Alfriston Clergy House Countryside Walk, Alfriston

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Loop Walk · South Downs

300

about 2 h 5 min walking

Strenuous

8.73 km

Loop

02:00-03:00

Graded from its length and climb.

Walk in the footsteps of the artists & writers of the Bloomsbury Group as you follow this circular to the 600yrs old Alfriston Clergy House (in the South Downs National Park). Take in downland views on route. Moderate terrain with 1 steep climb.

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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.

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Steep walk

Some very steep ground — marked on the map.

Climb

203 m

Drop

199 m

Highest

178 m

Lowest

5 m

Which way round

Clockwise: Easy first 2.4 km, climbs 13% for 300 m midway, comes down 15% for 650 m midway.

Anticlockwise: Easy first 2.0 km, climbs 15% for 650 m early on, comes down 13% for 300 m midway.

Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.7 km at 10%+, 0.7 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.3 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.

Main descent: km 3.4–6.3, from 177 m to 9 m.

How the 8.7 km splits

Flat

2.4 km

Climbing

2.3 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

0.6 km

Descending

3.0 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.3 km