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POINTS OF INTEREST EGRETS WAY LOOP IFORD HILL LOOP SHORTHAND DIRECTIONS SHORTHAND DIRECTIONS ST LAURENCE Newhaven. After Asham CHURCH chalk pit closed in 1967 Standing on a slope this commercial river traffic DISTANCE DISTANCE DIRECTION DIRECTION 11th century church has ceased and with it the TOTAL (KM) TOTAL (KM) a tower and north arcade need for the bridge to 1 1 REPEAT PLAY EGRETS WAY dating back to circa swing open. 0.0 AREA 0.0 INSTRUCTIONS 0.0 CAFE 0.0 1– 4 1200. The tower is built 2 GLYNN ROAD 5 of flint but has a plinth Southease Railway Station 0.5 3.4 made of ironstone. is 300m beyond the 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 bridge and the YHA 3 6 NO ACCESS South Downs Courtyard TO C7 ST PETERS CHURCH 1.8 3.8 Cafe is a further 200m 1.3 0.4 0.2 0.4 Traced back over 1000 4 7 after the station. STEEP years to medieval 3.1 6.5 CLIMB times this church was 1.3 2.7 EGRETS WAY 5 8 mentioned in the STEEP SOUTH DESCENT DOWNS Domesday Book. The This multiuser path 3.4 8.3 WAY alongside the River Ouse 0.3 1.8 irregular conical spire is 6 9 one of only three round has been formed by a 4.2 9.9 towers in Sussex, all of community project, led 0.8 1.6 0.4 7 10 which are located in the by the South Downs STEEP PUB DESCENT C7 Ouse Valley. Like the National Park Authority, 4.7 11.0 and when completed will 0.5 FARM 0.7 1.1 0.8 other two round towers 8 SOUTH 11 link Lewes to Newhaven. DOWNS CAR at Piddinghoe and Lewes, 5.6 WAY 12.4 PARK this one probably dates 0.9 1.4 1.2 1.0 9 12 back to the first half of the MONK’S HOUSE C7 This tranquil 17th century 6.6 15.3 12th century. 1.0 0.2 2.9 cottage was inhabited 10 13 by the novelist Virginia C7 SOUTHEASE BRIDGE 7.5 EGRETS 16.9 This Grade 2 Listed Woolf from 1919 and 0.9 WAY 1.6 0.1 11 14 cast iron swing bridge is now managed by STEEP the National Trust. The 9.1 C7 18.1 CLIMB built in 1880 links 1.6 0.1 1.2 0.5 Woolfs bought Monk’s Southease Parish which 12 15 PELHAM House for the ‘shape and STEEP RISE was divided by a ‘cut’ 10.3 CLIMB 18.9 in the Ouse created in fertility and wildness of 1.2 0.5 0.8 13 PELHAM 16 1791 to improve the the garden’. Today, the RISE lovely cottage garden 11.1 19.4 river’s flow. The bridge 0.8 0.5 0.3 contains a mix of flowers, has two cast-iron spans, 14 17 CAFE vegetables, orchards, PLAY one of which rotated 11.6 20.7 AREA through 90 degrees to lawns and ponds. 0.5 0.3 1.3 15 CAFE allow sea going barges PLAY Guide Sealed surface Post/gate Cattle grid 12.9 AREA access to Lewes from 1.3 Gravel surface Building House
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South Downs National Park’s landscapes cover cover landscapes Park’s National Downs South ON SOUTHAMPT
PULBOROUGH From rolling hills to bustling market towns, the the towns, market bustling to hills rolling From T MIDHURS PEACEHAVEN
PETERSFIELD
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POINTS OF INTEREST EGRETS WAY LOOP IFORD HILL LOOP SHORTHAND DIRECTIONS SHORTHAND DIRECTIONS ST LAURENCE Newhaven. After Asham CHURCH chalk pit closed in 1967 Standing on a slope this commercial river traffic DISTANCE DISTANCE DIRECTION DIRECTION 11th century church has ceased and with it the TOTAL (KM) TOTAL (KM) a tower and north arcade need for the bridge to 1 1 REPEAT PLAY EGRETS WAY dating back to circa swing open. 0.0 AREA 0.0 INSTRUCTIONS 0.0 CAFE 0.0 1– 4 1200. The tower is built 2 GLYNN ROAD 5 of flint but has a plinth Southease Railway