Mount Caburn
From Glynde station
- distance
- 10.4 km
- the stile score
- 6 stiles
- circular, about
- 4 hours 30 mins
Seen farm animals on this walk? Tell us, and we'll check it for the next walker. If cattle come towards you.
Hello from the sticker at Glynde, Mount Caburn and Lewes. Here's what we know, for you and your dog. More dog-friendly places nearby
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.
Parking
Glynde station has no car park. The Saturday Walkers' Club's directions say there's free parking in the village, without saying where. From National Rail, Glynde, undated; Saturday Walkers' Club, Mar 2026, read 2 Oct 2026.
The stiles
The undated leaflet's directions cross 6 stiles (1 on the climb from Glynde, 2 around Mount Caburn and Southerham Nature Reserve, 1 onto open access land past the golf course and 2 near the old quarry; the shortcut crosses only the first), though the Saturday Walkers' Club's 2026 check of the climb from Glynde found kissing gates there. Counted from South Downs National Park Authority ('Walks near Lewes and Southease' leaflet)'s directions (undated).
The ground
Hilly. A steep flight of steps and a path across Lewes golf course, where you must keep to the waymarked line and watch for golf balls; a chalky track past an old quarry; road through Glynde village.
For dogs
Countryside Code panel: leave gates as you find them and keep dogs under close control or on a lead.
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The route
Start Glynde station
The directions and the map are on the publisher's own site.
South Downs National Park Authority ('Walks near Lewes and Southease' leaflet) · undated
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).
If something goes wrong out there, an adder bite, a lost dog, a vet at night: help and emergencies.