Best walks to or from Eastbourne

Eastbourne Station to Seaford Station

Tough: 23km, steep ascents. 6h30–11h.

An essential walk! Spectacular white cliffs in a well-protected national landscape. Immense white chalk cliffs, sea, marshes, meadows, and beachfront. Best Jun-Jul (when the chalk is gleaming). Very popular and busy.

Highlights: Eastbourne, Birling Gap, and Seven Sisters Country Park.

Lunch stops: the Kiosk (1h30–2h in), Cadence Cafe Beachy Head (2h–3h in), the Beachy Head Pub (2h–3h30 in), or Birling Gap café (3h–5h in; excellent).

End-of-walk rewards: the Cuckmere Inn, or the Old Plough.

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Berwick Station to Eastbourne Station

20km. 6h30.

A rambler favourite! Farmland, reservoir, chalk downland, ridge grassland, chalk figure, smugglers villages, and seaside resort.

Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.

Eastbourne Station to Hastings Station

26km.

Flat coastal seafront promenades, shingle beach, sandy beach at low tide, sea wall paths, quiet coast roads, and low cliffs. Shingle heavy going.

Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.

Hampden Park Station to Eastbourne Station

26km.

Parks, woods, chalk downland ridges, open grassland, chalk heath, dense beech forest, coastal farmland, golf course, and Victorian seaside town. Steep descents.

Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.

Southease Station to Eastbourne Station

27km.

Open treeless downland ridges, steep ascents, scenic Cuckmere Valley, coastal promenade, beach, and pier. Steep ascents.

Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.

Eastbourne Station Circular

17km.

Seafront promenade, chalk cliffs, open downs, quiet downland valley, ridge descent, and town streets. Mile on Eastbourne streets.

An alternative variant of Eastbourne to East Dean – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.

Pevensey and Westham Station to Eastbourne Station

9km.

Coastal path south-west from Pevensey, seafront promenade, sandy beach, and Eastbourne pier.

A shorter variant of Eastbourne to Hastings via Bexhill – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.

Glynde Station to Eastbourne Station

27km.

Open treeless downland ridges, steep ascents, scenic Cuckmere Valley, coastal promenade, beach, and pier. Steep ascents.

An alternative variant of Southease to Eastbourne – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.

Polegate Station to Eastbourne Station

South Downs downland and coastal clifftop path from Birling Gap eastward to Eastbourne. Crumbly cliff edges.

A longer variant of Polegate to Birling Gap – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.