Before you set off: Please check the East Sussex County Council Rights of Way webpage to ensure your planned route is open and free from closures or diversions.
Regular walking has a wide range of benefits for both physical and mental health: improves cardiovascular fitness, helps manage weight, boosts mood and reduces stress, supports stronger muscles and bones, and encourages social connection when done in groups.
Walking is free, flexible, and suitable for most ages and fitness levels, making it an ideal starting point for becoming more active
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Did I leave the Iron on
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Memorial inscriptions forged by illiterate craftsmen on iron gravestones line the floor of Wadhurst Church. This walk links the product of the ironworks in the church to the site of one of the works and an unusual iron ore mine from which the raw material for the industry was briefly produced.
Squatters and Chapels
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The Sussex iron industry, which had been a technological marvel in the late 1400s, was obsolete by the 1700s. At Ironbridge in Shropshire, iron was made successfully using coal rather than charcoal in 1709, leading to the transfer of the industry to the areas of the country where coal was available
Rock and Rail
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Before 1860, Groombridge was a tiny village around a green by the entrance to Groombridge Park. Just 40 years later, its residents could travel to Tunbridge Wells, East Grinstead, London, Brighton and Eastbourne along five rail routes radiating out from the village which now boasted an impressive station and a Victorian “new town”.
The Two Memorials
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In 1450 a group of Sussex farmers, led by Jack Cade, marched on London to air their grievances with the government. After a couple of days their protest ended in disaster, whilst Cade ended up beheaded and quartered. His name lives on today in the hamlet of Cade Street.
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A selection of short walk maps around East Sussex green spaces; one, two and three mile routes.
Thanks to European Agricultural funds, residents and holiday makers can enjoy the revamped 1066 Country Walk, which is a 31-mile relatively easy walk consisting of cosy pubs and cafes, sculptures and quaint villages along the way.
Free weekly one hour health walks for everyone. A variety of locations across East Sussex.
The Active 10 app records every minute of walking you do. Just pop your phone in your pocket and away you go!