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involved, get can you how and Ramblers
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FIND YOUR WAY Follow the arrows on waymarkers.
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View from Ditchling Beacon © Sam Moore Open access land National Trail Acorn POINTS OF INTEREST JACK AND JILL stunning pockets of rich THE CHATTRI Around one and a half TAKE THE LEAD For a safe and fun visit with your dog please remember to chalk grassland. If visiting This beautiful memorial million members of WINDMILLS keep them on a lead around livestock, horses and wildlife. in July look for the musk stands on the Downs the Indian army fought These picturesque windmills orchid, only found in alongside British soldiers Always bag and bin your dog poo – any public bin will do! stand atop the scenic South near Patcham at the the south of England, place where Hindu and during the war. The word Downs with spectacular limey-green in colour ‘chattri’ means umbrella views out across the Sussex Sikh soldiers who died GETTING HERE CONTACT and honey-scented. in Brighton war hospitals in Indian Hindi, Punjabi Weald. Jack is privately Between June and August and Urdu and is reflected Parking: Jack & Jill South Downs National owned but Jill is often open during 1914-1918 windmills free car park Park Authority: you’ll also see the marsh were cremated. in the memorial’s style. to visitors and when the fragrant orchid which is with height barrier. 01730 814810 wind is blowing she may dark pink in colour and The Chattri © Richard Reed Alternative car parking @SDNPA /SDNPA even be in operation with can be found on the is available at Ditchling a guide available to explain southdownsnp northerly scarp slopes. Beacon (charges apply). the mysteries of milling. Visit jillwindmill.org.uk for Amongst these spectacular more information. flowers keep an eye out SOUTHDOWNS.GOV.UK for the green hairstreak butterfly. When not in Cover photo © Alex Bamford. All uncredited photos Mischa Haller © SDNPA. Details correct DITCHLING at time of going to print. Please be aware that routes are shared with other users (vehicles, flight they hold their pedestrians, dogs, horses etc) and users of this route do so at their own risk. We do not accept any responsibility for loss, damage or injury, however caused, arising directly or BEACON wings closed showing a indirectly from use of this leaflet. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and One of the highest points green underside with a database right 2013. SDNPA/The Way Design/June 2019. © SDNPA Crown copyright on the South Downs, faint white streak. Rival Ditchling Beacon, once males can often be seen Please recycle me an Iron Age hillfort, has spiralling close to shrubs. after use
Follow advice and local signs local and advice Follow •
Plan ahead and be prepared be and ahead Plan • improvements to be carried out. carried be to improvements
Enjoy the outdoors the Enjoy enabled surface and gateway gateway and surface enabled
from Gatwick Airport, which which Airport, Gatwick from
Keep dogs under effective control effective under dogs Keep •
made possible due to support support to due possible made
Take your litter home litter your Take •
These circular routes have been been have routes circular These
Protect the natural environment natural the Protect
Keep to the paths unless on Open Access Land Access Open on unless paths the to Keep •
Leave gates and property as you find them find you as property and gates Leave •
Respect other people other Respect
RESPECT. PROTECT. ENJOY. PROTECT. RESPECT.
YOUR COUNTRYSIDE CODE: CODE: COUNTRYSIDE YOUR
© Richard Reed Richard ©
Ditchling Beacon Beacon Ditchling
any maps to view our walks and rides. and walks our view to maps any
available for FREE – you do not need to buy buy to need not do you – FREE for available
our routes. All our routes on ViewRanger are are ViewRanger on routes our All routes. our
for South Downs National Park to view all of of all view to Park National Downs South for
app store. Once registered you can search search can you registered Once store. app
Download the free ViewRanger app from your your from app ViewRanger free the Download
ON VIEWRANGER ON
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southdowns.gov.uk/newsletter
Park. National Downs South the from events
and news latest the with date to up Keep
from Winchester to Eastbourne. Eastbourne. to Winchester from
entire length of the South Downs National Park, Park, National Downs South the of length entire
visit visit
disabledramblers.co.uk
National Trail – a 100 mile route which runs the the runs which route mile 100 a – Trail National
involved, get can you how and Ramblers
along a section of the famous South Downs Way Way Downs South famous the of section a along
For more information about the Disabled Disabled the about information more For
memorial. Following these trails also takes you you takes also trails these Following memorial.
or pay your respects at the peaceful Chattri war war Chattri peaceful the at respects your pay or power chair. chair. power
Sussex, visit the historic Jack and Jill windmills windmills Jill and Jack historic the visit Sussex, all-terrain Class 3 mobility scooter, or equivalent equivalent or scooter, mobility 3 Class all-terrain
Beacon, the highest point on the chalk in East East in chalk the on point highest the Beacon, to ensure that they are suitable for rambling on an an on rambling for suitable are they that ensure to
Enjoy stunning 360 degree views from Ditchling Ditchling from views degree 360 stunning Enjoy the two routes in this leaflet and tested each one one each tested and leaflet this in routes two the
scooters. Members of the charity helped to create create to helped charity the of Members scooters.
