South Downs National Park Road Trip 🚗🌿
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This 130-mile route takes you through the rolling hills, chalk cliffs, historic villages, and ancient woodlands of the South Downs National Park—perfect for a peaceful countryside escape.
South Downs National Park Road Trip Itinerary Summary
📍 Beachy Head 🌊
📍 Birling Gap & Seven Sisters ⛰️
📍 Alfriston 🏘️
📍 Lewes 🏰
📍 Ditchling Beacon 🚴♂️
📍 Cissbury Ring 🐑
📍 Arundel Castle 🏰
📍 Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve 🌳
📍 Petersfield 🛤️
📍 Selborne Common 🌾
📍 Black Down – Highest point in the park ⛰️
📍 Midhurst 🏡
📍 Petworth House 🖼️
Total Distance: 🚗 Approx. 130 miles
📸 Photos & Info are located further down. Keep scrolling to see all these places. ⬇️
This South Downs road trip is perfect for walkers, history lovers, and nature enthusiasts, with a blend of iconic viewpoints, cultural stops, and stunning countryside. 🌳🧭📸
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🚗 Need a car for this road trip?
If you don’t have your own car, I’d really recommend renting one — it gives you the flexibility to stop at each waterfall and explore at your own pace.
I usually use DiscoverCars to compare prices and find the best deals across different rental companies.
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- Cheaper than booking direct
- Free cancellation on most options
- Their 3rd party insurance is a lot cheaper
- They have a great customer service for claims (though I hope you won’t have to use it!
Additional Information & Highlights
📍 Beachy Head
📍 Birling Gap
📍 Seven Sisters
📍 Alfriston
📍 Lewes Castle
📍 Ditchling Beacon
📍 Arundel Castle
📍 Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve
📍 Petersfield
📍 Midhurst
📍 Petworth House
I love your content Pauline and wanted to know if you have any further South East road trips planned that include the coastline beyond Eastbourne? My husband and I own an ice cream shop in Hastings, which is full of old character and charm that would be worth a visit. Nearby we also have the stunning medieval town of Rye and historic Battle. Not to mention the beautiful High Weald National. Wishing you a great day 😊
I tried searching for several very interesting places in Bedfordshire, hoping they would be there as part of a route, but they weren’t found. Bedfordshire has Silsoe – Wrest park was a stately home, war victim hospital, agricultural research station; Ampthil Park was created by Capability brown, near where one of henry VIII’s wives lived; Ampthill is where several places from John Bunyan’s pilgrim’s progress actually exist; Cardington is where the R101 airship moored, and was an early airfield; Ampthill has an old church with ngels in the architecture; Luton had Mad Hatters; and so on. I lived in essex, near a ruined castle henry VIII stole from someone and gifted to three wives. maybe you should give a way for others to submit ideas that they know of worth a road trip, and users like me can plan a string of them together to make a superb holiday?