イーストサセックスの天然記念物・トップ20

Keep an eye on the weather forecast. It was misty on the day we passed by, and we couldn't see a thing.

I can recommend visiting the Long Man of Wilmington (it isn't an ancient Fertility symbol more an artificial 17th century tourist attraction, more fool, the faux American witches I saw there several years ago). However I can't recommend leaving the Long Man pub down the road, at 7.30pm, in January, several days after it snowed and then several days of negative temperatures froze it in place, and then climb straight up past it. There is a path but we decided that would take far too long to divert to it. It was not surprisingly steep.

An absolute highlight on the way from Birling Gap over the cliffs of the Seven Sisters to Saltmarsh Farmhouse, one panoramic view follows the next!!!

At over 650 feet (200 m), Ditchling Beacon gives you a good climb and a great vantage point to see out over the surrounding countryside. To the north you look back at the lush countryside of the Weald, to the south are views of Brighton, and to the east and west, the rolling undulating views out over the South Downs.

Beautiful route over unpaved paths

This is quite a challenging walk, we got to the Birling Gap car park early to set off , please note that the cafe opens at 9.30am. The views were breathtaking, everywhere you looked. We stopped at the visitors centre and refuelled and continued the walk, again every footpath had a view, we can across another little cafe stop and continued on. My husband and I both agreed this has been our number one walk and will definitely be doing it again 😊

The Seven Sisters certainly presented a challange with a lot of up and down in the latter quarter of our hike but the views are magnificent.

Nice enough trig pointed hilltop and easy enough to get to with grand views out over the South Downs.