mobility scooters. scooters. mobility THE CHATTRI THE
people to access the countryside on their mobility mobility their on countryside the access to people
Park are suitable for off-road class 3 all-terrain all-terrain 3 class off-road for suitable are Park
up around 20 years ago to encourage disabled disabled encourage to ago years 20 around up
in a beautiful area of the South Downs National National Downs South the of area beautiful a in
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DITCHLING NATIONAL PARK NATIONAL
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GODALMING TUNBRIDGE Green hairstreak Fragrant orchid WELLS © Neil Hulme © SDNPA/Jan Knowlson National Park Area Railway WINCHESTER PETERSFIELD Station MIDHURST PULBOROUGH SOUTHAMPTON THE CHATTRI & DITCHLING LEWES CHICHESTER BRIGHTON & HOVE PORTSMOUTH BOGNOR EASTBOURNE REGIS
FIND YOUR WAY Follow the arrows on waymarkers.
Footpath Bridleway Restricted byway Byway
View from Ditchling Beacon © Sam Moore Open access land National Trail Acorn POINTS OF INTEREST JACK AND JILL stunning pockets of rich THE CHATTRI Around one and a half TAKE THE LEAD For a safe and fun visit with your dog please remember to chalk grassland. If visiting This beautiful memorial million members of WINDMILLS keep them on a lead around livestock, horses and wildlife. in July look for the musk stands on the Downs the Indian army fought These picturesque windmills orchid, only found in alongside British soldiers Always bag and bin your dog poo – any public bin will do! stand atop the scenic South near Patcham at the the south of England, place where Hindu and during the war. The word Downs with spectacular limey-green in colour ‘chattri’ means umbrella views out across the Sussex Sikh soldiers who died GETTING HERE CONTACT and honey-scented. in Brighton war hospitals in Indian Hindi, Punjabi Weald. Jack is privately Between June and August and Urdu and is reflected Parking: Jack & Jill South Downs National owned but Jill is often open during 1914-1918 windmills free car park Park Authority: you’ll also see the marsh were cremated. in the memorial’s style. to visitors and when the fragrant orchid which is with height barrier. 01730 814810 wind is blowing she may dark pink in colour and The Chattri © Richard Reed Alternative car parking @SDNPA /SDNPA even be in operation with can be found on the is available at Ditchling a guide available to explain southdownsnp northerly scarp slopes. Beacon (charges apply). the mysteries of milling. Visit jillwindmill.org.uk for Amongst these spectacular more information. flowers keep an eye out SOUTHDOWNS.GOV.UK for the green hairstreak butterfly. When not in Cover photo © Alex Bamford. All uncredited photos Mischa Haller © SDNPA. Details correct DITCHLING at time of going to print. Please be aware that routes are shared with other users (vehicles, flight they hold their pedestrians, dogs, horses etc) and users of this route do so at their own risk. We do not accept any responsibility for loss, damage or injury, however caused, arising directly or BEACON wings closed showing a indirectly from use of this leaflet. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and One of the highest points green underside with a database right 2013. SDNPA/The Way Design/June 2019. © SDNPA Crown copyright on the South Downs, faint white streak. Rival Ditchling Beacon, once males can often be seen Please recycle me an Iron Age hillfort, has spiralling close to shrubs. after use 1 START JACK AND JILL WINDMILLS 3 1 A273 NEW 2 DITCHLING BARN BEACON 2 FARM DEW POND 7 10
H T A P KEY: 3 R E Point of interest D R 4 Parking O B HEATHY Golf course X E S BROW Trail point S U 5 Road S 4 Long Distance Path 6 Bridleway 9 Footpath Woodland HOLT 8 HIGH PARK BOTTOM 5 Buildings CORNER Open access land (in shaded area) HIGH PARK
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From the car park head some 100 metres down the Go through the gate on From the car park head At the crossroads of When you reach the 1back out of the main hill and take the path through 7your right and across the 1back out of the main 5paths turn right onto 7 SDW, turn left and return entrance and turn left a wooden gate on your left. vehicle tracks, then head left entrance and turn left the Sussex Border Path to the car park at Jack and following the main track The bank to your left is the and gradually up the hill. Do following the main track up and continue down to the Jill windmills. up the hill. remains of the ramparts of not follow the vehicle tracks the hill. Turn right onto the Chattri war memorial. the Iron Age hillfort that stood along the valley floor. South Downs Way (SDW) Continue along the on Ditchling Beacon 3000 heading south. When you want to 2South Downs Way (SDW) years ago. Continue on this Drop down to the gate 6continue your walk to Ditchling Beacon. As you and turn right onto the Continue through New retrace your route back MAP REF: track south, over the rise and 8 Find this area on continue east along the SDW gently downhill. main farm track. 