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Ditchling Beacon
248m (813ft)

The South Downs, East Sussex, England

Ditchling Beacon is the highest point in the county of East Sussex.


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The summit of Ditchling Beacon is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.


Record Ditchling Beacon as Bagged, Climbed & Conquered


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English Marilyn
156th highest in England,
1474th highest in Great Britain

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English Trig Point (Pillar)

Walk Ditchling Beacon walking UK Mountains in  The South Downs National Park East Sussex, England

The view from the summit of Ditchling Beacon

Photo: Anita Powell

You can find Ditchling Beacon & all the walks that climb it on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)


1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):

OL11 Brighton & Hove


1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (the ones with pink/magenta covers):

198 Brighton & Lewes, Haywards Heath



A 'Google Style' go4awalk.com Peak Bagging Map featuring Ditchling Beacon should be available soon.


You can walk to the top of Ditchling Beacon by using either of these 2 easy‑to‑follow route maps:
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Walk es145 Jack and Jill from Ditchling Beacon

Stunning views

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Vital Statistics:

Length: 5.5ml (9km)
Ascent:804ft (245m)
Time:2.75hrs
Grade:Walk Grade 3 Icon (Easy)
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Walk ws100 Ditchling Beacon and Wolstonbury Hill from Clayton

Fine Views across the Sussex Downs

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Vital Statistics:

Length: 9ml (14.5km)
Ascent:1,594ft (486m)
Time:5 hrs
Grade:Walk Grade 5 Icon (Moderate)

Other walkers who hiked, climbed, bagged and summited Ditchling Beacon Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Ditchling Beacon

Tony Halliday walked up Ditchling Beacon on August 4th, 2021 [from/via/route] Circular walk [with] Sally Jimmy boo and George [weather] Very windy & cloudy but dry views not great - Nice walk very quite

Rich Roberts climbed Ditchling Beacon on May 27th, 2017 [from/via/route] London to Brighton 100km

Andrew Heath bagged Ditchling Beacon during April, 2006 [from/via/route] amberley [with] solo [weather] Sunny - to lewes. Caledonian challenge warm up

Louise Sandwith and Mark Davidson have both walked, climbed & bagged Ditchling Beacon.

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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Ditchling Beacon

*The Sussex Downs near Ditchling Beacon

*The Sussex Downs near Ditchling Beacon

Photo: Dean Woodrow (5)

Western Brow from Ditchling Beacon

Western Brow from Ditchling Beacon

Photo: Anita Powell (9)

Ditchling Beacon from Ditchling

Ditchling Beacon from Ditchling

Photo: Melissa Tuttle (6)

The Sussex Downs near Ditchling Beacon

The Sussex Downs near Ditchling Beacon

Photo: Dean Woodrow (2)

The Sussex Downs near Ditchling Beacon

The Sussex Downs near Ditchling Beacon

Photo: Dean Woodrow (1)

The Sussex Downs near Ditchling Beacon

The Sussex Downs near Ditchling Beacon

Photo: Dean Woodrow (3)

The view from Ditchling Beacon

The view from Ditchling Beacon

Photo: Laura Gill (1)

The Sussex Downs near Ditchling Beacon

The Sussex Downs near Ditchling Beacon

Photo: Dean Woodrow (4)

West from Ditchling Beacon

West from Ditchling Beacon

Photo: Anita Powell (10)


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