Walks you can reach from West St Leonards by train
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Winchelsea to Hastings (Sussex)
6 minutes direct from West St Leonards.
Highly recommended
Coastal: three quarters along the coast.
Hastings (3h45 in)
2 lunch spots: the New Beach Club (1h30 in), or the Cove (2h 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.
Pevensey to Battle (Sussex)
9 minutes direct from West St Leonards.
Highly recommended: Beautiful landscapes and multiple historic sights.
Pevensey Castle (15 mins in)
Herstmonceux Castle (2h30 in)
Battle Abbey and Battlefield (7h30 in)
Battle (7h15 in)
2 lunch spots: Nuthatch Kitchen and Terrace (2h30 in), or the Ash Tree Inn (4h45 in)
2 end-of-walk rewards: the White Hart Pub, or Battle Abbey and Battlefield café
Adapted from: The Rough Guide to Walks in London & the South East (3rd edition).
Hastings to Rye (Sussex)
6 minutes direct from West St Leonards.
Highly recommended: Clifftop coastal path, steep climbs, remote naturist beach, flat marshland, ancient hilltop towns and panoramic viewpoints.
Coastal: three fifths along the coast.
Lamb House: Georgian house in Rye, built in 1723; once a mayoral residence that welcomed King George I and later home to writers Henry James and E. F. Benson (National Trust; 6h in; 1h to visit).
Warnings: Crumbly cliff edges.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Reverse direction: Railwalks.
Hastings Circular via Fairlight Glen Beach (Sussex)
6 minutes direct from West St Leonards.
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).
Battle Circular via Battle Abbey and Battlefield (Sussex)
9 minutes direct from West St Leonards.
Rolling Wealden countryside, fields, woods and the historic town of Battle.
1 lunch spot: Battle Abbey and Battlefield café
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Crowhurst to Battle (Sussex)
5 minutes direct from West St Leonards.
Gentle farmland, woodlands, golf course, parkland, riverside paths alongside streams and the River Brede and historic town centre.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Etchingham to Wadhurst (Sussex)
30 minutes direct from West St Leonards.
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.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Eastbourne to Hastings (Sussex)
6 minutes direct from West St Leonards.
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).
Robertsbridge Circular via Brightling (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from West St Leonards.
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).
Stonegate Circular via Bateman’s (Sussex)
30 minutes direct from West St Leonards.
Rolling hills, tranquil valleys, classic English woodland, pastureland and unspoiled village.
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: Nettles and brambles.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Robertsbridge to Uckfield (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from West St Leonards.
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).
Stonegate to Robertsbridge (Sussex)
30 minutes direct from West St Leonards.
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).