2Barn Farm and straight up the Sussex Border Path, OS Explorer OL11 you’ll pass two dew ponds. over the crossroads of track. then continue straight over (was 122) The first on your left is fenced Continue straight ahead At the top of the hill there at the crossroads. in and the second open for 4at the path junction – here 9is a cross road of paths, Follow the track down livestock to drink from. These the track steepens a little and turn right at this point and 3into Rag Bottom – this is round ponds are man-made has some loose flints. follow the Sussex Border path quite steep with occasional ponds lined with clay and north, where you’ll re-join the loose flint. Then follow the filled by rainwater to provide At the gate continue SDW at Keymer Post. track back up the hill the BREEZE UP TO THE DOWNS water for sheep and cattle. 5straight ahead, down the other side. hill. This grass slope is the When you reach the The Brighton area has weekend & bank holiday At the crest of the hill steepest section of the route. 10 SDW, turn left and Turn left and then right excellent bus services service throughout the year 3you’ll see the trig point on retrace the start of your walk 4to follow the track along with double-decker for Devil’s Dyke, Stanmer your right. This is the highest Continue through the gate to the car park at Jack and the edge of the field at Breeze buses serving the Park and Ditchling Beacon. point in East Sussex where 6heading south. Here the Jill windmills. Middle Brow. popular Devil’s Dyke daily See brighton-hove.gov.uk/ you are rewarded with 360º route flattens out and may (mid Jun-Aug) then a breezebuses for full details. views. Now retrace your route be muddy in winter. 1 START JACK AND JILL WINDMILLS 3 1 A273 NEW 2 DITCHLING BARN BEACON 2 FARM DEW POND 7 10
H T A P KEY: 3 R E Point of interest D R 4 Parking O HEATHY Golf course XB E S BROW Trail point S U 5 Road 4 S Long Distance Path 6 Bridleway 9 Footpath Woodland HOLT 8 HIGH PARK BOTTOM 5 Buildings CORNER Open access land (in shaded area) HIGH PARK
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From the car park head some 100 metres down the Go through the gate on From the car park head At the crossroads of When you reach the 1back out of the main hill and take the path through 7your right and across the 1back out of the main 5paths turn right onto 7 SDW, turn left and return entrance and turn left a wooden gate on your left. vehicle tracks, then head left entrance and turn left the Sussex Border Path to the car park at Jack and following the main track The bank to your left is the and gradually up the hill. Do following the main track up and continue down to the Jill windmills. up the hill. remains of the ramparts of not follow the vehicle tracks the hill. Turn right onto the Chattri war memorial. the Iron Age hillfort that stood along the valley floor. South Downs Way (SDW) Continue along the on Ditchling Beacon 3000 heading south. When you want to 2South Downs Way (SDW) years ago. Continue on this Drop down to the gate 6continue your walk to Ditchling Beacon. As you and turn right onto the Continue through New retrace your route back MAP REF: track south, over the rise and 8 Find this area on continue east along the SDW gently downhill. main farm track. 2Barn Farm and straight up the Sussex Border Path, OS Explorer OL11 you’ll pass two dew ponds. over the crossroads of track. then continue straight over (was 122) The first on your left is fenced Continue straight ahead At the top of the hill there at the crossroads. in and the second open for 4at the path junction – here 9is a cross road of paths, Follow the track down livestock to drink from. These the track steepens a little and turn right at this point and 3into Rag Bottom – this is round ponds are man-made has some loose flints. follow the Sussex Border path quite steep with occasional ponds lined with clay and north, where you’ll re-join the loose flint. Then follow the filled by rainwater to provide At the gate continue SDW at Keymer Post. track back up the hill the BREEZE UP TO THE DOWNS water for sheep and cattle. 5straight ahead, down the other side. hill. This grass slope is the When you reach the The Brighton area has weekend & bank holiday At the crest of the hill steepest section of the route. 10 SDW, turn left and Turn left and then right excellent bus services service throughout the year 3you’ll see the trig point on retrace the start of your walk 4to follow the track along with double-decker for Devil’s Dyke, Stanmer your right. This is the highest Continue through the gate to the car park at Jack and the edge of the field at Breeze buses serving the Park and Ditchling Beacon. point in East Sussex where 6heading south. Here the Jill windmills. Middle Brow. popular Devil’s Dyke daily See brighton-hove.gov.uk/ you are rewarded with 360º route flattens out and may (mid Jun-Aug) then a breezebuses for full details. views. Now retrace your route be muddy in winter.