Race Hill to Rottingdean
Submitted by nicksayers on 15 September 2008
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End: Rottingdean, OS Grid: TQ365036 Elevation Profile (x: waypoint number, y: metres)
Gain (+/- 10%): 164m (538ft)
Total (+/- 10%): 426m (1397ft)
Loss (+/- 10%): 261m (859ft)
Max. Elevation: 190m (623ft)
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Start of the walk
Cross main road to footpath
Leave main road to follow footpath
Cross main road to mimi car park
Bear right along footpath
...to follow smaller one
Follow path along the side of the hill
Path cures around an Ancient Field System (as marked on OS map)
Continue straight on, and around the bend at the cross roads
Road passes a water reservoir (?) on the hill
You're almost there...
Take a slight detour to visit the lovely gardens
Go through the gate in the wall to enter Kipling's Garden by the back entrance
The pub here is pretty good...
A visit to Rottingdean wouldn't be complete without a visit to the tearooms for a Sussex cream tea. Lashings of clotted cream and lemon curd.
"Down, down to the snot-green sea!"
Get the bus back to Brighton from here
From Rottingdean, you can take the undercliff path back to Brighton Marina if you want a longer walk. There are regular buses from here back to Brighton.