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Off the Cuckoo Trail

Booklet with maps of 6 circular rides just off the Cuckoo Trail including information on places of interest along the route.

Extract:
'Welcome to Circular Cycle Rides - Off the Cuckoo Trail, an opportunity to explore by bike the various landscape and history of East Sussex.

There is a map for each ride, with notes and directional tips marked on it. Some rides overlap so you can link them up to make longer ride if you wish to be more energetic. The rides are mainly on-road with some off-road sections, generally along bridleways with good surface.'


Abotts Wood and Arlington
18 miles
Including Abbots Wood, Arlington Bluebell Walk and Farm Trail and Arlington Reservoir ...

Michelham Priory and Low Weald
8 miles
Michelham Priory, Chiddingly Church, and some lovely villages between Chiddingly and Horam ..

Wilderness Wood and High Weald
15 miles
Selwyns Wood, Wilderness Wood, and the village of Mayfield, and leafy lanes ..

Brightling and High Weald Hills
24 miles
Heathfield town, Bateman's (home of Rudyard Kipling), Brightling Needle and Sugar Loaf follies ..

Herstmonceux and Cowbeech
19 miles
Herstmonceux Castle, Herstmonceux trug makers at work, and peaceful Park Wood ..

Pevensey and the Levels
19 miles
Pevensey Castle, Hailsham town, and a ride across the Levels (built up shingle across a wide bay) ..


Information courtesy of Wealden District Council and East Sussex County Council