Southease and Lewes Brooks
8.8 km (5.5 miles) · Circular
- Starts
- Southease station
- Stations on the way
- Southease
- Time
- up to 4 hours (shorter route 2.5 hours)
A mostly flat loop from Southease station along the Ouse and across the Lewes Brooks to Rodmell (past Monk's House), out to Northease, up onto the South Downs Way over Mill Hill, and back down through Southease village to the station. A shorter 5.6 km route cuts across. The leaflet gives miles and km.
The ground
Mostly flat, with one steep hill up onto the Downs. Riverbank path along the Ouse and a bridleway track across the Brooks; a road with a grass verge near Northease Manor ('please use caution!') and a main road to cross before Southease ('take care!').
Livestock
The leaflet mentions no livestock.
Pubs and cafés on the way
- unnamed pub (map symbol only)Rodmellmidway
The line on the map
The line leaves the river bank for the Brooks track a little further north than the walk does.
The route is from South Downs National Park Authority ('Walks near Lewes and Southease' leaflet): 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.