Walks you can reach from Southbourne by train
Sussex · South East England | Walks by foot
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Portsmouth Harbour Station to Havant Station (Hampshire)
8m direct from Southbourne.
20km.
Flat coastal walk, seafront promenade, sandy beaches, short ferry crossing, disused railway path, and harbourside shore path.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Fishbourne Station Circular via Chichester Harbour (Sussex)
9m direct from Southbourne.
Easy: 11km, flat terrain. 3h–5h.
Beginner-friendly: Just follow the coast and come back along a straight walk. It’s almost too simple! Flat, short and plenty of choices for lunch.
Chichester Harbour is a little-known National Landscape. Its protected saltmarsh landscape feeds an abundance of birdlife. It’s a major recreational harbour but somehow has a romantically melancholy and isolated air — you can imagine sea shanties being composed here.
Highlights: Chichester Harbour, Bosham, and Fishbourne Roman Palace & Gardens.
Lunch stops in Bosham (1h30–2h30 in): the Anchor Bleu, Timberley's, the Berkeley Arms, or Marwick's.
End-of-walk rewards: the Bull's Head Pub, or the Woolpack Inn.
Angmering Station to Littlehampton Station (Sussex)
30m direct from Southbourne.
16km. 3h30.
Open downland, coastal plain, quiet alleyways, farmland, residential streets, shingle beach, seafront promenade, and riverside walk.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Angmering Station Circular (Sussex)
30m direct from Southbourne.
10km. 2h30.
Open downland, farmland, quiet alleyways, and residential streets.
A shorter variant of Angmering to Littlehampton – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Angmering Station to Worthing Station (Sussex)
30m direct from Southbourne.
15km. 3h30.
Residential streets, village lanes, bridleways, open downland, chalk hills, coastal plain, seafront promenade, and town streets.
A longer variant of Arundel to Goring-by-Sea – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Angmering Station to Goring-by-Sea Station (Sussex)
30m direct from Southbourne.
11km. 2h30.
Residential streets, village lanes, bridleways, open downland, chalk hills, and coastal plain.
An alternative variant of Arundel to Goring-by-Sea – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Goring-by-Sea Station to Worthing Station (Sussex)
30m direct from Southbourne.
Tough: steep ascents. 19km. 5h30–9h.
Highlights: Highdown Gardens and Cissbury Ring Hill Fort.
Lunch stops: the Black Horse (3h–5h in), or the Gun Inn (3h–5h in).
Shoreham-by-Sea Station to Worthing Station (Sussex)
30m direct from Southbourne.
10km.
Flat coastal path, shingle beach, seafront promenade, and seaside resort. Check tide timings.
A shorter variant of Shoreham By Sea to Littlehampton – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Hassocks Station to Shoreham-by-Sea Station (Sussex)
45m direct from Southbourne.
20km.
Chalk downland hills, escarpment ridge, quiet road with valley views, farm tracks, nature reserve, and Adur river path.
A longer variant of Hassocks to Upper Beeding – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Balcombe Station to Horsham Station (Sussex)
45m direct from Southbourne.
27km.
Wealden woods, farmland fields, streams, ponds, riverside nature reserve, and old market town. Can be very overgrown.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Ockley Station to Horsham Station (Surrey)
45m direct from Southbourne.
20km.
Fields, oak woods, gentle hills, farmland, suburban Horsham, and parkland. Can be muddy.
A longer variant of Ockley to Warnham – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Newhaven Town Station to Portslade Station (Sussex)
45m direct from Southbourne.
23km.
Harbourside path, white chalk cliffs, clifftop and undercliff concrete paths, shingle beach, busy promenade, beach huts, and wide seafront promenade. Exposed in high wind.
A longer variant of Newhaven to Brighton and Portslade – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.