Sussex Ouse Valley Way
A 42-mile long-distance path in the counties of Sussex following the course of the River Ouse downstream from close to its source near Lower Beeding to its outflow into the English Channel at Seaford Bay. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: TQ 219 265
Distance: 42 miles (68 km)
Time: 18–21 hours
Duration: 3–4 days
Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps (1:25,000):
OL11 Brighton and Hove, Lewes and Burgess Hill
OL25 Eastbourne, Beachy Head, Newhaven, Seaford, Hailsham and Heathfield
OL33 Haslemere and Petersfield
135 Ashdown Forest, Royal Tunbridge Wells, East Grinstead, Haywards Heath and Crowborough
Summary
The journey of the Sussex Ouse Valley Way between source and sea passes through Slaugham, Handcross, Staplefield, Lindfield, Fletching, Sheffield Park, Newick, Barcombe Mills, Hamsey, Lewes, Rodmell, Southease, Piddinghoe, and Newhaven.
The Way took over two years to develop. It was a collaboration between ‘Per-Rambulations’, both the East and West Sussex County Councils, and the South Downs Joint Committee (then known as the Sussex Downs Conservation Board). Support for the project was received from the Sussex Ouse Restoration Trust, Harveys Brewery of Lewes, Footprints of Sussex, and Ray Mears, the television presenter, bushcraft expert, and author.