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Westfield

East Sussex


Slow Ways linking Westfield and Battle, Hastings, Northiam, Rye

England / East Sussex / Westfield

Westfield’s four Slow Ways are 44% checked

Drawn: 4/4
reviewed: 3/4
verified: 0/4
and surveyed: 0/4

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Walk to Westfield from further afield

Slow Way Route To do
Battle—Westfield
Batwes one Double check Distance 7km/4mi Ascent 104m Descent 150m
Battle—Westfield
Batwes two Review me Distance 8km/5mi Ascent 132m Descent 175m
Westfield—Hastings
Weshas one Pioneer me Distance 8km/5mi Ascent 178m Descent 154m
Westfield—Hastings
Weshas two

Double check Distance 9km/6mi Ascent 194m Descent 169m
Westfield—Hastings
Weshas three Review me Distance 8km/5mi Ascent 172m Descent 197m
Westfield—Northiam
Wesnor one Pioneer me Distance 14km/9mi Ascent 224m Descent 217m
Westfield—Rye
Wesrye one Review me Distance 17km/11mi Ascent 248m Descent 283m

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Collective progress

43% of Westfield’s four route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified

7/7

drawn

5/7

reviewed

0/7

surveyed

0/7

verified

2 people have contributed to Westfield’s Slow Ways

6 people have pledged to walk and review a route

0 people have surveyed a route in Westfield

49km out of 72km have been walked and reviewed

49km of reviews have been shared in Westfield

Latest Updates

The route leaves town almost immediately by dropping into an attractive small valley (Photos 2 then 1 - the uploading messed up the order). Battle Great Wood (photos 3,4) is straightforward and scenic, although in several places very muddy from edge to edge. The answer is to climb up a bit of unlikely bank on the valley's northern slope (photo 10) then walk just inside the fence. (OS grievance sidebar: Further confoundment and conflict as the fence appears to have shifted compared to OS's map so that plotting the actual path's position onto the OS map base of a GPS app misleadingly suggests crossing the field boundary is required (climb the fence although there is no stile or gate?) and then says if you have crossed the virtual OS fence line already throwing doubt on the GPS signal accuracy. Which is not implausib, the GPS position of some photos that day were wildly off. There is also an apparent abandoned overgrown track hugging the base of the slope which does fit with the apparently correct side of the fence and that wouldn't require the awkward climb up that bank . Ugh.). The correct path, beside the fence, soon leads you through scrubby woodland with glorious lichen and mosses (photo 12). After crossing Harts Green (a small lane) the floodplain widens the valley widens, there are some boardwalks....

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It was a very pleasurable walk which felt more off-road than it actually is; mainly because of the quiet and particularly green way it takes into Hastings from the edge of town. On both the short no-pavement road in Westfield and while crossing The Ridge in Hastings I was, naturally, cautious but they felt less busy/fast than anticipated given time/day (weekday rush hour at The Ridge)....

Daisy C

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Westfield—Hastings

Daisy C added Weshas three, a new walk from Westfield to Hastings

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I walked this route last weekend and it was very enjoyable but I inadvertently took a shortcut in Hastings....

Daisy C

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Westfield—Hastings

Daisy C added Weshas two, a new walk from Westfield to Hastings

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Battle—Westfield

Daisy C added Batwes two, a new walk from Battle to Westfield

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Lovely open countryside, coastal views, windmills, historic villages, sculptures....

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I followed the 1066 Country Walk rather than the slow ways route for the 2nd half of the walk (there is a lot on the road on the slow ways route)....

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Westfield

Ronald1947 surveyed Westfield

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Battle—Westfield

Slow Ways added Batwes one, a new walk from Battle to Westfield

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Westfield—Hastings

Slow Ways added Weshas one, a new walk from Westfield to Hastings

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Westfield—Northiam

Slow Ways added Wesnor one, a new walk from Westfield to Northiam

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Westfield—Rye

Slow Ways added Wesrye one, a new walk from Westfield to Rye

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Westfield, Sun 16 February

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Westfield’s Slow Ways starting point

Grid ref

TQ8116315474

Lat / Lon

50.91030° / 0.57558°

Easting / Northing

581,163E / 115,474N

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Facilities

Users have reported that the following facilities can be found within 1km of Westfield's meeting point

Public toilet

Wheelchair accessible toilet

Supermarket or convenience shop

Restaurant, cafe or pub

Accommodation

Accommodation for under £50 a night

Campsite

Bothy

Free wifi

Mobility scooter hire

Off-road wheelchair hire

Disabled Parking

Train station

Bus stop

Ferry

Official ‘Walkers are Welcome’ town

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