Walking BritainSteyning Round Hill and No Man's Land
South Downs Walk
Nat Park - South Downs
County/Area - West Sussex
Author - Hugh Maguire
Length - 7.5 miles / 12.2 km Ascent - 1000 feet / 303 metres
Time - 4 hours 50 minutes Grade - moderate
Maps 
| Ordnance Survey Explorer OL10 | Sheet Map | 1:25k | BUY |
| Anquet OS Explorer OL10 | Digital Map | 1:25k | BUY |
| Ordnance Survey Landranger 198 | Sheet Map | 1:50k | BUY |
| Anquet OS Landranger 198 | Digital Map | 1:50k | BUY |
Walk Route Description
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This walk explores some interesting country north of Steyning. Steyning, approached using the A283, is a beautiful Sussex village nestling under the South Downs. To park your car at the start of this walk you need to find a cul-de-sac at grid ref TQ170106. Turn left out of the cul-de-sac, follow the road for a bit before taking the steep path south west straight up Steyning Round Hill. About halfway up is a gate and you keep on the path until you reach a bench where you turn left.
At the junction of paths (grid ref. TQ163100), where there is a sort of memorial, go west to No Man's Land and another junction of paths (Grid ref. TQ151097). From here go south down a beautiful valley until you reach a large track where you head west to the car park at the foot of Cissbury Ring (Grid ref TQ140085).
Turn north and follow a fairly wide track until you reach the South Downs Way (Grid ref TQ145114). Turn east here along the South Downs Way until you come to the junction of paths by the memorial. Turn north here and make your way back via the bench and the car park to your car.
Other walks nearby
| Walk 1888 | Cissbury Ring, Chanctonbury Ring & Coombes | moderate | 12.5 miles |
| Walk 2109 | Upper Beeding to Washington by the South Downs Way | easy/mod | 7.0 miles |
| Walk 3078 | Cissbury Ring & Chanctonbury Ring from Washington | easy/mod | 8.3 miles |
| Walk 3310 | Washington to Littleton Farm by the South Downs Way | moderate | 13.0 miles |
| Walk 1983 | Edburton Hill from Fulking | easy/mod | 6.1 miles |
| Walk 3488 | Devil's Dyke Circular | easy | 2.5 miles |
| Walk 3487 | Edburton Hill & Devil's Dyke from Saddlescombe | hard | 10.5 miles |
| Walk 1667 | Blackpatch Hill & Harrow Hill from near Storrington | easy/mod | 7.2 miles |
| Walk 3464 | Rackham Hill & Kithurst Hill Circular | easy/mod | 6.7 miles |
| Walk 3213 | Pyecombe, Devil's Dyke & Upper Beeding | easy/mod | 8.0 miles |
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Walks in the South Downs National Park
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The South Downs Way
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