Wealdway
An 83-mile long-distance path in Kent and East Sussex which crosses the High Weald National Landscape. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: TQ 647 744
Distance: 83 miles (134 km)
Time: 34–40 hours
Duration: 5–8 days
Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps (1:25,000):
OL25 Eastbourne, Beachy Head, Newhaven, Seaford, Hailsham and Heathfield
135 Ashdown Forest, Royal Tunbridge Wells, East Grinstead, Haywards Heath and Crowborough
136 High Weald, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Cranbrook, Hawkhurst and Bewl Water
147 Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Royal Tunbridge Wells and Westerham
148 Maidstone and the Medway Towns
162 Greenwich and Gravesend
163 Gravesend, Rochester and Hoo Peninsula
Summary
The Wealdway is a long-distance footpath in southeast England which makes its way through three Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, connecting the Thames Estuary with the English Channel through the Weald of Kent and Sussex. The Wealdway crosses chalk downlands, passes through river valleys and woodland (including Ashdown Forest), and traverses farmland.
It links the North Downs Way at Trottiscliffe with the South Downs Way near Eastbourne. There are also connections with other long-distance routes including the Medway Valley Walk, Sussex Border Path, Diamond Way, and the Greensand, Saxon Shore, and Vanguard ways. Some of the towns and villages visited on the route, from the beginning in Gravesend, include Sole Street, Vigo Village, Wrotham Heath, Platt, West Peckham, Tonbridge, Bidborough, Speldhurst, Fordcombe, Withyham, Fairwarp, Uckfield, East Hoathly, and Hailsham before reaching the finish in Eastbourne.