Description
Book SynopsisDay Walks on the High Weald features 20 circular routes between 6.5 and 13.9 miles (10.5km and 22.4km) in length, spread across this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the south-east of England. Local author Deirdre Huston has compiled her favourite walks in the region, which showcase the High Weald’s rich history and varied landscape.
Walk down old coach roads. Clamber through deserted woodland and along riverbanks. March past castles and skirt battlefields. Linger in meadows and leap across Wealden streams. See the countryside that inspired A.A. Milne and Rudyard Kipling. Visit Hastings Country Park, stroll around Bewl Water and through tranquil St Leonard’s Forest. Marvel at the Ouse Valley Viaduct and Bodiam castle, and consider the epic history of Battle and its surrounding landscape.
Together with stunning photography, each route features Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 maps, easy-to-follow directions, details of distance and navigation information, and refreshment stops and local information.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Acknowledgements
About the walks
Walk times
Navigation
GPS and mobile phones
Footpaths and rights of way
Comfort
Safety
The Countryside Code
Walking near livestock
How to use this book
Maps, descriptions, distances
Km/mile conversion chart
Long-distance trails
Further reading
High Weald Area Map
Section 1 West High Weald
1 Classic High Weald in the Heart of Sussex
2 Standen, Weir Wood Reservoir & the Lost Manor of Brambletye
3 A Search for the Dragon of St Leonard’s Forest
4 A Village Green & the Ouse Valley Viaduct
5 The Walk of Many Last Climbs: Balcombe Lake & Ardingly Reservoir
Section 2 The Heart Of The High Weald
6 Take the High Weald Trail to Hartfield
7 Rocks, Railway & Heath
8 A Wild & Woodland Walk Around Mayfield
9 Wealden Woods & the River Medway
10 A Circuit from the South Chase of the Ashdown Forest
Section 3 Orchard Country
11 Kipling’s High Weald: Pook’s Hill & Ridge Views
12 Ancient Routeways: Benenden to Rolvenden
13 Orchards & Goudhurst’s Stand Against Smugglers
14 Rolling Fields & High Weald Views
15 A Loop Around Bewl Water
Section 4 Saxon Shore & 1066 Country
16 Cadborough Cliff, Tillingham Valley & Rye
17 Along the River of Time to Bodiam Castle
18 Battle & its Wider Landscape
19 Countryside & Coast: Hastings
20 Waterways & Wide-Open Spaces of the Rother Valley
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