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Bowl barrow on Beddingham Hill, 615m north east of the radio mast

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📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome0 ha

Getting here

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
  • 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕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
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Best for

6 activities

Insect spotting

Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Lesser Stag Beetle · last seen 2025

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Peregrine, Dartford Warbler, Dunnock +18 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Peregrine, Dartford Warbler, Dunnock +18 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — White Clover, Common Bird's-foot-trefoil, Hawthorn +282 more · last seen 2026; Plants — White Clover, Common Bird's-foot-trefoil, Hawthorn +282 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Plants — Hawthorn, Smooth Hawk's-beard, Common Nettle +35 more foraging species

Varies

Wildlife

Lowland calcareous grassland priority habitat; Birds — Peregrine, Dartford Warbler, Dunnock +18 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

9 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
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
Greenwich Meridian TrailWalking route440 km

A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.

Named routeRef GMTLength 440 kmRegional walking route
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Cycling

44 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Malling - Southover (ESCC Cycle Route 308)Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Offham - Lewes Town Centre (ESCC Cycle Route 306)Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
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
Egrets WayCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
South Downs Way - Lewes (ESCC Cycle Route 201)Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
South Downs WayMountain bike route
Named routeRef 89National Cycle Network
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Horse riding

7 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

View towards Beddingham Hill

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

View towards Beddingham Hill

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Firle ParkUrban park1.8 km→✦FIRLE PLACEHistoric site1.8 km→🌱Denton and Mount Pleasant Recreation GroundUrban park3.8 km→🌱Drove ParkUrban park4 km→🌱Velley Ponds Open SpaceUrban park4.9 km→✦A saucer barrow, a bowl barrow and a pair of hlaews 350m north west of Overhill LodgeHistoric site800 m→

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