Turn left and follow the embankment to Ivors Lane.Continue, going through the gate and under the railway bridge and a further gate to reach the River Ouse.
After about 500m turn left through a gate. Fork right on to a track which winds down through trees. Turn left and carefully cross the road, turning right with Offham church on the left.Keep right, cross the former chalk pit (Treacle Mines) and follow the sunken path, down past a wooden barrier and over a stile, to reach the A275 and the village of Offham. Retrace your steps and turn right down the path, through a kissing gate.Continue to the chalk pits bearing right until you reach the information board overlooking the chalk pit plateau and Lewes. At the metal gate turn right and follow the path through woods to a kissing gate. Keeping the fence on your right, zig zag right and then left (or if you are extending this walk and heading to Lewes, turn right and follow orange points 12 – 20).With the fence to your right pass through another gate. Go through a gate and bear right down towards a gap in the hedge. Turn left along the grassy ridge, passing Mount Harry beacon.Go through the gate and immediately right along the track, through another gate, turning left and then bearing right, climb steeply to (National Trust) Black Cap. Turn right passing Picketts to the path through the trees, up wooden steps and along the verge, carefully crossing the road opposite Courthouse Farm.Go over two stiles to cross a farm track and then head across a field towards another stile. Turn right over a small stream then cross the field to a stile, heading towards farm buildings.Turn left here and almost immediately right over a stile. Cross the stile into the field and head towards the stile in the roadside hedge. Exit Cooksbridge Railway Station, turn right and immediately right again on the footpath parallel to the railway.
Gradient: Steep incline to Black Cap, one fairly steep descent to Offham. Take care crossing roads and the railway line. Two circular walks starting from either Cooksbridge or Lewes Railway Stations.Įnjoy downland views and the winding River Ouse or discover the historic market town of Lewes.Ĭomplete the loops independently or merge to form one longer route of approximately 10 miles (15-16km).ĭistance:6.6 miles (10.7km) to loop back to Cooksbridge
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