ROUTE Palace l City Centre l Dyke Road l Devil’s Dyke Take the bus to visit Devils Dyke 77 Dyke Road/ Woodruff Avenue Dyke Road/ Using the train Valley Drive Route 77 is partly Station too - see page 15 77 Booth funded by Brighton & Museum Seven 77 Hove City Council - see CitySAVER7 tickets7 are Dials Brighton page 14 for details. Churchill only valid between Brighton Square 77 and Tongdean Lane. network Brighton SAVER tickets are valid on 77 Palace Pier the whole route Weekends i360 only Route 77 is partly funded by Brighton & Hove City Council (see page 14) and the National Trust. Together with South Downs National Park Authority they form the ‘Breeze up to the Downs’ Partnership whose mission is to improve access by bus to popular downland destinations. For questions and comments please call 01273 292480. Special £5 return, which you also can use to return on any 77, 78 or 79 bus if you have walked between any of Breeze up to the Downs destinations. City SAVER tickets only valid as far as Dyke Road/Tongdean Lane. Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays until 21 September 2019 Also operates on Mondays to Fridays from 17 June until 30 August 2019 route number 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 day code JS JS am am am pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm Brighton, Palace Pier (stop N) 9.45 10.30 11.10 12.00 12.45 1.30 2.15 3.00 3.45 4.30 5.15 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.48 10.33 11.13 12.03 12.49 1.34 2.19 3.04 3.49 4.34 5.19 6.03 7.02 8.02 Churchill Square (stop F) 9.52 10.38 11.18 12.08 12.54 1.39 2.24 3.09 3.54 4.39 5.24 6.08 7.06 8.06 Brighton Station=(stop E) 9.57 10.43 11.24 12.14 1.00 1.45 2.30 3.15 4.00 4.45 5.30 6.14 7.10 8.10 Seven Dials, Dyke Road 10.00 10.46 11.27 12.17 1.03 1.48 2.33 3.18 4.03 4.48 5.33 6.17 7.13 8.13 Dyke Road, Woodruff Avenue 10.06 10.52 11.33 12.23 1.09 1.54 2.39 3.24 4.09 4.54 5.39 6.22 7.19 8.19 Dyke Road Avenue,Tongdean Lane 10.08 10.54 11.35 12.25 1.11 1.56 2.41 3.26 4.11 4.56 5.41 6.24 7.21 8.21 Devil’s Dyke Hotel 10.16 11.02 11.43 12.34 1.20 2.05 2.50 3.35 4.20 5.05 5.50 6.32 7.29 8.29 route number 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 day code JS JS am am am pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm Devil’s Dyke Hotel 10.30 11.15 11.50 12.45 1.30 2.15 3.00 3.45 4.30 5.15 6.00 6.45 7.35 8.35 Dyke Road Avenue,Tongdean Lane 10.39 11.25 12.00 12.55 1.40 2.25 3.10 3.55 4.40 5.24 6.09 6.54 7.42 8.42 Dyke Road, Woodruff Avenue 10.41 11.27 12.02 12.57 1.42 2.27 3.12 3.57 4.42 5.26 6.11 6.56 7.43 8.43 Seven Dials, Buckingham Place 10.48 11.36 12.11 1.06 1.51 2.36 3.21 4.06 4.51 5.33 6.18 7.03 7.48 8.48 Brighton Station= (stop D) 10.52 11.40 12.15 1.10 1.55 2.40 3.25 4.10 4.55 5.36 6.21 7.06 7.50 8.50 Clock Tower, Boots (stop N) 10.55 11.44 12.19 1.14 1.59 2.44 3.29 4.14 4.59 5.40 6.25 7.10 7.53 8.53 (stop Z) t t t t t t t t t t 6.29 7.13 t 8.57 Brighton, Palace Pier (stop N) 11.01 11.50 12.25 1.20 2.05 2.50 3.35 4.20 5.05 5.46 7.57 NOTES JS = Operates from 16 June until 31 August 2019 only.

Places to visit - Devil’s Dyke

The Devil's Dyke is a deep valley in the Downs to the west of Saddlescombe and five miles north-west of Brighton in the parish of Poynings. The adjacent hill has no particular name of its own, but is crowned by an Iron Age hill fort and, at 711 feet above sea-level, has magnificent views over the Weald. The legend of the Dyke is widely known: it is said that the Devil dug the chasm to allow the sea to inundate the churches and pious inhabitants of the Weald, but an old lady, on hearing the noise, lit a candle and Ol' Nick, believing it to be the rising sun, left his terrible work unfinished. In reality the 300-foot-deep valley was carved by tremendous amounts of water running off the Downs during the last Ice Age when large amounts of snow thawed and the frozen chalk prevented any further absorption; erosion was aided by the freeze-thaw cycle and the valley was deepened by the 'sludging' of the saturated chalk.

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