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The Cuckmere Community Bus is a boon for Alfriston-based walkers

WALK 5

Exceat to East Dean and the Seven Sisters

Start/FinishSeven Sisters Country Park Visitor Centre, Exceat (TV 519 995)Distance8 miles (12.5km)MapsOS Explorer 123 Eastbourne & Beachy Head 1:25,000RefreshmentsCafé at the Visitor Centre, pub and café in East Dean, café at Birling GapAccessBy bus from Eastbourne, Seaford or Brighton; the Visitor Centre is on the A259ParkingPay and display car park in woodland behind the Visitor Centre

The coastline between Beachy Head and Cuckmere Haven is without question one of the finest in the British Isles. The eastern half of the clifftop was included in ssss1, but the western half forms the visual and physical highlight of this current walk. It is a tremendous route with a variety of interests, not least the Seven Sisters section. The two small villages of Westdean and East Dean have numerous charming cottages and houses; the churches of both villages are matched for interest by that of Friston; there’s Friston Forest, a glimpse of Friston Place, the cropped downland of Went Hill with its great arcing view of the sea, and, at the end of the Seven Sisters roller-coaster, a fine view onto Cuckmere Haven and the Cuckmere Valley reaching inland to the north.