Station 0.5 3.4 made of ironstone. is 300m beyond the 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 bridge and the YHA 3 6 NO ACCESS South Downs Courtyard TO C7 ST PETERS CHURCH 1.8 3.8 Cafe is a further 200m 1.3 0.4 0.2 0.4 Traced back over 1000 4 7 after the station. STEEP years to medieval 3.1 6.5 CLIMB times this church was 1.3 2.7 EGRETS WAY 5 8 mentioned in the STEEP SOUTH DESCENT DOWNS Domesday Book. The This multiuser path 3.4 8.3 WAY alongside the River Ouse 0.3 1.8 irregular conical spire is 6 9 one of only three round has been formed by a 4.2 9.9 towers in Sussex, all of community project, led 0.8 1.6 0.4 7 10 which are located in the by the South Downs STEEP PUB DESCENT C7 Ouse Valley. Like the National Park Authority, 4.7 11.0 and when completed will 0.5 FARM 0.7 1.1 0.8 other two round towers 8 SOUTH 11 link Lewes to Newhaven. DOWNS CAR at Piddinghoe and Lewes, 5.6 WAY 12.4 PARK this one probably dates 0.9 1.4 1.2 1.0 9 12 back to the first half of the MONK’S HOUSE C7 This tranquil 17th century 6.6 15.3 12th century. 1.0 0.2 2.9 cottage was inhabited 10 13 by the novelist Virginia C7 SOUTHEASE BRIDGE 7.5 EGRETS 16.9 This Grade 2 Listed Woolf from 1919 and 0.9 WAY 1.6 0.1 11 14 cast iron swing bridge is now managed by STEEP the National Trust. The 9.1 C7 18.1 CLIMB built in 1880 links 1.6 0.1 1.2 0.5 Woolfs bought Monk’s Southease Parish which 12 15 PELHAM House for the ‘shape and STEEP RISE was divided by a ‘cut’ 10.3 CLIMB 18.9 in the Ouse created in fertility and wildness of 1.2 0.5 0.8 13 PELHAM 16 1791 to improve the the garden’. Today, the RISE lovely cottage garden 11.1 19.4 river’s flow. The bridge 0.8 0.5 0.3 contains a mix of flowers, has two cast-iron spans, 14 17 CAFE vegetables, orchards, PLAY one of which rotated 11.6 20.7 AREA through 90 degrees to lawns and ponds. 0.5 0.3 1.3 15 CAFE allow sea going barges PLAY Guide Sealed surface Post/gate Cattle grid 12.9 AREA access to Lewes from 1.3 Gravel surface Building House IFORD THE BROOKS
S C7 O A26 U 4 TH D 7 OW IFORD N S MONK’S HILL W RODMELL AY HOUSE MILL HILL SOUTHEASE ITFORD 6 9 STATION HILL
Y 5 A 8 W S YHA SOUTH 3 SOUTHN W SOUTHEASE DOWNS O 10 D ST PETERS BRIDGE
CHURCH Y
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C7
SOUTH N W 8 A
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’S T M E A R H S G R E 7 O G 6 11 Explore chalk downland, ST LAURENCE L PA NS N A R CHURCH W ATI O N K picturesque villages, stunning views TH O OU D S 2 5 TELSCOMBE 12 PIDDINGHOE and the meandering River Ouse. 1 RIVER OUSE TELSCOMBE TYE 13 HALCOMB 4 FARM
SALTDEAN KEY: 3 GLYNN RD C7 Point of interest Iford Hill Loop 2 Pub Road A259 14 Refreshments Long Distance Path
Toilets Footpath PEACEHAVEN NEWHAVEN Parking Bridleway START Bus stop Woodland CENTENARY PARK A259 1 ENGLISH CHANNEL Route point Buildings PIDDINGHOE National Park Railway station 0 0.5 miles AVENUE Egrets Way Loop boundary N 1km
IFORD HILL LOOP EGRETS WAY LOOP DISTANCE: ROUTE: DISTANCE: ROUTE: GR ADIENT: 13 miles (21 km) Bridleways, gravel tracks 8 miles (13 km) Bridleways, gravel tracks and Gently undulating with one and some quiet lanes. some quiet lanes. Suitable moderate descent on gravel ALLOW: Suitable for mountain bikes ALLOW: for mountain bikes with and one steep descent and 2–3 hours (can be walked with off-road/knobbly tyres. 1.5–2 hours off-road/knobbly tyres. two ascents on tarmac. in 5–6 hours) (can be walked in 2–3 hours) GR ADIENT: Quite undulating with one steep descent on gravel.
