Downland Discovery Walk, Devil's Dyke
1.4 miles (2.2 km), circular. Starts and finishes at Devil's Dyke car park. Under an hour, easy.
Start: TQ 258 109, and finish. OS grid.
Take it with you: download the GPX file (it opens in OS Maps, Komoot, Outdooractive or a GPS unit) or open the start in OS Maps.
Along the way
View towards Fulking near the South Downs View Point. Photo: James Emmans, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. 
Hill Fort. Photo: Chris Thomas-Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Up and down
About 105 m of climbing and 103 m of descent; highest point 215 m.
Facts
- Code
- SE 1375
- Distance
- 1.4 miles (2.2 km)
- Publisher’s page
- openstreetmap.org
- Type
- Circular
- Walking time
- Under an hour
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Operator, in OpenStreetMap
- National Trust
- Region
- South East
- County
- West Sussex
- Total ascent
- About 105 m. Highest point 215 m
Getting there
Starts and finishes at the same place, marked by the dot on the map.
- Bus stop
- Devils Dyke, 10 m from the start. Directions TQ 258 109
- Car parks
- Car park, 20 m from the start. Directions TQ 258 109Devil's Dyke (pay), 100 m from the start. Directions TQ 258 110Car park, 460 m from the start. Directions TQ 261 106
What to expect
Underfoot: gravel and tracks 43%, earth, rock and mud 22%, grass 21%.
Almost all off road.
On the way: 2 kissing gates, 3 gates, 2 flights of steps.
Steepest climb: about 104 m in a kilometre (1 in 10), starting 0.7 miles in.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
Pubs and cafés
- Pubs
- The Devil's Dyke, Fulking: at the start and finish.The Royal Oak, Poynings: 0.8 miles in, about 350 m off the way.
- Café
- The Dyke Golf Club Canteen, Poynings: 0.1 miles in, about 400 m off the way.
As OpenStreetMap records them. Opening times change, so check before you set off.
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Connecting routes
- SE 1242Chasm Explorer, Sussex EastShares 0.7 miles of path with this route. Finishes on this route at Devil's Dyke car park. This route starts and finishes on it at Devil's Dyke car park.
- SE 1419Rampart Ramble, Devil's DykeShares 0.6 miles of path with this route. Starts and finishes on this route at Devil's Dyke car park. This route starts and finishes on it at Devil's Dyke car park.
- SE 1072Ditchling Beacon to Devil's Dyke, South Downs walk, Sussex EastStarts and finishes on this route at Ditchling Beacon. This route starts and finishes on it at Devil's Dyke car park.
- SE 1379Valley Explorer Trail, Devil's DykeStarts and finishes on this route at Devil's Dyke. This route starts and finishes on it at Devil's Dyke car park.
Walks nearby
- SE 1349Saddlescombe Farm and Newtimber walk, Sussex East1.5 miles, circular. Starts 1.1 miles away
- SE 1236Fulking Archaeology Walk, Sussex East4 miles, circular. Starts 1.2 miles away
- SE 1201Wolstonbury Hill Explore Nature Walk, Sussex East3.7 miles, circular. Starts 2.6 miles away
- SE 139Downs LinkLong-distance route, 37 miles, one way. Starts 4.6 miles away
- SE 1034Newhaven-Brighton Clifftop Path9.3 miles, one way. Starts 5.6 miles away
- SE 1244Green Circle7.1 miles, one way. Starts 5.9 miles away
Sources
Mapped by the National Trust’s own mapping team in OpenStreetMap (its history), which we count as the Trust’s confirmation; checked 21 October 2026.
- Route line: OpenStreetMap relation 19307500, mapped by volunteers
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