Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: November 3, 2025

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South Downs National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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3.48 km

Long Bridge Over the Cuckmere River

Highlight • Bridge

Known locally as Long Bridge, this links the villages of Alfriston and Litlington over the Cuckmere River. Although this brick bridge dates to the 1930s, there has been a bridge …

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4.21 km

Alfriston Village

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Alfriston is a village community surrounded by the Wealden South Downs. We sit near the eastern end of the South Downs Way where this national path splits three ways, going …

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7.26 km

View of Litlington White Horse

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A section of Litlington Road, where you can see the Litlington White Horse on the hillside on the opposite side of the Cuckmere valley.

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8.11 km

Friston Forest Litlington Road Entrance

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This is the western, Litlington Road, access point (and car park) to Friston Forest, which has a good network of cycle and walking trails, including some relatively good quality singletrack.

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13.0 km

View of the Seven Sisters from Seaford Head

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Seaford Head is the best place to enjoy spectacular views of the Seven Sisters and Cuckmere Valley. A short walk from the car park at South Hill Barn takes you …

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17.1 km

Ouse Estuary Nature Reserve

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There are two public footpaths that cross the reserve and a new cycle path that runs all the way to Seaford. The cycle path is part of National Cycle Route …

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20.9 km

Martello Tower 74 (Seaford Museum)

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Martello Tower 74, is the most westerly of a series of defensive towers built between 1804 and 1812 along the coast of Kent and Sussex. they are named after the Torra di Mortella in Corsica.

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40.7 km

Ogg's Wood

Forest

55.5 km

Arlington Reservoir

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Decent cafe for a coffee or refuel - tempting whaff of bacon butties...

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56.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

27.6 km

14.5 km

5.44 km

3.74 km

2.81 km

2.27 km

121 m

Surfaces

48.4 km

3.61 km

3.43 km

959 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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