Route Route Description way down Streat Lane, passing is the entrance to the 3 the church on your left, to a race course. Continue, Starts: (S) Hassocks Station (E) t-junction. crossing over Streat Lane Can be muddy in wet weather! following the track in front of 11. From The Hassocks public 55. Turn right onto Middleton the church. house, cycle through Hassocks Common Lane. At the end Village to Keymer. Turn right of the lane (when it becomes 99. At Hayleigh Farm turn left onto Lodge Lane. Continue to St Helena Lane), turn right then right continuing to Y-junction, cross over B2112, passing The Plough public Spatham Lane. Turn left onto taking the road immediately house on the right. Continue Spatham Lane, then right to ahead, next to the farm. along South Road and, passing cycle back through Ditchling, Honeypot Lane on the left, go going straight over at the 22. At the end of the lane turn left straight ahead on Novington mini roundabout, and back to onto Underhill Lane. Follow Lane. Hassocks via Keymer. this lane crossing over Beacon Road and continuing on 66. Turn right at bridleway passing towards Westmeston. through North Barnes Farm. Emerge at the Winning Post. 33. At the church ahead, turn right, then quickly left onto 77. Turn left, continuing over level Middleton Manor bridleway. crossing at Plumpton Station.
44. At a crossing of bridleways, 88. Just past Plumpton race course turn right then left at the end, turn right on to bridleway that onto Streat Lane. Cycle all the Hassocks, Westmeston, Hassocks Area Streat, Plumpton, Ditchling Circular Cycle Routes Hassocks Community Partnership Visitor Group Distance: Approx 14.5 miles / 23 km www.visithassocks.co.uk How to Get Here By Train Frequent services from Brighton, Haywards Heath, Gatwick and London By Road A23 London to Brighton. If southbound take the A2300 via Burgess Hill. From Brighton use A23 then A273 Pyecombe to Haywards Heath. From east/west use B2116 Lewes to Henfield road. There is a station car park with pay and display parking. Two further car parks in the village operate disc parking. Discs £1 (May 2010) can be bought from local shops (check notices in car park for details) and kept for future visits.
We hope you have enjoyed this cycle route. Why not try one of the others in the series? Route 1: Hassocks, Ditchling, Clayton (approx. 8 miles/13 km) Route 2: Hassocks, Goddards Green, Twineham, Sayers Common, Hurstpierpoint (approx. 12 miles/19.5 km) Route 4: Burgess Hill Green Route, Goddards Green, Hurstpierpoint College (approx. 8 miles/13 km) Route 5: Ditchling and the top of the South Downs (approx. 10.5 miles/17 km)
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