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Wealdway
FACT PACK:
| Name: | Weald Way |
| Length: | 129 kilometres (80 miles) |
| Start point: | Gravesend |
| Finish point: | Eastbourne |
| Users | Walkers |
| Days to complete Trail | 6 days on average |
| Highest point | |
| Explorer maps | 123, 135, 147, 148,163 |
| Landranger maps: | 177, 188, 198, 199 |
HIGHLIGHTS:
Ashdown Forest, an expansive area of internationally rare heathland with an open, 'wilderness' feel.
FAMOUS ASSOCIATIONS:
The Forest provided the setting for the Winnie the Pooh stories of A A Milne.
HIGH WEALD AONB UNIT'S FAVOURITE PARTS:
Views from Ashdown Forest towards the Sussex Downs.
ACCESS:
In the High Weald AONB the Trail passes close to Ashurst, Buxted and Uckfield train stations all of which are accessible by train from London within 60 minutes.
For a taster of the Wealdway see the following walk:
Wealdway - Across the Andredsweald
PUBLICATIONS:
Along and Around the Wealdway Kent County Council, £5, Guidebook with detailed route description and OS map extracts.
Wealdway and the Vanguard Way by Kev Reynolds, Cicerone £4.99. A single guidebook to both routes, including maps. Last updated 1987.
SECTION INFORMATION
| Section | Villages & towns | Km (approx) | Miles |
| 1 | Gravesend (Tollgate) to Wrotham Heath | 18.5 | 12.5 |
| 2 | Wrotham Heath to Tonbridge | 23.5 | 14.5 |
| 3 | Tonbridge to Stone Cross | 15 | 9.5 |
| 4 | Stone Cross to Camp Hill | 14.5 | 9 |
| 5 | Camp Hill to Blackboys | 14.5 | 9 |
| 6 | Blackboys to Horsebridge | 16.5 | 10.25 |
| 7 | Horsebridge to Wilmington | 12.5 | 7.75 |
| 8 | Wilmington to Eastbourne | 13 | 8 |
