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The South Downs Way
101 miles

Foldout map of the route between Winchester and Eastbourne.

Extract:
'The South Downs Way is a long distance bridleway that can be cycled in about 2 to 3 days. It is well marked and there are two areas designated as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty - The Sussex Downs and East Hampshire.

'The Hampshire Downs are a landscape of rolling fields and small woodland, cut by the pretty River Meon. The West Sussex Downs are more wooded, with a defined ridge along which the the South Downs way runs. There are superb views to the north across the Weald and south to the Isle of Wight. The East Sussex Downs are classic open downland running down to the sea.'

Along the way:
'... Bronze Age barrows and Iron Age hill forts ... a Roman road and villa ... relics of the second World War ... the area where Virginia Woolfe lived and worked ... and Anthony Goldsworthy's chalk sculpture trail ...'

www.vic.org.uk

Information courtesy of various organisations including the Countryside Agency, Sussex Downs Conservation Board, AONB East Hampshire and Hampshire County Council