Glynde to Seaford
From Glynde station
- distance
- 23 km
- the stile score
- Not yet
- about
- 7 hours (allow at least 12 hours for the whole outing)
Cleo & Bonnie haven't walked this one yet. Everything here is from its publisher, with the date it shows.
By train
Up to two dogs travel free with each passenger. Dogs stay on a lead on the train and at the station, and never on the seats.
Glynde has no staff to help.
National Rail Conditions of Travel, condition 24 (valid from 30 July 2026); National Rail's station pages.
The stiles
No count given. The field path out of Glynde crosses a stile (the source offers a road alternative), there is a stile beside two fieldgates near Preston Court, and a stile at the foot of a hill on the way to West Dean; it also passes a redundant stile. Elsewhere wooden gates, swing gates and kissing gates.
Livestock
No livestock warnings. A cattle grid is mentioned on the track above Cuckmere Haven.
The ground
Rated 8 out of 10. The field path out of Glynde can be very muddy in winter or overgrown with crops in summer (a road alternative is given). The A27 is crossed with care on the road alternative, or by an underpass on the field path. A climb through Firle Park to the ridge, then the South Downs Way over Firle Beacon (217 m). Riverbank along the Cuckmere, forest paths, a beach at Cuckmere Haven, and a cliff path into Seaford where the source warns the chalk edge is unstable and to keep at least 25 m back.
For dogs
The source says nothing about dogs.
Pubs and cafés on the way
- SteamworksGlynde station · at the start
- Ram InnWest Firle · on the way
- George InnAlfriston · on the way
- Plough and HarrowLitlington · on the way
- Cuckmere InnExceat · on the way
- WellingtonSeaford · at the end
- SteamworksSeaford station · at the end
Named by the route's publisher. Whether each one welcomes dogs is on its own page, once checked.
The route
The directions, the map and the GPX file are on the publisher's own site.
walkingclub.org.ukSaturday Walkers' Club (Time Out Country Walks 1, walk 31) · Page version May-25; lunch and tea details updated August 2024; last full check July 2021
On the Downs
Between 1 March and 31 July, dogs must be on a short lead (2 metres or less) on open access land, and near livestock at any time of year. Since 18 March 2026, a dog that worries livestock on a road or path, not just on farmland, is an offence.
The CROW Act 2000, Schedule 2; the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 as amended, in force 18 March 2026 (legislation.gov.uk).