S Chanctonbury and Cissbury Rings ROUTE O
U T
0 H
D OFF ROAD
O 15
W
miles Intermediate 9 miles (14.48 km) 1¾ hours A
N 2
S 8 0
W
A Maps - Explorer 121 Arundel & Pulborough
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5
A 2 122 Brighton & Hove 4 Hor
sham
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2 4 This ride visits the two Iron Age forts on the South Downs, west of Steyning and east of Findon, and incorporates part of the South Downs Way. It is on good tracks but care 3
Wo r should be taken on some of the steeper descents. There are views from Cissbury Ring, P est House thing
Findon which was the largest flint mine in Northern Europe, to Beachy Head and the Isle of
N
Gallops F Wight and from Chanctonbury Ring to Brighton, Devil’s Dyke and the North Downs.
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O Ne
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E 1. Start from the car park at the road-and-track crossroads 1 mile w Barn
L arm
A (1.60 km) south of Steyning Bowl on the Steyning/Sompting road Chancton bu ry
N E (GR162080). Ring
P Leave the car park going west on the track. Turn right at the crossroads
4 (GR167081) on a well-surfaced bridleway. Climb past Steyning Bowl Cissb on the right to the bridleway crossroads with the South Downs Way at Canada Bottom New Hill marked by a flint memorial to Walter Langmead. Memorial ury Ring
Chanctonbury and Cissbury Rings 2. Straight over the junction and follow the South Downs Way past Chanctonbury Ring. Carry straight on, ignoring the South Downs Way bridleway on the right. A fast descent, which can be slippery in the wet, takes you to a bridleway crossroads. Turn left to the junction with the track to The Pest House (GR127100).
3. Through the gate and up the
Memorial steep bridleway leading over the field. Cross the road onto a second
P field. Exit field by gate and go over
junction with track and through
A T
L S
R 2 1 O
O
A
B Gallops Farm. Follow concrete track D
S to junction of track and lane. Turn
O Ste U Ste left uphill to junction of track and
T Bo
H ynin g
W ynin g
wl bridleways. Turn right to Cissbury A D Y O Cissbury Ring Ring (GR139094). W
N
S 4. Left at junction of road and tracks by small car park (GR139085). Follow track through Canada Bottom to start point.
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S Chanctonbury and Cissbury Rings ROUTE O
U T 0
H OFF ROAD D
O 15
W Intermediate 9 miles (14.48 km) 1¾ hours
miles A
N 2
S 8 0
W Maps - Explorer 121 Arundel & Pulborough A
Y 0.
5 122 Brighton & Hove A 2 4 Hor
sham A
2 This ride visits the two Iron Age forts on the South Downs, west of 4 Steyning and east of Findon, and incorporates part of the South Downs Way. It is on 3
Wo r good tracks but care should be taken on some of the steeper descents. There are views P est House from Cissbury Ring, which was the largest flint mine in Northern Europe, to Beachy thing Findon
N Head and the Isle of Wight and from Chanctonbury Ring to Brighton, Devil’s Dyke and Gallops F
E
P
C the North Downs.
O Ne
T
E w Barn
L arm 1. Start from the car park at the road-and-track crossroads 1 mile A Chancton bu ry
N
E (1.60 km) south of Steyning Bowl on the Steyning/Sompting road
Ring (GR162080). P
4 Leave the car park going west on the track. Turn right at the crossroads
Cissb (GR167081) on a well-surfaced bridleway. Climb past Steyning Bowl
Canada Bottom on the right to the bridleway crossroads with the South Downs Way at ury Ring New Hill marked by a flint memorial to Walter Langmead. Memorial Chanctonbury and Cissbury Rings 2. Straight over the junction and follow the South Downs Way past Chanctonbury Ring. Carry straight on, ignoring the South Downs Way bridleway on the right. A fast descent, which can be slippery in the wet, takes you to a bridleway crossroads. Turn left to the junction with the track to The Pest House (GR127100).
3. Through the gate and up the Memorial steep bridleway leading over the
P field. Cross the road onto a second
field. Exit field by gate and go over
A T
L S
R 2
1 O O
A junction with track and through B
D Gallops Farm. Follow concrete track S
O Ste U to junction of track and lane. Turn Ste
T Bo
H ynin g
W ynin g left uphill to junction of track and wl A D Y O bridleways. Turn right to Cissbury W N Cissbury Ring Ring (GR139094). S
4. Left at junction of road and tracks by small car park (GR139085). Follow track through Canada Bottom to start point.
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