Cowden — Crowborough
Cowcro one
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By a Slow Ways Volunteer on 07 Apr 2021
Description
This is a Slow Ways route connecting Cowden and Crowborough.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Cowden and Crowborough.
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Cowden
Grid Ref
TQ4658940482
Lat / Lon
51.14484° / 0.09428°
Easting / Northing
546,589E / 140,482N
What3Words
much.losses.dated
Crowborough
Grid Ref
TQ5163131111
Lat / Lon
51.05932° / 0.16238°
Easting / Northing
551,631E / 131,111N
What3Words
became.envy.swoop
Cowcro One's land is
| Cowden | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | TQ4658940482 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.14484° / 0.09428° |
| Easting / Northing | 546,589E / 140,482N |
| What3Words | much.losses.dated |
| Crowborough | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | TQ5163131111 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.05932° / 0.16238° |
| Easting / Northing | 551,631E / 131,111N |
| What3Words | became.envy.swoop |
| Arable | 12.9% |
| Pasture | 55.3% |
| Urban | 17.7% |
| Woods | 14.1% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
review
Ben Wrigley
28 Jul 2024Lots of lovely bits but potentially too many cows for some. My partner is not keen on cows so we took some detours which I will upload as the non-cow version.
N.B. If planning to come by train, Cowden station is 30 minute walk on busy roads or 45 minute walk on footpaths to Cowden village itself.
We walked in mid-July at 25c, definitely peak cow season :)
Cowden is beautiful chocolate box village and a lovely place to start.
The route takes you down through the allotments and onto the golf course where the footpath signs vanish and the slow ways route is some distance from actual footpaths. I would follow my alternative route to find the way through.
After that, it’s pretty straight forward, all the way to picturesque Hartfield with a lovely pub and handy village shop (for welcome ice cream on a hot day!)
At Withyham, the route suggests a lengthy bit of walking on a very busy road up to the Dorset arms (another lovely pub) and then through the Buckhurst estate (which rears cattle for meat). We took a detour on a country lane and footpaths which took us around the cow fields.
The long climb up to Crowborough (the highest point in East Sussex) was lovely and forested, but I expect would get very muddy during wetter weather.
Crowborough is a medium-sized town, so the end of the walk was a lengthy climb through residential streets, but with some lovely views between houses.
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