Ditchling Beacon
248m (813ft)
The South Downs, East Sussex, England
Ditchling Beacon is the highest point in the county of East Sussex.
The summit of Ditchling Beacon is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5.5ml (9km) |
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| Ascent: | 804ft (245m) |
| Time: | 2.75hrs |
| Grade: |  (Easy) |
Route Summary:
Ditchling Beacon Car Park - Ditchling Beacon - Heathy Brpw - Borth Bottom - Lower Standean Farm - New Barn Farm - Clayton Windmills - Jill Windmill - Jack Windmill - The South Downs Way - Ditchling Beacon.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9ml (14.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 1,594ft (486m) |
| Time: | 5 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Clayton - Clayton Windmills - Jill Windmill - Jack Windmill - The South Downs Way - Ditchling Beacon - Heathy Brow - North Bottom - Lower Standean Farm - New Barn Farm - The South Downs Way - Haresdean - Wolstonbury Hill - Clayton
You can find Ditchling Beacon & all the walks that climb it on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):
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 it on May 27th, 2017 [from/via/route] London to Brighton 100km
Andrew Heath bagged it 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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