ABOUT THE TRAIL This is a self-guided A24 A29 walking trail. A264 A281 A264 Please read the A281 Horsham information below. A29 Heritage Trails A281 Lower Beeding A24 A281 Power Walk A272 A272 West Grinstead A29 Knepp

Dial Post Partridge West Green Chiltington A281 A24 A283 Ashington Henfield

Storrington Wiston A281

Amberley Washington Rusper

A24 A283 A29 Upper Rudgwick Faygate A264 Beeding Warnham A281 A264 A281 Slinfold Horsham A29 Areas of Natural Beauty/South Downs National Park

A281 Lower Barns Green Beeding A24 Billingshurst Southwater X Nuthurst Coneyhurst A281

A272 Coolham A272 HOW TO FIND US West Cowfold Grinstead A29 Knepp The George and Dragon Start point: Partridge West Green Pulborough Chiltington Thakeham A281 A24 at Dragons Green, RH13 8GE. Coldwaltham A283 Ashington Henfield Wiston ByA281 Car: Cars may be parked in the lane Amberley Washington Small Dole Designed and Printed by Treetop Design Print. Tel: 01293 863131 A283 Upper Steyning Beedingoutside the pub. Bramber ACCESS & FACILITIES Walking grade: Easy. Distance: 8 miles. Info: There are two stiles. Some of the route will be muddy in the Winter months. Refreshments: Available at the George and Dragon during opening hours and at the Safari Centre at New Barn Farm when open. Toilets: At the George and Dragon during opening hours and at the Safari Centre when open. Dogs: Please keep dogs on leads and clean mess up. Please respect the privacy of local residents.

FIND OUT MORE: To learn more about the heritage of the wider district and discover additional trails, please visit www.horshammuseum.org

Supported by Community Partnerships Forum and The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

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m u r m o F Exploring Horsham District’s Heritage u n s i p ty hi Partners Information is correct at time of going to press. church. In the graveyard see if you can find the Power Walk graves of three Second World War servicemen and the grave of Composer John Ireland. What do you think? Could the rounded Welcome to this special corner of ironstone in the South porch be an old and countryside that has entertained the Kings of worn bollard, proof of the notion that the River , provided arms for the building of the Adur had once been tidal and navigable as far British Empire, served as a temporary home up river as Shipley? for Second World War troops in the build up to D-day, and now provides a refuge for wildlife From the church head back north past the protected by a groundbreaking rewilding project. village hall and beyond the houses, take the footpath on the right. Follow the path through Park up and meet your friends at the beautiful the woods and fields,cross the B road and into George and Dragon and then follow paths the Knepp Estate. At the drive turn right then through the Knepp Estate which has undertaken after 400 metres, just before reaching the a huge rewilding project for the past 20 years. Castle on the left, start to follow the purple You will see deer and Exmoor ponies and Old markings of the signposts and follow the English Longhorned cattle, roaming free. If you footpath diagonally to the right to join do not see the Tamworth pigs you will certainly the Castle driveway. see the results of their labours as their rootling ploughs the ground in search of invertebrates, rhizomes and flora.

The power of nature is taking over and new wildlife now abounds, from insects, invertebrates Start Point and dung beetles to small birds, butterflies, bats, 1 ....The George and Dragon Dragons Lane, Dragons Green, Shipley RH13 8GE owls, buzzards and even storks. Elusive and rare breeds such as the Nightingale and Turtle Dove , Park in the Lane adjacent to the pub grounds. and the Purple Emperor butterfly have now made More about the pub later. The walk is nearly 8 Knepp their home. miles and will take approx 3 hours

Along the way, you will pass two castles, one still Head East through the village and across the a home, the other a ruin with a rich history from junction then bear left to join the Bridleway the time of William the Conqueror. across the fields until you reach Renches Lane You will also see remnants of the iron industry Turn right down Renches lane , past Renches that was vital to this High Weald region for over Wood and cross the A272 and climb the stile. 300 years, providing the arrow heads, cannon Walk 100 metres diagonally across the field to the and cannon balls, that were carried on the Royal gate and stile and follow the path to the junction Navy ships that ruled the waves and built the of footpaths and bridleways. Bear right and go British Empire. around to the right of the buildings, follow the Exploring footpath through the woods and over fields to The Iron industry also helped to shape our Sussex Red Lane, then continue south towards Shipley. Horsham countryside, creating hundreds of hammer District’s ponds, and managing our forests and woodlands 2 Shipley Church...St Mary the Virgin.... Heritage to provide wood for the production of charcoal The Power of God for the furnaces. This church was built in the 12th Century for the Knights Templar replacing an earlier Saxon Power Walk Fallow Deer Fallow Exmoor Ponies

