Walks you can reach from Normans Bay by train
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Alternatively, view walks directly from Normans Bay.
Pevensey and Westham to Battle (Sussex)
4 minutes direct from Normans Bay.
Highly recommended: Beautiful landscapes and multiple historic sights.
Time: 8h–15h30
2 lunch spots: Nuthatch Kitchen and Terrace (2h30–5h in), or the Ash Tree Inn (4h30–9h30 in)
2 end-of-walk rewards: the White Hart Pub, or Battle Abbey and Battlefield
Adapted from: The Rough Guide to Walks in London & the South East (3rd edition).
Berwick to Eastbourne (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Normans Bay.
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.
Winchelsea to Hastings (Sussex)
30 minutes direct from Normans Bay.
Highly recommended
Coastal: three quarters along the coast.
Time: 4h–8h30
2 lunch spots: the New Beach Club (1h30–3h in), or the Cove (2h–4h 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.
Eastbourne to Seaford (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Normans Bay.
Highly recommended: Spectacular white cliffs in a well-protected national landscape. Immense white chalk cliffs, sea, marshes, meadows and beachfront.
Hilly: a quarter on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
Coastal: four fifths along the coast.
Time: 6h30–13h
4 lunch spots: the Kiosk (1h30–2h30 in), Cadence Cafe Beachy Head (2h–4h in), the Beachy Head Pub (2h–4h in), or Birling Gap café (3h–5h30 in; excellent)
1 end-of-walk reward: the Cuckmere Inn
Best months: Jun-Jul (when the chalk is gleaming).
Warnings: Very popular and busy.
Source: Trains2Green.
Hastings to Rye (Sussex)
30 minutes direct from Normans Bay.
Highly recommended: Clifftop coastal path, steep climbs, remote naturist beach, flat marshland, ancient hilltop towns and panoramic viewpoints.
Coastal: three fifths along the coast.
Time: 5h30–11h30
Warnings: Crumbly cliff edges.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Reverse direction: Railwalks.
Eastbourne Circular via Eastbourne Pier (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Normans Bay.
All-tarmac seafront town walk past grand Victorian hotels, a pier, a Martello tower, the Winter Gardens, a gallery and elegant districts; a few moderate climbs.
Time: 2h30
Walk details: Travelog Lewes (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Hastings Circular via Fairlight Glen Beach (Sussex)
30 minutes direct from Normans Bay.
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).
Hampden Park to Eastbourne (Sussex)
9 minutes direct from Normans Bay.
Parks, woods, chalk downland ridges, open grassland, chalk heath, dense beech forest, coastal farmland, golf course and Victorian seaside town.
Warnings: Steep descents.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Eastbourne to Hastings (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Normans Bay.
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).
Southease to Eastbourne (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Normans Bay.
Open treeless downland ridges, steep ascents, scenic Cuckmere Valley, coastal promenade, beach and pier.
Warnings: Steep ascents.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Ore Circular via Hastings Country Park (Sussex)
30 minutes direct from Normans Bay.
Clifftop country park glens to a fishing-fleet beach, then up to a Norman castle ruin, a cliff railway and the Old Town; many steep sections and steps.
Hastings Country Park: A clifftop country park of glens and sea views between Hastings and Fairlight.
Warnings: Coastal path may be subject to landslip diversion.
Walk details: Travelog Lewes (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Polegate to Eastbourne (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Normans Bay.
Recommended: The views are marvelous in all directions. A walk with road sections at the start and end and an open downland middle following obvious footpaths and bridlepaths. There is a fairly steep climb from Lower Willingdon up onto the Downs and with several kissing gates but no stiles; the bridlepaths on top can be wet and muddy. Follows a short section of the Wealdway then the South Downs Way all the way into Eastbourne, at the eastern end of the South Downs. No facilities along the way.
Hilly: half on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
Time: 3h–6h
Lunch: No facilities along the way.
Warnings: Steep climb up onto the Downs. Bridlepaths on top can be wet and muddy. Sheep present.
Walk details: Slow Ways.