Falmer to Pyecombe & Blackcap by South Downs Way
Introduction to Walk 2684
Nat Park - South Downs
County/Area - East Sussex & West Sussex
Author - Barry Mackie
Length - 8.8 miles / 14.2 km
Ascent - 1080 feet / 327 metres
Grade - moderate
This Sussex walk includes a superb section of the South Downs Way with beautiful scenery throughout. The walk also visits Blackcap and Ditchling Beacon and passes Jack and Jill the two famous windmills.
Walk Description Map showing start
Maps 
| Ordnance Survey Explorer OL11 | Sheet Map | 1:25k | BUY MAP |
| Anquet OS Explorer OL11 | Digital Map | 1:25k | BUY MAP |
| Ordnance Survey Landranger 198 | Sheet Map | 1:50k | BUY MAP |
| Anquet OS Landranger 198 | Digital Map | 1:50k | BUY MAP |
It is recommended you take a map. The preferred scale is 1:25k.
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Other walks nearby
3.7 miles / 5.9 km away
Southease or Rodmell to Falmer
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 6.8 miles / 11 km
4.0 miles / 6.4 km away
Wolstonbury Hill and Pyecombe from Patcham
Grade - moderate
Length - 11.0 miles / 17.9 km
4.5 miles / 7.2 km away
Southease, Ditchling Beacon & Lewes
Grade - mod/hard
Length - 17.0 miles / 27.6 km
4.5 miles / 7.2 km away
Firle Beacon from Southease
Grade - moderate
Length - 13.3 miles / 21.5 km
5.2 miles / 8.3 km away
Pyecombe, Devil's Dyke & Upper Beeding
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 8.0 miles / 13 km
6.5 miles / 10.4 km away
Charleston Farm & Firle Beacon from Firle
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 4.6 miles / 7.5 km
8.0 miles / 12.8 km away
Ouse Valley & Beddingham Hill from Newhaven Tide Mills
Grade - moderate
Length - 12.0 miles / 19.5 km
10.2 miles / 16.3 km away
Alfriston to Rodmell by the South Downs Way
Grade - moderate
Length - 9.0 miles / 14.6 km
10.8 miles / 17.2 km away
Upper Beeding to Washington by the South Downs Way
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 7.0 miles / 11.4 km
Note : The distances quoted to other walks in the vicinity are measured in a straight line. The distance by road may be further.
Recommended Reading
Walking in Sussex
Walking in Sussex describes 40 circular walks that show the great variety of scenery and history in Sussex. Short walks and more demanding routes, including outline descriptions of some of the region's long-distance paths. Covers the South Downs, High Weald and Ashdown Forest.
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