Walks you can reach from Seaford by train
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Lewes to Southease (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Seaford.
Highly recommended: Escarpments, three distinct downland ridges, wide open chalk paths, panoramic views, historic town streets and gentle valleys.
Hilly: a third on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
Time: 4h30–9h
2 lunch spots: the Trevor Arms (1h30–3h30 in), or the Ram Inn, Firle (2h30–5h in)
1 end-of-walk reward: Courtyard Café at YHA Southease Hostel
Adapted from: The Rough Guide to Walks in London & the South East (3rd edition).
Lewes Circular via Southease (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Seaford.
Highly recommended: Three distinct downland ridges, wide open chalk paths, panoramic views, historic town streets and gentle valleys.
Warnings: Three steep climbs.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Southease Circular via Telscombe (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Seaford.
Ouse valley villages of literary curiosity, past a youth hostel cafe, Virginia Woolf's former home and a round-towered church; a couple of short steep climbs.
Monk's House: Virginia Woolf's country home in the Ouse valley village of Rodmell.
Warnings: No public toilets along the way.
Walk details: Travelog Lewes (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Southease to Eastbourne (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Seaford.
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).
Hassocks to Lewes (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Seaford.
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).
Plumpton to Lewes (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Seaford.
Downland climb to the wooded summit of Blackcap and Mount Harry, then down past a castle, a historic lido and the High Street; one 120m climb.
Blackcap: A National Trust downland summit topped by a clump of trees north of Lewes.
Lewes Castle: A Norman motte-and-bailey castle on a ridge above the county town.
Time: 2h30
Walk details: Travelog Lewes (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Cooksbridge to Lewes (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Seaford.
Downland ridge climb to Blackcap's hilltop tree circle, past an old racecourse, descending into the county town; can be muddy after rain.
Blackcap: A National Trust downland summit topped by a clump of trees north of Lewes.
Lewes Castle: A Norman motte-and-bailey castle on a ridge above the county town.
Time: 2h
Warnings: Can be muddy after rain. Several stiles.
Walk details: Travelog Lewes (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Bishopstone Circular via Saxon Church of St Andrew (Sussex)
3 minutes direct from Seaford.
Steep repeated climbs and descents, chalk downland, grassy ridges, vineyard tracks, valley paths, quiet village lanes and open hilltop views to sea and Downs.
Warnings: Can be overgrown.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Newhaven Town Circular via Seven Sisters Country Park (Sussex)
7 minutes direct from Seaford.
Final stage of the Vanguard Way over the Seven Sisters chalk cliffs from Seven Sisters Country Park via Seaford to Newhaven.
Coastal: four fifths along the coast.
Seven Sisters: A run of chalk sea cliffs on the Sussex coast within the Seven Sisters Country Park.
Time: 3h–6h
Warnings: Starts at Cuckmere (Seven Sisters Country Park), which has no railway station.
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Falmer Circular (Sussex)
30 minutes direct from Seaford.
Stile-free climb on the South Downs Way to Ditchling Beacon with near-360-degree panoramas, through a downland village with a tearoom.
Ditchling Beacon: One of the highest points on the South Downs with near-360-degree views.
Time: 2h30
Walk details: Travelog Lewes (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Brighton Circular via the Royal Pavilion (Sussex)
30 minutes direct from Seaford.
Historic city core and seafront, with a medieval church, Regency squares, the piers, the Royal Pavilion, the North Laine and parks.
The Royal Pavilion: George IV's exotic Indo-Saracenic seaside palace in central Brighton.
Brighton Palace Pier: A Victorian pleasure pier of rides and amusements over the sea.
Walk details: Travelog Lewes (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Newhaven Town to Brighton (Sussex)
7 minutes direct from Seaford.
Harbourside path, white chalk cliffs, clifftop and undercliff concrete paths, shingle beach and busy seaside promenade and boardwalk.
Warnings: Exposed in high wind.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Similar walk: Railwalks.