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Burwash Village – Bateman's House and Gardens loop from East Sussex

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Burwash Village – Bateman's House and Gardens loop from East Sussex

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Burwash Village – Bateman's House and Gardens loop from East Sussex

07:27

26.8km

500m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 2, 2026

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High Weald National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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872 m

Mad Jack Fuller's Sugarloaf

Highlight • Historical Site

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Wyland Wood

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Glydwish Wood

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St Bartholomew's Church, Burwash

Highlight • Historical Site

Only the thick-walled tower survives from the original Norman church (built in 1090) with evidence of its origin being discernible by the great width of the mortar in which the …

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18.2 km

Rudyard Kipling Statue, Burwash

Highlight • Monument

A bronze statue of Rudyard Kipling sits in the High Street of the East Sussex village of Burwash. Kipling lived in the village for 34 years, from 1902 until his …

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18.3 km

Burwash Village

Highlight • Settlement

Nice little village that you can walk to from Bateman's across the fields. Or vice versa. The pub, set back from the main road, has a lovely beer garden!

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19.4 km

Bateman's House and Gardens

Highlight • Historical Site

A very masculine house, low ceilings and quite dark. Book lovers will get their money's worth!
The garden is famous for its pear trees, and now in April the tulips …

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19.8 km

Park Watermill Pond

Highlight • Lake

At the back exit of Bateman's and therefore worth visiting even if you are not visiting the park and the house. We walked a very long way around the grounds - the only benches were here 😳

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22.7 km

View of the Brightling Needle

Highlight • Viewpoint

At the top of the hill, we will see the Brighling Obelisk, also known as the Brighling Needle. There are different versions regarding its existence: while some claim it was …

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24.2 km

Meadow and Orchard in High Weald National Landscape

Highlight • Natural

A small meadow with a privately owned orchard at one end.

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26.8 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.8 km

6.05 km

3.22 km

2.48 km

202 m

Surfaces

8.67 km

7.27 km

6.24 km

3.30 km

660 m

648 m

Elevation

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Highest point (190 m)

Lowest point (10 m)

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Thursday 2 July

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Burwash Village – Bateman's House and Gardens loop from East Sussex

Mad Jack Fuller's Sugarloaf

St Bartholomew's Church, Burwash

Rudyard Kipling Statue, Burwash

Burwash Village

Bateman's House and Gardens

Park Watermill Pond

View of the Brightling Needle

Meadow and Orchard in High Weald National Landscape

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