Long distance walks

1066 Country Walk

This 50 kilometre (31 mile) walk runs from Rye to Pevensey, exploring sites linked to the Battle of Hastings.

Website: 1066 Country Walk

King Charles III England Coast Path

This new 2,700 mile National Trail will be the longest walking route in the world. The section through East Sussex runs between Telscombe and Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. A small section through Rye is currently in development. It then continues from Camber Sands through to Kent.

Find out more about the King Charles III England Coast Path.

Greenwich Meridian Trail

This 439 kilometre (273 mile) walk follows the line of the Greenwich Meridian as closely as practical, from Peacehaven to Cambridge.

Website: Long Distance Walkers Association

High Weald Landscape Trail

145km (90-mile) route through the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty from east to west, between Horsham and Rye.

Website: High Weald Landscape Trail

Monarch's Way

A 980 kilometre (610 mile) walk that follows the escape of Charles II from the Battle of Worcester. Skims through the county before finishing in Shoreham, West Sussex.

Website: Monarch’s Way

Royal Military Canal Path

This 45 kilometre (28 mile) walk links Hythe in Kent with Rye. It runs alongside a canal built to protect England from Napoleonic invasion.

Website: Royal Military Canal Path

Saxon Shore Way

A 262 kilometre (163 mile) path that starts in Gravesend in Kent and finishes in Hastings. Traces the shoreline as it was in Roman times.

Website: Saxon Shore Way

South Downs Way

This 161 kilometre (100 mile) walk follows ancient paths across the South Downs from Eastbourne to Winchester.

Website: South Downs Way
Website: Annual South Downs Way Walk

Sussex Border Path

A 256 kilometre (159 mile) route that explores the inland border of Sussex from Thorney Island in West Sussex to Rye.

Website: Sussex Border Path

Sussex Ouse Valley Way

A 42 mile continuous path, starting near the source of the River Ouse at Lower Beeding in West Sussex to Seaford Bay in East Sussex.

Website: Sussex Ouse Valley Way

Tunbridge Wells circular

The southern section of this 44 kilometre (27 mile) circular walk passes through the villages of Frant and Eridge Green.

Website: Tunbridge Wells circular walk

Vanguard Way

This 107 kilometre (66 mile) long walk runs from Croydon to Newhaven and goes through two Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and three scheduled sites of interest.