🐦19+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Skylark and Spotted Flycatcher
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦19+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Skylark and Spotted Flycatcher
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free
Best for
9 activities
🦅
Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Skylark, Spotted Flycatcher, Pheasant +16 more · last seen 2025
Free
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Heritage
Strong match
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋
Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Eristalis tenax, Harlequin Ladybird, Platycheirus peltatus +14 more · last seen 2025
Free
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Wildlife
Strong match
Birds — Skylark, Spotted Flycatcher, Pheasant +16 more · last seen 2025; Lowland calcareous grassland priority habitat
Free
🍂
Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Nettle, Creeping Thistle, Greater Plantain +276 more · last seen 2025
Free
🥾
Hiking
Strong match
Named hiking route nearby: European walking route E9, Queen Elizabeth Country Park to Jevington; Named hiking route nearby: European walking route E9, Queen Elizabeth Country Park to Jevington
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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12 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
South Downs WayWalking route160 km▾
Named routeLength 160 kmNational walking route
Vanguard WayWalking route111 km▾
Named routeRef VGWLength 111 kmRegional walking route
Sussex Ouse Valley WayWalking route67 km▾
Named routeLength 67 kmRegional walking route
Hill and Vale Walk at Frog Firle Farm, South Downs EastWalking route6.4 km▾
Looping over Cradle & Hindover Hills, see views of secluded farmland & divert to Litlington. Spot geese feeding on the water meadows, birds & insects singing in the hillside shrub, & wild flowers growing in the chalk grassland. Slopes & uneven terrain.
Named routeLength 6.4 kmDuration 02:00Round trip
Alfriston Clergy House to Berwick Church, AlfristonWalking route5.1 km▾
Named routeLength 5.1 kmRound tripLocal walking route
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Cycling
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27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Avenue Verte London ↔ ParisCycling route▾
English part of Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris, an international cycle route that connects the two capital cities
Named routeRef AVInternational cycle route
Regional Route 90Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route
National Cycle Route 2 Hastings to BrightonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route58 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 58 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route335 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 335 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route828 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 828 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Mountain biking
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5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
South Downs WayMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef 89National Cycle Network
Friston Forest Family MTB RouteMountain bike route▾
Named route
CardiacMountain bike route▾
Named route
Forest YipMountain bike route▾
Named route
Friston Forest Red MTB RouteMountain bike route▾
Named route
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Horse riding
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6 public paths nearby
Public paths
The Compbridleway · 1.7 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.7 kmPath type: bridleway
