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View of Ashdown Forest – Black Hill loop from Buxted

View of Ashdown Forest – Black Hill loop from Buxted

Moderate

4.5

(2)

riders

View of Ashdown Forest – Black Hill loop from Buxted

02:52

52.8km

820m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 8, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 5.18 km for 228 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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5.30 km

Medleys Plantation

Forest

11.3 km

Fishpond wood

Forest

12.1 km

Criers Lane Climb

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This is a fairly easy but long climb up through the countryside and into Five Ashes.

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20.8 km

Blackdon Hill Climb

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A nice climb up through great countryside, it's steep but not too hard.

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34.9 km

Pooh Corner

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Pooh Corner is a lovely cafe on the edge of Ashdown Forest, where the Winnie the Pooh stories were coined by A.A. Milne. Built in 1703, the pretty white building …

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39.4 km

Kidd's Hill (The Wall) Climb from Coleman's Hatch

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Kidd’s Hill, otherwise known as the Wall, is the hardest climb in the Ashdown Forest. It’s straight, steep and keeps on going. The climb ends shortly after the road emerges …

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41.2 km

View of Ashdown Forest

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Whichever way you've come up to get here you'll have done some climbing, so make sure to enjoy the epic views out over the High Weald and Ashdown Forest. Especially …

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42.5 km

View of Old Lodge Nature Reserve from Ashdown Forest

Highlight • Viewpoint

One of the best viewpoints in the Ashdown Forest - the outlook is to the west over Old Lodge Nature Reserve and other heathland and light woodland of Winnie the Pooh country.

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42.7 km

Black Hill

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Recommend this place,. Nice scenic. Can be busy at rush hours

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44.7 km

Lampool Hill Climb

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

A long climb up to Ashdown forrest, not particularly steep but relentless

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52.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

43.9 km

4.92 km

3.68 km

176 m

116 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

42.9 km

4.76 km

4.70 km

394 m

116 m

Elevation

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Highest point (210 m)

Lowest point (30 m)

Weather

Wednesday 8 July

32°C

17°C

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View of Ashdown Forest – Black Hill loop from Buxted

Criers Lane Climb

Blackdon Hill Climb

Pooh Corner

Kidd's Hill (The Wall) Climb from Coleman's Hatch

View of Ashdown Forest

View of Old Lodge Nature Reserve from Ashdown Forest

Black Hill

Lampool Hill Climb

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