Easy countryside trails
Introduction
A booklet featuring 14 easy countryside trails has been
produced. The walks contained in the booklet are for the enjoyment
of all, including wheelchair users, families with pushchairs, those
wanting a gentler walk and walkers who are less mobile. They are
‘real’ walks heading into the countryside and coastal areas of West
Sussex.
The routes have no barriers such as steps or stiles. Some are
designated easy access trails while others make use of existing
rights of way and may not be surfaced.
Detailed information is provided for each walk allowing you to
decide what is suitable.
Every effort has been made to ensure the information is correct
at the time of publication, but things do change over time. Please
contact the Public Rights of Way Team
with any feedback or suggestions for further routes that could be
included.
The full
Easy Countryside Trails booklet (PDF, 36 pages, 3.1MB) can be
downloaded, alternatively, you can print out the particular route
of interest to you.
Individual routes
Chichester Marina
Centurion Way - Chichester to Lavant
Pagham Harbour and Sidlesham Quay
Chichester Canal
Church Norton and St Wilfrid's Chapel
Pagham Harbour North Wall
Graffham, Lavington Park and Stud
Burton Pond
- 1 km (0.6 miles) round trip - possible extensions to Burton
Church 1.6 km (1 mile) return or to Chingford Pond 2.1 km (1.3
miles)
-
Route details and description (PDF, 2 pages, 692KB)
Arundel Park
Southwater Country Park
Downs Link, Shoreham
- 0.5 km (0.3 miles) return for southern leg, 0.8 km (0.5 miles)
return for northern leg to Shoreham Toll Bridge - with possible
extension further north
-
Route details and description (PDF, 2 pages, 723KB)
Buchan Country Park
Ardingly Reservoir
Cobnor Point, Chidham
- 2 km (1.3 miles) return trip
- Please note that this route is only suitable for blue badge
holders. There is a flight of steps and a narrow footbridge along
the path that connects the nearest public car park to this easy
access trail.
-
Route details and description (PDF, 2 pages,
647KB)
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Further information
There are a number of other routes that we promote as off-road
cycling routes suitable for families, please see the the
Walking, cycling and horseriding
pages. Some are also generally flat and well surfaced such as
Worthing to Shoreham and Barnham to Bognor (Flansham) routes.
There is a recycled plastic boardwalk on Pagham Spit (grid
reference: SZ 884 965) from the car park at the end of harbour road
across the shingle to the crest of the beach. The car park is open
8.30am - 8.00pm in summer and 8.30am - 5.30pm in winter.
There is additional information on easy access routes
around the county on the individual District
and Borough Councils' webpages as well as Chichester
Harbour Conservancy and South Downs Joint Committee (will
be superseded by the South
Downs National Park Authority from April 2011).
There is specific information for
disabled people on the county council social care and
health pages.
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