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Shorter walk

This avoids East Dean and the opportunity for refreshment, crosses the right-hand stile, then follows a path angling down and across a grass slope to reach the head of a track. Follow this to the left, alongside a playing field to join the Birling Gap Road at TV 556 974.

The main walk crosses the stile directly ahead, wanders down the slope, then veers left through trees. Emerging from the trees bear sharply to the right to a field gate giving onto a drive, which brings you into the lovely flint-walled village of East Dean. Veer right and in a few paces you’ll come to the village green with the Tiger Inn on its far side. The road forks. Take the lower branch signed to Birling Gap: this leads past a little church and on to a T-junction. Turn right along Birling Gap Road to reach the playing field at TV 556 974.

The two routes having rejoined, keep alongside the road until it curves right by the Seven Sisters Sheep Centre. Walk ahead along a drive towards Birling Manor, then through a gate on the left. Pass to the left of a house, then through a second gate to walk along the left-hand side of a woodland shaw. Come to another gate at the end of a flintstone wall and take the right-hand option on a path signed to Belle Tout.