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The Cuckoo
Trail 11
miles Foldout
booklet with map and information on places of
interest along the Trail. Includes various access points. Extract:
'Opened
in 1880, the Cuckoo Line was the Polegate to Eridge railway, carrying
milk, livestock and animal feed as well as passengers. It was
named the the Cuckoo line after the tradition that the first cuckoo of
spring was heard at Heathfield Fair. Although it was a busy line it eventually
closed due to the cuts made by Dr beeching in 1968.
The Cuckoo Trail joins
three of the districts towns, Heathfield, Hailsham and Polegate. It also
passed through the the villages of Horam and Hellingly. The Trail has
an extension to the south of Polegate which joins to Hampden Park in
Eastbourne forming part of the National cycle network Route 21.
Along the
way:
Hailsham Heritage Centre - an insight into Hailsham's history
Michelham
Priory - remains of Augustinian Priory surrounded by the longest
water-filled medieval moat in England and includes a working watermill
Abbots Wood - area of mixed woodland gifted by Henry I to Battle Abbey
which has ancient ditches and banks still evident ...
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