Day Walks on the High Weald

Deirdre Huston is an author and photographer whose work is inspired by a love of history, literature and the outdoors. She is a graduate of the MA in creative writing at Bath Spa University and also writes fiction. As well as shooting stills photography, she has made films exploring the history of Saddlescombe, a National Trust downland farm. She co-authored Cycling in Sussex, her first guidebook for Vertebrate Publishing, back in 2008 and has gone on to write and photograph Sussex Walks, Day Walks on the South Downs and Cycling Days Out: South East England. Deirdre was born in Crawley on the fringes of the High Weald and now lives beside the South Downs in Sussex with her husband, three children and dog. www.deirdrehuston.co.uk

• IntroductionAcknowledgementsAbout the walksWalk timesNavigationGPS and mobile phonesFootpaths and rights of wayComfortSafetyThe Countryside CodeWalking near livestockHow to use this bookMaps, descriptions, distancesKm/mile conversion chartLong-distance trailsFurther readingHigh Weald Area MapSection 1 West High Weald1 Classic High Weald in the Heart of Sussex2 Standen, Weir Wood Reservoir & the Lost Manor of Brambletye3 A Search for the Dragon of St Leonard’s Forest4 A Village Green & the Ouse Valley Viaduct5 The Walk of Many Last Climbs: Balcombe Lake & Ardingly ReservoirSection 2 The Heart Of The High Weald6 Take the High Weald Trail to Hartfield7 Rocks, Railway & Heath8 A Wild & Woodland Walk Around Mayfield9 Wealden Woods & the River Medway10 A Circuit from the South Chase of the Ashdown ForestSection 3 Orchard Country11 Kipling’s High Weald: Pook’s Hill & Ridge Views12 Ancient Routeways: Benenden to Rolvenden13 Orchards & Goudhurst’s Stand Against Smugglers14 Rolling Fields & High Weald Views15 A Loop Around Bewl WaterSection 4 Saxon Shore & 1066 Country16 Cadborough Cliff, Tillingham Valley & Rye17 Along the River of Time to Bodiam Castle18 Battle & its Wider Landscape19 Countryside & Coast: Hastings20 Waterways & Wide-Open Spaces of the Rother ValleyAppendix

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