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Southease Circular walk

Varied South Downs walk. Sussex Ouse, Centenary Park (Peacehaven), Undercliff Path, the Western Hemisphere, Telscombe Tye, optional climbs and Eastern Hemisphere.

Circular East Sussex

History

This is a list of previous times this walk has been done by the club (since Jan 2010). For more recent events (since April 2015), full details are shown.

Date Option Post # Weather
Mon, 26-Aug-24 Bank Holiday Walk - A new route in the South Downs: Southease Circular [New Walk] 11 sunny and windy
Thomas G
Length: 23.4 km (14.6 mi)
Ascent/Descent: 420m
Net Walking Time: 5 ½ hours
Toughness: 6/10
Take the 09.54 Ore train from Victoria (10.01 CJ, 10.10 EC), change Lewes onto the Seaford train (10.56/11.00), which arrives Southease 11.06.
Return trains are on xx.05
A varied South Downs walk featuring the Sussex Ouse, Centenary Park (Peacehaven), the Undercliff Path, the Western Hemisphere, Telscombe Tye, optional climbs and the Eastern Hemisphere.

Walk Options :
Bus Shortcut after lunch plus two Shortcuts in the afternoon.
Lunch : lots of choice in Peacehaven/Telscombe Cliffs ; see the pdf or the webpage for details.
Tea: Abergavenny Arms in Rodmell (on a slight diversion), YHA Courtyard Café , Southease.
For summary, map, height profile, walk directions and gpx/kml files click here . T=swc.423
  • Mon, 26-Aug-24

    10 off the train at Southease, after a mad scrambled from the late train to Ore. we were met by the walk creator at the station.

    Weather Sunny and windy.

    The terrain was new to most of the walkers, and the stretch on the undercliff path near the sea was extra fresh . Waves were too rough for swimming.

    Lunch pub were unfazed by 7 hungry walkers without a booking.

    Excellent day soaking up some of the last days of summer.

    Thanks Mike for writing an enjoyable walk.

  • Tue, 27-Aug-24

    11 sunny and windy

  • Wed, 28-Aug-24

    Additional details on the walk. After a morning extension visit to Piddinghoe (worth visiting the church) I rejoined the group at the lunch pub Smugglers Rest. Post lunch the 17:05 train back was the focus having been told by the walk creator that there was no chance of getting it from the lunch pub. I tried a salvo into Mill Hill. All looked well but the error was trusting the internet and its ETA to the station demotivated this walker. Hence the decision was made to go a more gentle pace and continue via Rodmell. A very good local pub stop and still time at Southease to see the cafe. Meeting up with another walker who narrowly missed the 17:05, I heard that some of walkers did make the train 😉. Lesson learnt for next time. A sunny, windy day

  • Wed, 28-Aug-24

    A good walk in excellent conditions. The second half is particularly scenic with the rolling hills of yellow fields and the view back to the sea. A few locals were swimming in the river near Southease station in the afternoon - a tranquil setting for it - perhaps a swimming walk for those inclined...