Day Walks on the South Downs

Deirdre Huston is an author and photographer whose work is inspired by a love of history and the outdoors. Born in Crawley, she now lives beside the South Downs in Sussex with her husband and grown-up children. She is the walks writer for Sussex Life magazine and Assistant Editor of Hassocks Life magazine. In partnership with National Trust South Downs, she has made films to explore local history at ancient Saddlescombe Farm, Devil’s Dyke and Cissbury Ring. She is a graduate of the MA in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University and also writes fiction. She co-authored Cycling in Sussex, her first guidebook for Vertebrate Publishing, back in 2008. Her other guidebooks include Sussex Walks, Day Walks on the High Weald and Cycling Days Out – South East England.

Introduction
Acknowledgements
About the walks
Footpaths & rights of way
Safety
The Countryside Code
How to use this book
Km/mile conversion chart
South Downs Area Map
Section 1: Hampshire
1 Cheriton: Well-trodden Paths & Civil War Battlefields
2 Winchester Hill Fort & the Meon Valley
Section 2: West Sussex
3 An Enclave of Tranquility at Harting Downs
4 Explore Two Sides of a Beautiful Downland Valley
5 A Woodland Climb to Ancient Common & Heath
6 Black Down, Up High & Inspiring: Tennyson’s Summer Home
7 Ancient Ebernoe Common & Milk Wood
8 River Arun & Easy Downland Loop
9 An Invigorating Hike to the Lee Side of the Downs
10 Historic Arun Floodplain
11 Chalk Escarpment, Distinctive Woodland & Chanctonbury Ring
12 Bramber and Beeding Hill: Town & Downland Loop
13 Spectacular Devil’s Dyke Versus Secrets of Low-Lying Footpaths
14 The Heart of the Historic Downlands
15 Gateway to the Downs
Section 3: East Sussex
16 Agricultural Weald, Pubs & Downland to Ditchling Beacon
17 Vistas over Lewes Rape
18 From Villages to Beacons, Ridges to Coach Roads
19 A Favourite Walk: Forest, Heath, Downland & Chalk Cliff
20 Heritage Coastline
Appendix