & the South East (3rd edition).
Winchelsea to Hastings (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Crowhurst.
Highly recommended
Coastal: three quarters along the coast.
Hastings (3h45 in)
2 lunch spots: the New Beach Club (1h30 in), or the Cove (2h in)
8 end-of-walk rewards: the Jolly Fisherman, the Lord Nelson, the Royal Standard, the London Trader, the Hastings Arms, Ye Olde Pumphouse, the Cutter, or the Albion
Adapted from: The Rough Guide to Walks in London & the South East (3rd edition).
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Hastings to Rye (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Crowhurst.
Highly recommended: Clifftop coastal path, steep climbs, remote naturist beach, flat marshland, ancient hilltop towns and panoramic viewpoints.
Coastal: three fifths along the coast.
Lamb House: Georgian house in Rye, built in 1723; once a mayoral residence that welcomed King George I and later home to writers Henry James and E. F. Benson (National Trust; 6h in; 1h to visit).
Warnings: Crumbly cliff edges.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Reverse direction: Railwalks.
Battle Circular via Battle Abbey and Battlefield (Sussex)
4 minutes direct from Crowhurst.
Rolling Wealden countryside, fields, woods and the historic town of Battle.
1 lunch spot: Battle Abbey and Battlefield café
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Hastings Circular via Fairlight Glen Beach (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Crowhurst.
Hilly clifftop path, steep glens, shingle and sandy beach, forested inland valleys, coastal headlands, bracken and eroding cliffs.
Warnings: Crumbly cliff edges.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Etchingham to Wadhurst (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Crowhurst.
Hilly Wealden pasture and woodland, panoramic valley views, converted oast houses, cobnut orchard, back lanes with wildflower verges and reservoir shoreline.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Eastbourne to Hastings (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Crowhurst.
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).
Robertsbridge Circular via Brightling (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Crowhurst.
East Sussex countryside, rolling hills, fields and woodland around Brightling.
Warnings: No lunch stop.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Stonegate Circular via Bateman’s (Sussex)
30 minutes direct from Crowhurst.
Rolling hills, tranquil valleys, classic English woodland, pastureland and unspoiled village.
Bateman’s: The family home of world-famous writer Rudyard Kipling, known for The Jungle Book and Just So Stories. Built in 1634, this Jacobean house is in the Sussex countryside (National Trust; 3h to visit).
1 lunch spot: Bateman’s tearoom
Warnings: Nettles and brambles.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Robertsbridge to Uckfield (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Crowhurst.
Linear walk across East Sussex, farmland, fields, villages and countryside between Robertsbridge and Uckfield.
Warnings: Can be overgrown.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Stonegate to Robertsbridge (Sussex)
30 minutes direct from Crowhurst.
Hilly High Weald, valleys, ridgetop village, hornbeam woods, country estate and panoramic ridge views.
Bateman’s: The family home of world-famous writer Rudyard Kipling, known for The Jungle Book and Just So Stories. Built in 1634, this Jacobean house is in the Sussex countryside (National Trust; 3h to visit).
1 lunch spot: Bateman’s tearoom
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Robertsbridge to Battle (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Crowhurst.
An enjoyable but not especially scenic route, easy to follow, with a variety of gradients through landscape, villages and views. A number of difficult stiles, either damaged or high and several crossings of the A21. Mud is bearable but the route would be difficult after rainfall; some sections are hard to push through brambles and nettles. Wildlife seen along the route includes roe deer, buzzards, orchids and clouds of butterflies.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Warnings: There are several crossings of the A21, though on straight sections that are fairly safe to cross. A number of stiles are damaged or high, and brambles and nettles make a few sections hard to push through, so long sleeves and trousers are advisable. Can be difficult after rainfall. Can be muddy.
Walk details: Travelog Lewes (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).