Walks you can reach from Littlehampton by train
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Goring-by-Sea to Worthing (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Littlehampton.
Recommended
Woodland: a fifth under tree cover.
Time: 5h30–10h30
2 lunch spots: the Black Horse (3h–6h in), or the Gun Inn (3h–6h in)
Adapted from: The Rough Guide to Walks in London & the South East (3rd edition).
Reverse direction: Railwalks.
Haywards Heath Circular via Lindfield (Sussex)
1 hour direct from Littlehampton.
Low hills, Ouse Valley, woodland, nature reserves, fields, hedgerows, historic villages and canal-era river crossings.
Time: 4h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Hassocks to Lewes (Sussex)
45 minutes direct from Littlehampton.
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).
Haywards Heath to Balcombe (Sussex)
1 hour direct from Littlehampton.
Undulating High Weald farmland, woodland, golf course, reservoir dam wall, fields and a private school grounds.
Time: 4h
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Haywards Heath to Hassocks (Sussex)
1 hour direct from Littlehampton.
Rolling Sussex countryside and South Downs views; farmland and woodland through Ditchling along an old Roman road.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Time: 4h–8h30
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Arundel to Goring-by-Sea (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Littlehampton.
River path, wooded estate tracks, open downland, chalk hills, coastal plain and seaside seafront loop.
Time: 4h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Wivelsfield to Haywards Heath (Sussex)
1 hour direct from Littlehampton.
Woods, wildflower meadows, farmland, High Weald ridge, golf course and suburban road sections.
Time: 4h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Horsham to Haywards Heath (Sussex)
1 hour direct from Littlehampton.
Forest, fields, Sussex villages and views; St Leonard's Forest, historic Slaugham village, Cuckfield, South Downs views.
Woodland: a third under tree cover.
St Leonard's Forest: An expansive forest of ancient woodland between Horsham and Crawley.
Time: 5h30–10h30
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Hassocks to Brighton (Sussex)
45 minutes direct from Littlehampton.
Chalk South Downs crossing with steep climbs and descents, open downland, light woodland and a finish along the Brighton seafront.
Hilly: half on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
St John the Baptist Church, Clayton: Ancient village church with medieval wall paintings.
Stanmer Great Wood: Woodland on the edge of Stanmer Park.
Brighton Racecourse: Open downland racecourse above the city.
Brighton Palace Pier: A Victorian pleasure pier of rides and amusements over the sea.
Time: 4h30–9h
Warnings: Steep climbs and descents with stepped sections; significant elevation gain. Can be muddy.
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Burgess Hill to Hassocks (Sussex)
1 hour direct from Littlehampton.
Rolling farmland, chalky downland, wooded copses, open hilltops, golf courses, picturesque villages and panoramic South Downs ridge.
Time: 7h
Warnings: Can be very muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Southbourne to Chichester (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Littlehampton.
Flat tidal harbour shoreline, raised sea walls, mudflats, fields, light woodland, duck pond and pedestrianised historic city centre.
Time: 5h
Warnings: Can be muddy. Best at high tide.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Haywards Heath to East Grinstead (Sussex)
1 hour direct from Littlehampton.
Recommended: Some of the best High Weald landscapes; A great walk; A fabulous walk for wild garlic. A strenuous 19.5km High Weald hike with plenty of ups and downs, mostly on footpaths and bridleways across small fields and through woodland, following the High Weald Landscape Trail for much of the way, around Ardingly Reservoir and via Weir Wood Reservoir. Several kissing gates, footbridges and a boardwalk, no stiles; muddy and wet in places and spectacular for wild garlic and bluebells. Follows the High Weald Landscape Trail, passing Ardingly and Weir Wood reservoirs. Ardingly and West Hoathly offer pubs and public toilets; a short detour reaches Standen (National Trust, café and WC) and Wakehurst (part of Kew). MetroBus 84 and 222 intersect the route.
Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.
Time: 5h30–11h
Lunch: A bakery at Ardingly for bacon baps, and coffee at the Kingscote Vineyard shop.
Warnings: Muddy and wet in places, with possible fallen trees after storms. Take particular care on the road crossing coming into West Hoathly. A small stream runs down the path below Philpotts Manor School (dries only in high summer).
Walk details: Slow Ways.