Walks from Robertsbridge

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).

Rolling hills, woods, hop fields, orchards, Rother Valley and gentle undulating farmland.

Bodiam Castle: Step into history at Bodiam Castle. This 14th-century moated castle with a ruined interior features spiral staircases, battlements and a portcullis (National Trust; 2h to visit).

1 lunch spot: Bodiam Castle café

Warnings: Can be muddy.

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

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).

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).

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).

Similar walk: Slow Ways (inc. GPX).

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.

Source: A variant of Etchingham to Wadhurst via Ticehurst (Saturday Walkers Club).

Rolling hills, direct route to castle, Rother Valley and gentle return.

Bodiam Castle: Step into history at Bodiam Castle. This 14th-century moated castle with a ruined interior features spiral staircases, battlements and a portcullis (National Trust; 2h to visit).

1 lunch spot: Bodiam Castle café

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

Rolling High Weald hills and alternative morning route via Hurst Green village.

Bodiam Castle: Step into history at Bodiam Castle. This 14th-century moated castle with a ruined interior features spiral staircases, battlements and a portcullis (National Trust; 2h to visit).

1 lunch spot: Bodiam Castle café

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

East Sussex countryside, rolling hills, fields and woodland via Burwash to Stonegate.

Source: An alternative variant of Robertsbridge Circular via Brightling (Saturday Walkers Club).