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Clifftop Walk From Birling Gap to Exceat, South Downs East

Linear Trail · South Downs

200

XP

about 1 h 23 min walking

Easy
5.97 km
Linear
01:30-03:00
Graded from its length and climb.

Experience iconic clifftop views of the Seven Sisters coastline and discover the history of this walk to Exceat and the Seven Sisters Country Park. Steep and uneven ground in places with steps.

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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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Rolling walk

Gentle ups and downs, nothing steep.

Climb

117 m

Drop

131 m

Highest

70 m

Lowest

2 m

Main descent: km 3.3–4.7, from 56 m to 2 m.

How the 6.0 km splits

Flat

1.9 km

Climbing

1.9 km

Descending

2.2 km

Link it with other walks

King Charles III England Coast Path: Shoreham to Eastbourne

Shares 4.7 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 5.8, 5.9

53.34 km

South Downs Way

Shares 4.4 km of path · meets at km 0.1, 0.4, 4.1

163.23 km

Between The South Downs and the Sea Circular Walk, South Downs East

Shares 2.0 km of path · meets at km 0.0

6.89 km

Birling Gap from the Tiger Inn, South Downs East

Shares 0.6 km of path · meets at km 0.0

5.7 km

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