Lewes circular walk via Rodmell
16.6 km (10.3 miles) · Circular
- Starts
- Lewes station
- Ends
- Lewes station (via Railway Lane and Cliffe High Street)
- Stations on the way
- Lewes, Southease
- Time
- Apx 5 1/2 hours (without long breaks)
A circuit from Lewes station out along the old Juggs Road, with one steep climb to the Downs ridge, taking in Kingston (the Juggs Inn) and Rodmell (the Abergavenny Arms), then a long final stretch along the Ouse back into Lewes by Railway Lane. You can shorten it by taking the train back from Southease (7.3 or 8.8 miles, 11.7 or 14.2 km). The page gives miles (10.3 miles, converted).
The ground
One steep climb up to the Downs ridge. Woods, open country, a stretch beside a main road towards Southease, and a long final stretch beside the Ouse (about 3 1/4 miles).
Livestock
The page mentions no livestock.
Pubs and cafés on the way
- Juggs InnKingstonmidway
- The Abergavenny ArmsRodmellmidway
- Gardeners ArmsLewesend
- The SnowdropLewesend
- Lewes ArmsLewesend
The line on the map
The riverside return into Lewes follows the Egrets Way and the Railway Land paths, which may differ slightly from the page's own meadow path.
The route is from A Trip Out (tripoutwalks.co.uk; no author or copyright named): read it at the source before you go (undated). 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.