Walks you can reach from West Worthing by train
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Amberley to Shoreham-by-Sea (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from West Worthing.
Highly recommended: Open chalk ridge, South Downs escarpment, wide well-marked paths, exposed hilltops, riverside estuary path and suburban road walking near finish.
Hilly: half on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
Time: 8h–15h30
1 lunch spot: Columba's Kitchen (4h–8h in)
2 end-of-walk rewards: the Buckingham Arms, or the Crabtree
Warnings: Very exposed in wind.
Source: Trains2Green.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Goring-by-Sea to Worthing (Sussex)
5 minutes direct from West Worthing.
Recommended
Woodland: a fifth under tree cover.
Time: 5h30–10h30
2 lunch spots: the Black Horse (3h–6h in), or the Gun Inn (3h–6h in)
Adapted from: The Rough Guide to Walks in London & the South East (3rd edition).
Reverse direction: Railwalks.
Haywards Heath Circular via Lindfield (Sussex)
45 minutes direct from West Worthing.
Low hills, Ouse Valley, woodland, nature reserves, fields, hedgerows, historic villages and canal-era river crossings.
Time: 4h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Shoreham-by-Sea to Littlehampton (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from West Worthing.
Flat coastal promenade, shingle beach, sandy beach, grassy seafront paths and seaside resorts.
Warnings: Check tide timings.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Hassocks to Lewes (Sussex)
30 minutes direct from West Worthing.
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).
Haywards Heath to Balcombe (Sussex)
45 minutes direct from West Worthing.
Undulating High Weald farmland, woodland, golf course, reservoir dam wall, fields and a private school grounds.
Time: 4h
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Haywards Heath to Hassocks (Sussex)
45 minutes direct from West Worthing.
Rolling Sussex countryside and South Downs views; farmland and woodland through Ditchling along an old Roman road.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Time: 4h–8h30
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Arundel to Goring-by-Sea (Sussex)
5 minutes direct from West Worthing.
River path, wooded estate tracks, open downland, chalk hills, coastal plain and seaside seafront loop.
Time: 4h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Wivelsfield to Haywards Heath (Sussex)
45 minutes direct from West Worthing.
Woods, wildflower meadows, farmland, High Weald ridge, golf course and suburban road sections.
Time: 4h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Horsham to Haywards Heath (Sussex)
45 minutes direct from West Worthing.
Forest, fields, Sussex villages and views; St Leonard's Forest, historic Slaugham village, Cuckfield, South Downs views.
Woodland: a third under tree cover.
St Leonard's Forest: An expansive forest of ancient woodland between Horsham and Crawley.
Time: 5h30–10h30
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Brighton Circular via the Royal Pavilion (Sussex)
30 minutes direct from West Worthing.
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).
Goring-by-Sea to Littlehampton (Sussex)
5 minutes direct from West Worthing.
Seafront and quiet beaches past a garden centre and animal sanctuary, a protected watercourse and a boating-lake park, ending at a seaside town's estuary front.
Walk details: Travelog Lewes (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Similar walk: Railwalks.