The George and Dragon George The The old Knepp Castle ruin Knepp Castle old The A272 9 Bay Bridge Bay Exploring Heritage District’s District’s Horsham Horsham Points of interest of Points Trail 1 5 5 1 Hillhouse Lawn Knepp Castle Swallows Swallows Farm Knepp Castle 4 Photo: XXXXXX 3 Knepp Park New BarnNew Farm 6 6 6 Water Meadows at the old Knepp Castle at Meadows Water X 3 5 5 33 Walter Budd’s parents who owned who owned parents Budd’s Walter the took and Dragon, the George inscription, with its fateful cross, of the pub, and put it in front today. it stands where iron find out about fascinating To Knepp use Horsham at industry age through Iron Heritage Trails: . guide you Knepp – to Shipley Hammer Farm 2 7 Dragons Green 8 King’s Mill King’s Zero Station Zero Photo: XXXXX Boars Lane King’s King’s Windmill 1 9 Old English Longhorn Scolliers Crossways START FINISH Oakleigh Farm Whitehall 6 Pen Bridge Lane Pen Lower Barn Lower 7 8 3 9 grounds of Wakehurst Place) and Place) of Wakehurst grounds Had the UK only 32 in the country. the Nazi Germany, by been invaded been used have would station zero secret as a top the Resistance by the for Look station. communications antennae the radio where tree nearby the bark. beneath concealed was carefully the track, down Continue Dragon’s and follow the A272, cross the pub. back to Lane and Dragon... George of Love Power The an albino and, Budd was Walter of accusations wrongful following his took villagers in 1893, theft by himself in drowning by life own His body was Knepp. Spring Pond, but churchyard, buried in the Shipley was the inscription on the tombstone and not fitting ‘offensive considered a sinner who had committed for who of Shipley, the Vicar suicide’, by be removed. the tombstone ordered 3 7 5 8 4 6 one of only two in (the other in the Sussex in West one of only two the Second World War. It was a Zero Station, Station, a Zero It was War. World the Second These earth works are a top secret remnant from from remnant secret a top are earth works These The Zero Station...The Allied Powers Station...The Zero The corner on the right you’ll see some earth works. on the right you’ll corner until you get to the top of the hill and then on the of the top get to until you Boars Lane, another old Drover’s track. Follow this Follow track. old Drover’s another Boars Lane, left and you will see a bridlepath to the right. This is the right. This to will see a bridlepath left and you school and up the slight hill. The lane bears to the lane bears to school and up the slight hill. The At the lane go left, past the old Vicarage and the the old Vicarage the lane go left, past At the lane. Millenium Plaque at the side of the entrance from from the side of the entrance Millenium Plaque at been closed to the public. Look out for the Blue out for the public. Look been closed to mill to it’s former glory. Since 2009 the Mill has Since glory. former it’s mill to Shipley Windmill Charitable Trust, to restore the restore to Charitable Trust, Windmill Shipley In the 1980’s , significant work was done by the done by was , significant work In the 1980’s his death, it was preserved as a memorial to Belloc. Belloc. as a memorial to preserved it was his death, The Mill was initially preserved by Belloc and, after Belloc and, after by initially preserved Mill was The 1953. windmill) in 1906, where he lived until his death in in until his death he lived windmill) in 1906, where activist) purchased King’s Land (and the adjacent Land (and the adjacent King’s purchased activist) until 1926. Hilaire Belloc, (writer, poet and political poet and political Belloc, (writer, Hilaire until 1926. Sussex. The mill was still in active commercial use use commercial in active still mill was The Sussex. and is the largest , and youngest, smock mill in smock mill in , and youngest, and is the largest King’s Mill was built in 1879 at a cost of £2500, of £2500, cost a at built in 1879 Mill was King’s Shipley Windmill....King’s Mill...Wind Power Mill...Wind Windmill....King’s Shipley village, the King’s Mill is on the right. the King’s village, and rejoin the track . As the footpath reaches the reaches . As the footpath the track and rejoin Follow the track north, cross Countryman Lane Lane Countryman north, cross the track Follow viewing platform. viewing Along this track you may wish to stop and climb the stop wish to may you Along this track Pen Bridge Lane, an old Drovers track. an old Drovers Bridge Lane, Pen turn right, then after 300 metres right again to join right again to 300 metres turn right, then after you reach a viewing platform in an old oak tree) , in an old oak tree) platform a viewing reach you 1 mile. Following the purple markers, ( just before before ( just the purple markers, Following 1 mile. it flattens out turn left along a hard track for approx approx for track turn left along a hard out it flattens Follow the permissive path north up the hill and as