Trails around Brighton

[+pantadeusz]

Hi,

 

I will be in Brighton area for a day and I like walking around nice places and caching. I am usually very fast and don't mind doing many caches in a row. Can anyone recommend a trail, say, within 1hr train journey from Brighton, that I could do? I am currently considering this one: GC5W496, but I am open to other suggestions.

[+mellers]

For a fast walker. I'd have to recommend this series of 160 letterbox caches over some beautiful countryside, with lovely scenery just West of Brighton. The S.W.A.L.K. series could net you a vast number of this rare icon type, with no additional preparation such as puzzle solving and/or waypoint projection and it starts here: https://coord.info/GC5QQ5A

 

I did it in stages and for the most part, it was full of quick and easy finds, with helpful hints and good co-ords. There are currently 5 disabled hides but that still leaves you with a huge haul! You night even decide to do just a few loops of it.

If 160 caches in a day is too many, there are other slightly smaller series in the area which would make equally lovely walks. The train line along the South Coast, (or the 700 Stagecoach bus service) should make a few of them accessible to you. 

If you'd like something a bit special (full of quirky hides and lovingly-crafted handmade containers), then the Devils Dyke Series, North of the city has a bucket load of favourite points to commend it as well as my personal recommendation. It starts with a church micro: https://coord.info/GC5RZH6 and continues with the series proper here: https://coord.info/GC5RZHT/ which could take about 3-4 hours for a normal speed walker.

The 77 bus https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/sites/brighton-hove.gov.uk/files/Service 77 to Devil's Dyke Timetable Travel Guide from 22 April - AMENDED.pdf will take you straight to this National Trust site and the walk, though challenging towards the end with a very steep hill, affords some fantastic views of this iconic landmark area where you will see Red Kites circling in the thermals and paragliders joining them.