South Downs - Polegate Loop

Date: 
Sunday, 20 August 2023 - 10:05am
Walk Leaders: 
Martin Peach
Meeting Point: 
Polegate Station, East Sussex BN26 6EH
Distance: 
10 miles
Maps: 
OS Explorer 123
Travel: 

rain - 08.46 from. Victoria (Clapham Junction 08.53); intended return 17.07 from Polegate arriving Victoria 18.30. (Only one train an hour.)
Car - By road A22. Just under 2 hours from W London. Polegate is about 5 miles north of Eastbourne. Please use postcode and GPS to find Polegate station.

Route: 

orning (6 miles). Southward along Jevington Road (pavement) to Wannock then up to the Downs via the Wealdway, including a shortish steep climb; then westwards through Friston Forest (deciduous) and out into the open again for the descent to Litlington in the Cuckmere valley for lunch.
Afternoon: (4.5 miles). Long but fairly gradual climb up from near sea level to the crest of the Downs then a steep descent back to the Wealdway and along to Fulkington. Then back below the Downs to Wannock and the road walk back to Polegate.

Lunch: 

At the Plough and Harrow at Litlington - Sunday Menu on their website. Menu choices as above to Martin P by Monday 14 august.

Notes: 

Note: this walk should provide exceptional views of the South Downs, the Sussex Weald; and across Friston Forest the wide sweep of the sea and the coast to the west’.