Follow instructions 1–4 from of farm tracks staying on the Start from Gateway Cafe at At the top of the hill, on the left, Pass through the gate joining the Egret’s Way loop South Downs Way. Take care 1Centenary Park, passing to the 6 take the right hand gate and 10 the Egrets Way following the descending the farmland as the right of the play area. Proceed descend the gravel bridleway across River Ouse, signposted to Piddinghoe After joining the tarmac trail can be slippery and muddy. down the hill, crossing a small road farmland. Take care as the surface and Peacehaven. (Continue for 500m 1road for 20m, turn left and continue uphill following the can be quite loose and slippery when to visit the YHA South Downs café.) along the gravel track Turn left at Mill Lane gravel path. wet. (Alternative Route – you can across open farmland. 6signposted to Rodmell and follow the road descending to the Pass through the gate and descend towards the village. Turn left following the uneven C7 at Southease and rejoin the follow the tarmac path adjacent After a cattle grid, turn right 11 Take care turning left (on the ‘C7’ 2bridleway, then turn left at the route towards point 10. to the ‘C7’ Lewes Road for 100m. 2and through a gate after Lewes Road) and immediately concrete road, passing the houses Carefully cross the ‘C7’ and follow 50m onto farmland (passing right onto The Street by the pub and business units. Take care Proceed through the gate and the bridleway gravel track, passing to a white house to the left). Follow signposted to Monk’s House. crossing Pelham Rise road and 7 turn right onto the gravel track the left of the ornamental gates. Stay the bridleway for approximately proceed along Glynn Road for passing through Cricketing Bottom on the gravel track for 3/4 mile. 1 3/4 miles. Take care as the After Monk’s House continue approximately 1/2 mile. and South Farm. Follow the gravel track is rutted for 500m and 7straight ahead onto a gravel track for 1.5 miles. Beware of farm Follow the bridleway through can be quite muddy. bridleway, passing a car park to Continue through the bollards vehicle movements. 12 Halcombe Farm onto a tarmac the right. By the River Ouse turn 3along Glynn Road West then surface, ascending a fairly steep hill Turn right and stay on the right and pass through a gate turn left at the T junction onto Continue straight, following the for 300m. Beware of moving vehicles 3wider gravel track up the onto the Egrets Way signposted Telscombe Road for approximately 8 South Downs Way National Trail for 1/2 mile particularly near the steep hill that ascends for 1/2 to Southease and Piddinghoe. 200m. Turn right onto a gravel along the valley. buildings. Join Telscombe Road at a mile. Take care as the track is The bridleway is unsurfaced for road, note the sign saying ‘No the edge of Peacehaven village and steep with loose material and 1/2 mile and can be rough and Access to C7’. Follow the gravel Turn right onto a narrow follow the road for 400m. some gullies. muddy. Pass through the next road for 1/2 mile to Telscombe Tye. 9 gravel path, following the gate joining the surfaced path South Downs Way and proceed Turn left onto Pelham Rise at Stay on the concrete track, of the Egrets Way. Proceed through the gate through the gate to ascend the 13 the T junction and follow the 4turning right to join the South 4and follow the track uphill. very steep hill for 50m – most road for 400m. Downs Way. Enjoy the glorious Pass through two gates near Take care – the surface is quite cyclists push their bikes here! Cross views over the Lower Ouse valley 8Southease Bridge crossing loose with small gullies. farmland for 100m and through Turn left off Pelham Rise towards Mount Caburn and Itford the lane and continue along a second gate onto Gorham’s 14 and retrace the earlier route Hill to the east. Take care and the Egrets Way surfaced path. Join the tarmac road, pause and Lane. Turn right onto the C7 and via Lower Hoddern Farm turning watch your speed descending Now follow instructions 5 enjoy the view before crossing the immediately left after 20m onto a right onto a gravel bridleway after the hill for 1 mile. 11–14 of the Egret’s Way cattle grid and descending through narrow lane to Southease village the houses to Centenary Park, route to finish your ride. Telscombe village. Take care on the following the South Downs Way. Peacehaven, to finish at the Continue through the steep descent. The road climbs steeply Gateway Cafe. 5gates, crossing a couple from the village for 400m. IFORD THE BROOKS
S C7 O A26 U 4 TH D 7 OW IFORD N S MONK’S HILL W RODMELL AY HOUSE MILL HILL SOUTHEASE ITFORD 6 9 STATION HILL
Y 5 A 8 W S YHA SOUTH 3 SOUTHN W SOUTHEASE DOWNS O 10 D ST PETERS BRIDGE
CHURCH Y
E A
C7
SOUTH N W 8 A
FARM L S
’S T M E A R H S G R E 7 O G 6 11 Explore chalk downland, ST LAURENCE L PA NS N A R CHURCH W ATI O N K picturesque villages, stunning views TH O OU D S 2 5 TELSCOMBE 12 PIDDINGHOE and the meandering River Ouse. 1 RIVER OUSE TELSCOMBE TYE 13 HALCOMB 4 FARM
SALTDEAN KEY: 3 GLYNN RD C7 Point of interest Iford Hill Loop 2 Pub Road A259 14 Refreshments Long Distance Path
Toilets Footpath PEACEHAVEN NEWHAVEN Parking Bridleway START Bus stop Woodland CENTENARY PARK A259 1 ENGLISH CHANNEL Route point Buildings PIDDINGHOE National Park Railway station 0 0.5 miles AVENUE Egrets Way Loop boundary N 1km
IFORD HILL LOOP EGRETS WAY LOOP DISTANCE: ROUTE: DISTANCE: ROUTE: GR ADIENT: 13 miles (21 km) Bridleways, gravel tracks 8 miles (13 km) Bridleways, gravel tracks and Gently undulating with one and some quiet lanes. some quiet lanes. Suitable moderate descent on gravel ALLOW: Suitable for mountain bikes ALLOW: for mountain bikes with and one steep descent and 2–3 hours (can be walked with off-road/knobbly tyres. 1.5–2 hours off-road/knobbly tyres. two ascents on tarmac. in 5–6 hours) (can be walked in 2–3 hours) GR ADIENT: Quite undulating with one steep descent on gravel.
