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Selmeston and Alciston Cricket Club

📷 Basher Eyre · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessDogs welcome

Getting here

50.84018, 0.14070

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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
  • ⚽Playing fields 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

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
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Best for

11 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Tawny Owl, Nightingale, Barn Owl +52 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Tawny Owl, Nightingale, Barn Owl +52 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Playing field

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Creeping Buttercup, Common Nettle, Ivy +270 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Creeping Buttercup, Common Nettle, Ivy +270 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Plants — Common Nettle, Bramble, Bristly Oxtongue +33 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Dock Bug +46 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Dock Bug +46 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

10 signed routes nearby · 6 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
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 The Long Man of Wilmington, AlfristonWalking route6.9 km
Named routeLength 6.9 kmDuration 02:00Round tripLocal walking route
Alfriston Clergy House to Berwick Church, AlfristonWalking route5.1 km
Named routeLength 5.1 kmRound tripLocal walking route
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Cycling

16 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 route2.7 km
Named routeRef 90Length 2.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route289 m
Named routeRef 90Length 289 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route40 m
Named routeRef 2Length 40 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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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

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

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

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Selmeston and Alciston Cricket Field: late February 2016

📷 Basher Eyre · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Selmeston and Alciston Cricket Field: late February 2016

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🐄Drusillas ParkVisitor farm2.5 km→🌱Firle ParkUrban park3.5 km→🌱The TyeUrban park3.9 km→🐄Squirrel monkeysVisitor farm2.4 km→🐄LlamasVisitor farm2.5 km→🦉ARLINGTON RESERVOIRNature reserve2.8 km→

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