Balcombe to East Grinstead walk

This was a re-walk of this high quality 10.5 mile offering in The High Weald, last undertaken in November 2010. Today, the weather was initially overcast, but brightened up later on, though a chill northerly breeze persisted throughout.

Starting out from Balcombe station, the walker is in classic Wealden Wonderland almost immediately; lots of woodland, birdsong, meadows, bubbling gills and, of course, mud! There's also a lake, a seed bank, and a wonderfully located church for lunch (St Margaret's of Antioch).

Thereafter, there's more woodland, with sunken paths, a heritage railway line, another large reservoir and more mud before reaching the finale of East Grinstead.

A cracking walk, even on a greyish day, with some muddy paths (not as bad as they could be though!) and a bit of Gatwick air traffic after lunch.

#swcwalks #book1 #walk34. Marek Larwood spends an early September day walking from Balcombe to East Grinstead via the Cat Inn in West Hoathly and the Standen Stones.

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A 10.7 mile walk through the undulating hillsand woods of the High Weald in the West Sussex countryside. Part 1 takes the walker past the lake of the Balcombe Estate and on through woodsand meadows to the National Trust's Wakehurst Place. Lunch is at the second highest point in Sussex (183m), the village of West Hoathly.

After lunch at St Margaret's Church, the walk goes through Giffards Wood, crosses over the Bluebell Railway Line, then joins the Sussex Border Path to pass the climbing rocks at Stone Farm. Then, it's on past Weir Wood Reservoir and across meadows back to East Grinstead.