path the permissive Follow you may see bats. may you skies for birds and butterflies and in the evening and in the evening and butterflies birds skies for disturbance from the rootling pigs, watch the the pigs, watch the rootling from disturbance since 1416. As your walk continues look out for for look out continues walk As your 1416. since is being established, the first to breed in the UK in the UK breed to the first is being established, out for White Stork , where a breeding colony colony a breeding , where Stork White out for New Barn Farm ... near the ‘safari centre’ look look centre’ ... near the ‘safari Barn Farm New Knepp Estate...The Power of Nature Power Knepp Estate...The Turn right along the track to New Barn Farm. New to right along the track Turn across the fields, until you reach a walker’s car park. a walker’s reach the fields, until you across Swallows Farm) turn right through the tall gate, the tall gate, turn right through Farm) Swallows turn left and after 200 metres, (before you reach reach you (before 200 metres, turn left and after the fields to Tumbledown Barn, the road then at Tumbledown the fields to permissive paths marked with purple paint across with purple paint across marked paths permissive Now head south over the and follow the and follow Adur the River head south over Now the raised causeway to the old motte and bailey. the old motte to causeway the raised read the information board on the tree stump on stump on the tree board the information read For a fascinating explanation of the power of Kings power of the explanation a fascinating For The castle was built in 1125. was castle The The old Knepp Castle ruin...... The Power of Kings Power ruin...... The old Knepp Castle The round to the left and down to the old castle ruin. the old castle to the left and down to round cattlegrid, turn right and follow the line of the bushes the line of turn right and follow cattlegrid, observation of the wildlife. Just before you get to the get to you before Just wildlife. the of observation on the right one of several Tree Platforms, built for built for Platforms, Tree several on the right one of Now follow the lane to the east. You will see in the field will You the east. the lane to follow Now this important local industry. Follow the Heritage Trail for a more detailed look at detailed look at a more for the Heritage Trail Follow charcoal) here in the High Weald for centuries. for in the High Weald here charcoal) waterways (for power) and the woodlands (for (for and the woodlands power) (for waterways evidence of the iron industry that shaped the that industry of the iron evidence The pond is in fact a Hammer Pond, man made a Hammer Pond, pond is in fact The overlooking the water. overlooking to turn left and follow the path to the Bird Hide the Bird to the path left and follow turn to Mill Pond. Just before the pond you may wish may the pond you before Just Mill Pond. Following the driveway you will reach Knepp will reach you the driveway Following Heritage Trail An iron Trail through Knepp Heritage Trail Knepp Mill pond...Water Power - see Horsham - Power Knepp Mill pond...Water Exmoor ponies. species of deer, free roaming Tamworth pigs, and Tamworth roaming free species of deer, look out for Old English Long Horned cattle, three three Horned cattle, Long Old English look out for of how many species you can see and, in particular, can see and, in particular, species you many of how as possible.As you continue your walk make a note note a make walk your continue you as possible.As eco system where nature is given as much freedom as much freedom is given nature where system eco The driving principle is to establish a functioning a functioning establish principle is to driving The project has seen extraordinary increases in wildlife. in wildlife. increases has seen extraordinary project restoration of dynamic, natural water courses, the courses, water of dynamic, natural restoration regeneration and habitat creation, and with the creation, and habitat regeneration project. Using grazing animals as the drivers of as the drivers animals Using grazing project. Estate has been devoted to a pioneering rewilding a pioneering rewilding to has been devoted Estate in June 1944. Since 2001 the 3500 acre Knepp acre the 3500 2001 Since in June 1944. then Scottish forces in the build up to D-Day D-Day in the build up to forces then Scottish preparing for the ill-fated Dieppe landings, and Dieppe landings, the ill-fated for preparing castle was requisitioned by Canadian forces, Canadian forces, by requisitioned was castle John Nash. During the Second World War, the War, World Second the Nash. During John Burrell between 1809 and 1812, to the design of design the 1812, to and 1809 between Burrell The ‘new’ Knepp Castle was built by Sir Charles Sir Charles built by was Castle Knepp ‘new’ The The Knepp Estate.....The Power of Nature Power Estate.....The Knepp The