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Cuckoo as known Shawpits Bridge at Hellingly. at Bridge Shawpits Also Also Ladies and Lords welcome to picnic where you like en route. en like you where picnic to welcome Look for the wildlife information boards under under boards information wildlife the for Look Cuckoo Flower. Cuckoo located at intervals along the Trail, and you are are you and Trail, the along intervals at located caterpillars of the Orange Tip feed mainly on the the on mainly feed Tip Orange the of caterpillars craftsmen. Picnic tables and bike racks are are racks bike and tables Picnic craftsmen. orange tip to the cream wings. The green green The wings. cream the to tip orange many carved from fallen trees by local local by trees fallen from carved many Wildlife and nature along the Trail the along nature and Wildlife male butterfly has an an has butterfly male Benches have been erected along the Trail, Trail, the along erected been have Benches same plant. Only the the Only plant. same assume that they can see or hear you. hear or see can they that assume from laying eggs on the the on eggs laying from the 1960s, as part of the “Beeching” cuts. “Beeching” the of part as 1960s, the hard of hearing or visually impaired. Don’t just just Don’t impaired. visually or hearing of hard deters other Orange Tips Tips Orange other deters became more popular, and the line was shut in in shut was line the and popular, more became or call out, remembering that some people are are people some that remembering out, call or a bright orange egg. This This egg. orange bright a Heathfield Fair. Transporting of goods by road road by goods of Transporting Fair. Heathfield Don’t surprise people - ring your bell bell your ring - people surprise Don’t Cyclists: Tip butterfly starts life as as life starts butterfly Tip cuckoo of spring was always heard at the the at heard always was spring of cuckoo The Orange Orange The Tip Orange each end. each Cuckoo Line after the tradition that the first first the that tradition the after Line Cuckoo bypass, where a mounting block is provided at at provided is block mounting a where bypass, appear in spring. spring. in appear Opened in 1880, the railway was named the the named was railway the 1880, in Opened over a bridge, which crosses the A27 Polegate Polegate A27 the crosses which bridge, a over flowers with four petals petals four with flowers Polegate. Polegate. This latter section involves going going involves section latter This Polegate. Trail. The pale mauve mauve pale The Trail. district’s larger towns: Heathfield, Hailsham and and Hailsham Heathfield, towns: larger district’s Summerhill Lane south of Hailsham and and Hailsham of south Lane Summerhill in damp places along the the along places damp in route of the old railway linking three of the the of three linking railway old the of route and the south of Heathfield and between between and Heathfield of south the and Flower. Commonly found found Commonly Flower. The Cuckoo Trail runs for 11 miles along the the along miles 11 for runs Trail Cuckoo The Can ride between Hellingly Hellingly between ride Can Horseriders: known as Cuckoo Cuckoo as known also also Smock Lady’s Use lights at night at lights Use l unwittingly play host to a Cuckoo. a to host play unwittingly The history of the Cuckoo Trail Cuckoo the of history The dense cover such as thorn bushes and may may and bushes thorn as such cover dense Don’t block the path the block Don’t l warbling song from an exposed perch. It nests in in nests It perch. exposed an from song warbling Do not leave litter leave not Do l narrow beak. The Dunnock sings a rolling, rolling, a sings Dunnock The beak. narrow Clear up after your dog your after up Clear l stripes on its back and a a and back its on stripes Look and listen listen and Look l Grey-brown with darker darker with Grey-brown ground along the Trail. Trail. the along ground Keep to a safe speed safe a to Keep l about on or near the the near or on about Keep left, pass on the right the on pass left, Keep l Commonly seen hopping hopping seen Commonly but not a sparrow! sparrow! a not but all other users: other all Like a sparrow sparrow a Like Dunnock horse, please share the path respectfully with with respectfully path the share please horse, Whether you are traveling on foot, by bike, or or bike, by foot, on traveling are you Whether beats. tail, usually solitary and flying with shallow wing wing shallow with flying and solitary usually tail, and demands all the food. It is grey with a long long a with grey is It food. the all demands and Share with Care with Share The history of the Cuckoo Trail Cuckoo the of history The The young cuckoo ejects the hosts’ own eggs eggs own hosts’ the ejects cuckoo young The Join the Cuckoo How to get to the Cuckoo Trail the Challenge trail Join the challenge Train: There are stations at Polegate and and look for the Cuckoo Hampden Park. For information on timetables: Challenge discs on the wooden www.nationalrail.co.uk mile posts. Download the Cuckoo challenge Bikes can be carried free of charge though there from: www.healthywealden.co.uk are some restrictions during peak hours. A 14 mile trail for walkers, cyclists and horseriders, taking you through the beautiful East Sussex countryside Complete 100 miles – and receive your Bus: Service 251, 252, and 54 operated by own Cuckoo Challenge Certificate. Eastbourne Buses/Stagecoach links Polegate, Hailsham, Hellingly, Horam and Heathfield. For information: www.bustimes.org.uk Calculate your distance and the Car: There are free car parks at Heathfield, calories you have burnt today! Horam, Hellingly and Hailsham and on-street parking at Polegate and Hampden Park. What an average adult 100 will burn for each Horsebox: Horsebox space is provided at the = Kcal mile they walk of the Hellingly car park, where the Trail is accessed Cuckoo Trail. via an easily graded ramp. A mounting block is provided. What an average adult 50 = Kcal will burn for each mile they cycle along the Cuckoo Trail. EAST TUNBRIDGE GRINSTEAD WELLS Runners and joggers can burn even A264 more calories each mile – but this A21 depends on your speed and weight. CROWBOROUGH A22 A267 For more information about staying healthy and A26 A272 walking in Wealden look at the websites: A265 www.healthywealden.co.uk A272 HEATHFIELD www.wealdendosussexwalks.co.uk UCKFIELD A22 EAST SUSSEX A271 the A26 A27 LEWES A259 trail Physical Activity guidelines: HAILSHAM Adults should aim, if possible, to take part in at A27 least 150 minutes each week of moderate A26 POLEGATE HAMPDEN Helping people to choose active travel intensity physical activity, in bouts of 10 minutes NEWHAVEN PARK or more. A259 EASTBOURNE TO FRANCE SEAFORD Children and young people should be Newhaven/Dieppe 4hrs by ferry Ashford/Calais 1hr by train encouraged to be physically active, if able, for at (Euro Tunnel) least 60 minutes every day. Dunnock in this area). area). this in Dunnock are poisonous. are other species (mainly (mainly species other which go bright orange-red in the autumn and and autumn the in orange-red bright go which in the nests of birds of of birds of nests the in black then produces a cluster of green berries, berries, green of cluster a produces then black to June. Lays its eggs eggs its Lays June. to flower starts white, turns turns white, starts flower distinctive call from April April from call distinctive shaped and glossy. The The glossy. and shaped visitor. Listen for the the for Listen visitor. The leaves are arrow- are leaves The A summer summer A Cuckoo the year in shaded areas. areas. shaded in year the Can be seen for most of of most for seen be Can On the trail you might see the following: following: the see might you trail the On known as Cuckoo Pint. Pint. Cuckoo as known Shawpits Bridge at Hellingly. at Bridge Shawpits Also Also Ladies and Lords welcome to picnic where you like en route. en like you where picnic to welcome Look for the wildlife information boards under under boards information wildlife the for Look Cuckoo Flower. Cuckoo located at intervals along the Trail, and you are are you and Trail, the along intervals at located caterpillars of the Orange Tip feed mainly on the the on mainly feed Tip Orange the of caterpillars craftsmen.