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Bowl barrow on Saxon Down, 240m north west of Glyndebourne Pit

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📷 Simon Carey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Insect spotting

Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Emperor Dragonfly, Common Darter, Southern Hawker +17 more · last seen 2025

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Woodpigeon, Pheasant, Robin +39 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Pheasant, Robin +39 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Traveller's-joy, Sycamore, Hawthorn +302 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Traveller's-joy, Sycamore, Hawthorn +302 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Plants — Hawthorn, Blackthorn, Bramble +38 more foraging species

Varies

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
South Downs WayWalking route160 km
Named routeLength 160 kmNational walking route
Sussex Ouse Valley WayWalking route67 km
Named routeLength 67 kmRegional walking route
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
European walking route E9, Queen Elizabeth Country Park to JevingtonWalking route
Named routeRef E9International walking route
Southease to Monk's House Circular Walk, Monks HouseWalking route5.6 km

For Virginia Woolf, writing & walking were inseparable; she made her stories as she walked. Virginia & Leonard lived at Monk's House from 1919, where she walked for 2hrs+ daily. This walk takes you to places they loved. Paths can be muddy & wet in winter

Named routeLength 5.6 kmDuration 01:00-01:30Round tripLocal walking route
Week Lanepublic footpath · 505 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 505 mPath type: track
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Cycling

33 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
South Downs - Spital Road (ESCC Cycle Route 204)Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
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
Regional Route 90Cycling route
Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route
Egrets WayCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN 90 - Swanborough (ESCC Cycle Route 301)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

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Chalk Pit, Saxon Down

📷 Simon Carey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Chalk Pit, Saxon Down

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Useful places within 5 km

✦Lewes Town Wall, section called The Green WallHistoric site2.8 km→✦Lewes CastleHistoric site3.1 km→🌱Southover Grange GardensUrban park3.2 km→🌱Southover Grange GardensUrban park3.2 km→🌱Firle ParkUrban park3.9 km→🌱The GreenUrban park2.3 km→

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