Walk Route Map es123 Beachy Head and The Seven Sisters from East Dean

Walk es123 Beachy Head and The Seven Sisters from East Dean

Superb but long cliff top walk

Vital Statistics:

Length:	14½mls (23km)
Ascent:	3,177ft (968m)
Time:	8½hrs
Grade:		(Hard)

Walk route map with easy-to-follow route instructions for walk es123 Beachy Head and The Seven Sisters from East Dean pdf

Route outline for walk es123:

East Dean - Ringwood Bottom - East Dean Hill - The South Downs Way - Beachy Head - Belle Tout - Birling Gap - The Seven Sisters - Went Hill - Michel Dean - Bailey's Hill - Flathill Bottom - Flat Hill - Flagstaff Bottom - Flagstaff Brow - Gap Bottom - Brass Point - Rough Bottom - Rough Brow - Limekiln Bottom - Short Brow - Short Bottom - Haven Brow - Cliff End - Exceat - Westdean - Begger's Croft - Friston Forest - Middle Brow - Friston Hill - Friston Place - East Dean

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Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:

The Seven Sisters that make up the famous Seven Sisters Chalk Cliffs in East Sussex are - from West (Cuckmere Haven) to East (Beachy Head): Haven Brow; Short Brow; Rough Brow; Brass Point; Flat Hill; Bailey's Hill and Went Hill

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

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English
Mountains

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Wainwrights

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English
Nuttalls

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English
Deweys

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Wainwright
Outlying Fells

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Marilyns

2
Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is East Dean Hill at 168m (551ft). East Dean Hill is known as an English Bridget.

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Beachy Head at 163m (535ft). Beachy Head is known as an English Bridget.

National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The South Downs Way, a 162km (101 miles) linear footpath connecting Eastbourne (Holywell) in East Sussex, England with Winchester in Hampshire, England. The South Downs Way is waymarked by a National Trail acorn. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The South Downs Way.

This walk is on Ordnance Survey Maps:

OS Explorer Map OL25
1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers)
OS Landranger Map 199
1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers)

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk es123 Beachy Head and The Seven Sisters from East Dean

In no particular order . . .

Beachy Head Lighthouse

Photo: David Clowes (8)

The South Downs Way in East Sussex

Photo: Keith Roobottom (1)

East Dean Hill summit Trig Point

Photo: David Clowes (5)

On top of The Seven Sisters with Cuckmere Haven in the background

Photo: Chris Mathieson (4)

Beachy Head summit Trig Point

Photo: David Clowes (7)

Eastbourne from Beachy Head

Photo: David Clowes (6)

On top of Beachy Head and the Seven Sisters cliffs on a foggy November morning

Photo: Chris Mathieson (5)

The (fictional) home of Sherlock Holmes, East Dean

Photo: David Clowes (1)

Birling Gap and the Seven Sisters from Beachy Head

Photo: Melissa Tuttle (7)

Walking along Ringwood Bottom

Photo: David Clowes (3)

The chalk cliffs and Belle Tout Lighthouse from Beachy Head

Photo: David Clowes (9)

The Seven Sisters Chalk Cliffs

Photo: Anita Powell (2)

The Seven Sisters Chalk Cliffs

Photo: Anita Powell (1)

Ringwood Bottom

Photo: David Clowes (4)

The plaque on the house in the previous photo in East Dean

Photo: David Clowes (2)

Birling Gap and The Seven Sisters

Photo: David Clowes (11)

Cuckmere Haven from The Seven Sisters Chalk Cliffs

Photo: Anita Powell (3)

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