Follow instructions 1–4 from of farm tracks staying on the Start from Gateway Cafe at At the top of the hill, on the left, Pass through the gate joining the Egret’s Way loop South Downs Way. Take care 1Centenary Park, passing to the 6 take the right hand gate and 10 the Egrets Way following the descending the farmland as the right of the play area. Proceed descend the gravel bridleway across River Ouse, signposted to Piddinghoe After joining the tarmac trail can be slippery and muddy. down the hill, crossing a small road farmland. Take care as the surface and Peacehaven. (Continue for 500m 1road for 20m, turn left and continue uphill following the can be quite loose and slippery when to visit the YHA South Downs café.) along the gravel track Turn left at Mill Lane gravel path. wet. (Alternative Route – you can across open farmland. 6signposted to Rodmell and follow the road descending to the Pass through the gate and descend towards the village. Turn left following the uneven C7 at Southease and rejoin the follow the tarmac path adjacent After a cattle grid, turn right 11 Take care turning left (on the ‘C7’ 2bridleway, then turn left at the route towards point 10. to the ‘C7’ Lewes Road for 100m. 2and through a gate after Lewes Road) and immediately concrete road, passing the houses Carefully cross the ‘C7’ and follow 50m onto farmland (passing right onto The Street by the pub and business units. Take care Proceed through the gate and the bridleway gravel track, passing to a white house to the left). Follow signposted to Monk’s House. crossing Pelham Rise road and 7 turn right onto the gravel track the left of the ornamental gates. Stay the bridleway for approximately proceed along Glynn Road for passing through Cricketing Bottom on the gravel track for 3/4 mile. 1 3/4 miles. Take care as the After Monk’s House continue approximately 1/2 mile. and South Farm. Follow the gravel track is rutted for 500m and 7straight ahead onto a gravel track for 1.5 miles. Beware of farm Follow the bridleway through can be quite muddy. bridleway, passing a car park to Continue through the bollards vehicle movements. 12 Halcombe Farm onto a tarmac the right. By the River Ouse turn 3along Glynn Road West then surface, ascending a fairly steep hill Turn right and stay on the right and pass through a gate turn left at the T junction onto Continue straight, following the for 300m. Beware of moving vehicles 3wider gravel track up the onto the Egrets Way signposted Telscombe Road for approximately 8 South Downs Way National Trail for 1/2 mile particularly near the steep hill that ascends for 1/2 to Southease and Piddinghoe. 200m. Turn right onto a gravel along the valley. buildings. Join Telscombe Road at a mile. Take care as the track is The bridleway is unsurfaced for road, note the sign saying ‘No the edge of Peacehaven village and steep with loose material and 1/2 mile and can be rough and Access to C7’. Follow the gravel Turn right onto a narrow follow the road for 400m. some gullies. muddy. Pass through the next road for 1/2 mile to Telscombe Tye. 9 gravel path, following the gate joining the surfaced path South Downs Way and proceed Turn left onto Pelham Rise at Stay on the concrete track, of the Egrets Way. Proceed through the gate through the gate to ascend the 13 the T junction and follow the 4turning right to join the South 4and follow the track uphill. very steep hill for 50m – most road for 400m. Downs Way. Enjoy the glorious Pass through two gates near Take care – the surface is quite cyclists push their bikes here! Cross views over the Lower Ouse valley 8Southease Bridge crossing loose with small gullies. farmland for 100m and through Turn left off Pelham Rise towards Mount Caburn and Itford the lane and continue along a second gate onto Gorham’s 14 and retrace the earlier route Hill to the east. Take care and the Egrets Way surfaced path. Join the tarmac road, pause and Lane. Turn right onto the C7 and via Lower Hoddern Farm turning watch your speed descending Now follow instructions 5 enjoy the view before crossing the immediately left after 20m onto a right onto a gravel bridleway after the hill for 1 mile. 11–14 of the Egret’s Way cattle grid and descending through narrow lane to Southease village the houses to Centenary Park, route to finish your ride. Telscombe village. Take care on the following the South Downs Way. Peacehaven, to finish at the Continue through the steep descent. The road climbs steeply Gateway Cafe. 5gates, crossing a couple from the village for 400m.