Firle Beacon walk
19.7 km (12.2 miles) · Linear with a train back
- Starts
- Lewes station
- Ends
- Rodmell (walk back to Southease station, or taxi)
- Stations on the way
- Lewes, Southease
- Time
- 7 hours
A long linear walk from Lewes station through Cliffe and over Mount Caburn to Glynde, on to Firle and the Ram, up to Firle Beacon and west along the ridge, then down to Southease and on to Rodmell and Monk's House. You get home by walking back to Southease station for a train, or by taxi. The article gives miles and km.
The ground
Graded challenging. Moderate climbs and descents for Mount Caburn and Firle Beacon on good, clear paths, with some road walking around Glynde and Rodmell. The article asks walkers to keep to the main track to avoid soil erosion, and says Southease station lies just across the A26.
Livestock
No livestock warnings; the route passes cattle troughs in a valley bottom.
Pubs and cafés on the way
- Bill's Produce StoreLewes (suggested for breakfast)start
- The RamFirlemidway
The line on the map
Includes the out-and-back along the ridge to the Firle Beacon trig point and ends at Monk's House, without the walk back to Southease station.
The route is from Countryfile.com (no byline): read it at the source before you go (15 April 2021). The line on the map is drawn by Lewes Dogs on OpenStreetMap data (ODbL). With a dog? Lewes Dogs has this walk, with the rules and the livestock.