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Downs Link and South Downs Way loop full Tour

James Homer

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Downs Link and South Downs Way loop full Tour

James Homer planned a gravel ride

August 8, 2022

Downs Link and South Downs Way loop full Tour

Hard

15:39

180km

11.5km/h

1,750m

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Overview

Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route.

Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 132 km for 8 m

Most people would complete this in 3-5 days

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35.6 km

West Grinstead Station Section

Highlight (Segment) • Historical Site

Great little section of link with the remains of West Grinstead station and a carriage!

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50.9 km

Open Fields Trail in South Downs National Park

Highlight • Trail

Good surface for all bikes. Open fields and a backdrop of the South Downs.

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53.7 km

Downs Link — Adur riverside and Lancing College view (Shoreham-by-Sea)

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

This section is a great surface for all bikes (even skinny tyres). Great views of the river Adur and Lancing College (Hogwarts)

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59.6 km

Widewater Lagoon Pedestrian Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

While this is a scenic and safe route, it gets so buy with pedestrians during a nice day it’s not even suitable to ride there. Instead, just go along the state road parallel to the route.

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61.4 km

Lancing Beach Green Beach Huts

Highlight • Beach

Colourful beach huts, toilets, water tap and cafe. Can get quite busy but a much better alternative than the road.

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72.3 km

View of Chanctonbury Ring

Highlight • Historical Site

Run, ride or walk around the ring three times, and reportedly the Devil will appear and offer you either soup or porridge (depending on who you believe) for your soul. …

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83.9 km

View of the South Downs

Highlight • Viewpoint

Steep short climb/descent but good singletrack after the gate

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96.2 km

Cadence Café

Highlight • Cafe

Excellent cafe

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99.5 km

Graffham Down Nature Reserve

Highlight • Viewpoint

Managed by the Graffham Down Trust, this area hosts a series of nature reserves dedicated to maintaining the grassland and wooded habitats and the creatures that depend on them.

The …

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118 km

South Downs Way

Highlight • Trail

The Sussex Border Path is straight on when you get to the top and cross road with the SDW but is not a bridleway. I turned west onto the SDW …

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135 km

Liss Riverside Railway Walk

Highlight • Structure

A linear nature reserve connecting Liss and Liss Forest along the route of what was once part of the Longmoor Military Railway. The route also forms part of the long …

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180 km

End point

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

48.5 km

46.5 km

36.5 km

31.8 km

9.95 km

6.91 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

101 km

34.7 km

21.6 km

16.1 km

6.20 km

148 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (240 m)

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Downs Link and South Downs Way loop full Tour

West Grinstead Station Section

Open Fields Trail in South Downs National Park

Downs Link — Adur riverside and Lancing College view (Shoreham-by-Sea)

Widewater Lagoon Pedestrian Bridge

Lancing Beach Green Beach Huts

View of Chanctonbury Ring

View of the South Downs

Cadence Café

Graffham Down Nature Reserve

South Downs Way

Liss Riverside Railway Walk

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